Familial Fitness: Disability, Adoption, and Family in Modern America

Familial Fitness: Disability, Adoption, and Family in Modern America
ISBN-10
022680870X
ISBN-13
9780226808703
Category
Family & Relationships
Pages
390
Language
English
Published
2022-01-21
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Author
Sandra M. Sufian

Description

Introduction. Disability and belonging in adoption history -- Expecting normality: 1918-1955. Exclusionary practices in the age of eugenics and child welfare ; Risk equivalence and the postwar family -- Working toward inclusion: 1955-1980. Love, acceptance, and the narrative of overcoming ; From overcoming to programmatic solutions -- Continued obstacles: 1980-1997. Institutional and structural barriers to the adoption of children with disabilities ; The limits of inclusion -- Epilogue. A usable past: thinking about contemporary practice in light of history.

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