Research Catalog

Title

Becoming citizens : family life and the politics of disability / Susan Schwartzenberg.

Author

Schwartzenberg, Susan.

Publication

Seattle : University of Washington Press, ©2005.

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Details

Description

xix, 113 pages : illustrations (some color); 28 cm

Summary

• "Following the Second World War, a generation of Seattle parents went against conventional medical wisdom and refused to institutionalize their children with developmental disabilities. This book presents a visual narrative of thirteen of these remarkable families. With a rich array of interviews, photographs, newspaper clippings, official documents, and personal mementos, photographer Susan Schwartzenberg captures recollections of the struggle and perseverance of these parents. Becoming Citizens traces their dogged determination to make meaningful lives for their children in the face of an often hostile system."
• "Breaking the silence that characterizes the history of disability in the United States, Becoming Citizens is a substantive contribution to social and regional history. It demonstrates the ways in which personal experiences can galvanize communities for political action. The centerpiece of the book is the story of four mothers-turned-activists who coauthored Education for All, a crucial piece of Washington State legislation that was a precursor to the national law securing educational rights for every person with a disability in America."--Jacket.

Subject

• Parents of children with disabilities > Washington (State) > Personal narratives
• Learning disabled children > Family relationships > Washington (State)
• Special education > Parent participation > Washington (State)
• Legal assistance to children > Washington (State)
• People with mental disabilities
• Children
• Child Advocacy > history
• Persons with Mental Disabilities
• Caregivers
• Child
• Deinstitutionalization > history
• History, 20th Century
• Mainstreaming, Education > history
• mentally handicapped
• children (people by age group)
• People with mental disabilities
• Children
• Learning disabled children > Family relationships
• Legal assistance to children
• Parents of children with disabilities
• Special education > Parent participation
• Washington
• Washington (State)

Genre/Form

• Personal Narrative
• Personal narratives
• Personal narratives.
• Récits personnels.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 110).

Contents

About children -- The Nelsons -- The Dolans -- The Safioleses -- The Pyms -- The Werners -- About schools -- The Taggarts -- The Hiramatsus -- The Chapmans -- The Basses -- Education for all -- About citizens -- Marie Strausbaugh -- Lance Peake -- Jeff McNary -- Sharon Gowdey.

ISBN

• 0295985194
• 9780295985190

LCCN

2005000390

OCLC

• ocm57422241
• 57422241
• SCSB-1376522

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library