Becoming citizens; family life and the politics of disability.0295985194 Becoming citizens; family life and the politics of disability. Schwartzenberg, Susan. U. of Washington Pr. 2005 113 pages $19.95 Paperback HQ759 Shortly into the postwar post·war adj. Belonging to the period after a war: postwar resettlement; a postwar house. postwar Adjective occurring or existing after a war Adj. 1. years a group of Seattle parents decided to resist the decades-old concept that developmentally disabled people should be institutionalized in·sti·tu·tion·al·ize tr.v. in·sti·tu·tion·al·ized, in·sti·tu·tion·al·iz·ing, in·sti·tu·tion·al·iz·es 1. a. To make into, treat as, or give the character of an institution to. b. . In this collection of narratives, family members, including those who are developmentally disabled, speak about growing up to be self-determined and strong. They discuss educating school systems that refuse to consider the developmentally disabled as learners above all, and living as fully-enfranchised citizens in a society still mired mire n. 1. An area of wet, soggy, muddy ground; a bog. 2. Deep slimy soil or mud. 3. A disadvantageous or difficult condition or situation: the mire of poverty. v. in fear and pity. The photographs tell of fully inclusive families who strove strove v. Past tense of strive. strove Verb the past tense of strive strove strive to bring all the children in their midst fully fledged Adj. 1. fully fledged - (of a bird) having reached full development with fully grown adult plumage; ready to fly full-fledged fledged, mature - (of birds) having developed feathers or plumage; often used in combination 2. into the outside world, of happy and useful adults who never had to cope with the horrors of life in cages, and of the remarkable few in the helping professions who understood that we all belong here, and we are all precious. ([c]20062005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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