Familial fitness : disability, adoption, and family in modern America /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Sufian, Sandra M. (Sandra Marlene) (Author)
Corporate Author:	EBSCOhost
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Chicago : The University of Chicago, 2021.
Subjects:	Special needs adoption > United States > History > 20th century. Adoption > United States > History > 20th century. Children with disabilities > Psychological testing > United States. Foster parents > United States. Adoption. Children with disabilities > Psychological testing. Foster parents. Special needs adoption. United States. Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

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.