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A History of Children and Disabilityreviewed by Robert Rueda - 1997 Title: A History of Children and Disability Author(s): Elizabeth J. Safford, Phillip J. Safford Publisher: Teachers College Press, New York ISBN: 0807734853, Pages: , Year: 1996 Search for book at Amazon.com In reading this book, several things are
clear. First, the context of exceptionality has radically changed
over time. As the authors note, this is suggested by the shift in
language we use to talk about exceptionality-witness the title of
current legislation, Individuals with Disabilities Education Act,
compared with the 1886 Idiot's Act. Second, almost all of the
current issues regarding society's treatment of children and adults
with disabilities, and indeed many of the proposed solutions, have
a historical precedent. Finally, in spite of changes about how we
label and talk about exceptionality, it is clear that as a society,
we still do not have wide consensus about how to deal with it. The
issue is further clouded when disabilities are considered in the
context of poverty as well a language and cultural differences such
as those found among ethnic minority communities and among
communities of recently arrived immigrants. In the context of the
United States, this is best captured in a quote of Barkley (1990),
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