The disabled child : memoirs of a normal future

The disabled child : memoirs of a normal future /

When children are born with disabilities or become disabled in childhood, parents often experience bewilderment: they find themselves unexpectedly in another world, without a roadmap, without community, and without narratives to make sense of their experiences. The Disabled Child: Memoirs of a Norma...

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Author / Contributor: Apgar, Amanda (Author)
Imprint: Ann Arbor, Michigan : University of Michigan Press, 2023.
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Subjects:
Parents of developmentally disabled children > Biography > 20th century > History and criticism.
Parents of developmentally disabled children > Biography > 21st century > History and criticism.
Children with disabilities in literature > History and criticism > 20th century.
Children with disabilities in literature > History and criticism > 21st century.
Children with disabilities > Biography > History and criticism > 20th century.
Children with disabilities > Biography > History and criticism > 21st century.
Children with disabilities > Care > History and criticism > 20th century.
Children with disabilities > Care > History and criticism > 21st century.
Discrimination against people with disabilities.
Electronic books.
Series:Corporealities.
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1: Towards a Narrative Theory of Childhood Development
  • Chapter 2: Settler Colonialism, Anti-Blackness, and the Narrative of Overcoming
  • Chapter 3: A Better Future
  • Chapter 4: Gender Normal Future
  • Chapter 5: "There is no narrative"; Childhood Disability, Queerness, and "No Future"
  • Conclusion: Nothing About Them, Without Us
  • Bibliography.

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