Familial Fitness: Disability, Adoption, and Family in Modern America
Intro -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Abbreviations -- A Note on Language -- Introduction. Disability and Belonging in Adoption History -- Part I. Expecting Normality: 1918-1955 -- Chapter 1. Exclusionary Practices in the Age of Eugenics and Child Welfare -- Chapter 2. Risk Equivalence and the Postwar Family -- Part II. Working toward Inclusion: 1955-1980 -- Chapter 3. Love, Acceptance, and the Narrative of Overcoming -- Chapter 4. From Overcoming to Programmatic Solutions -- Part III. Continued Obstacles: 1980-1997 -- Chapter 5. Institutional and Structural Barriers to the Adoption of Children with Disabilities -- Chapter 6. The Limits of Inclusion -- Epilogue. A Usable Past: Thinking about Contemporary Practice in Light of History -- Acknowledgments -- Appendix 1. Suitability of the Child for Adoption -- Appendix 2. Chronology of Relevant Federal Bills and Their Provisions -- Appendix 3. Handicapping Conditions of Children Listed on Adoption Exchanges in 1985 -- List of Archives -- Notes -- Index.