Research Catalog

Title

A case about Amy / R.C. Smith ; foreword by Frank G. Bowe.

Author

Smith, R. C. (Robert Collins)

Publication

Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 1996.

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Details

Description

xvii, 322 pages; 24 cm.

Summary

Chronicles Nancy and Clifford Rowley's 1977-82 legal battle to get their New York school district to provide their daughter, Amy, with a sign language interpreter.

Series Statement

Health, society, and policy

Uniform Title

Health, society, and policy

Subject

• Rowley, Amy > Trials, litigation, etc
• Rowley, Amy
• Children with disabilities > Education > Law and legislation > United States
• Deaf > Education > Law and legislation > United States
• Hearing impaired children > Legal status, laws, etc. > New York (State)
• Children with disabilities > Education > Law and legislation
• Deaf > Education > Law and legislation
• Hearing impaired children > Legal status, laws, etc
• Enfants handicapés > Éducation > États-Unis
• Sourds > Éducation > États-Unis
• Enfants handicapés auditifs > Statut juridique > New York (N.Y.)
• New York (State)
• United States

Genre/Form

• Trial and arbitral proceedings.
• Trials, litigation, etc.
• Comptes rendus de procès et d'arbitrage.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Foreword / Frank G. Bowe -- Legal chronology -- Time tears us apart -- The Battle joined -- Like light pouring down over me -- Vinidcation by trial -- A Case about Amy -- A "Voice" in the classroom -- "Full potential" in the court -- Maybe it wouldn't happen today -- What Amy hears -- A Matter of growth -- Amy in Oz -- Equal opportunity writ large -- It it really money? -- Amy remembering -- Not quite human -- Struggling and suceeding -- If Heaven isn't accessible, God is in trouble -- To be who we are.

ISBN

• 1566394112
• 9781566394116
• 1566394120
• 9781566394123

LCCN

95034376

OCLC

• ocm32856277
• 32856277
• SCSB-2090275

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library