Delayed/Retarded

Development Delayed and Mentally Retarded

ESE548 : The Class : Critic's Corner : Delayed/Retarded

Books

Baldwin, A.N. (1978). A little time. NY: Viking.

Berube, M. (1996). Life as we know it: A father, a family, and an exceptional child. NY: Pantheon.

Blatt, B (1988). Christmas in Purgatory: A photographic essay on mental retardation: Boston: Allyn and Bacon.

Bogdan, R., & Taylor, S.J. (1982). Inside out. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.

Brown, R. (1972). Escape the river. Boston: Houghton-Mifflin.

Buck, P.S. (1950). The child who never grew. NY: John Day Co.

Byars, B. (1970). The summer of the swans. NY: Viking Press.

Carpelas, B. (1971). Bow island. NY: Doubleday.

Conrad, J. (1907) The secret agent. NY: Doubleday.

Craig, E. (1972). P.S.: You're not listening. NY: Richard W. Baron.

Dorris, Michael. (1996). Broken cord. New York: Harper Perennial. A father's story of his adopted son, who has fetal alcohol syndrome. This book received the 1989 National Book Critics Award and the 1989 Christopher Award.

Faulkner, W. (1929). The sound and the fury. NY: Random House.

Harris, George. (1983). Broken ears, wounded hearts. Washington, DC: Gallaudet College Press. A father tells of struggles to help their handicapped child in the face of many difficulties.

Itard, J.M. (1932). The wild boy of Aveyron. NY: Appleton-Century Crofts.

Kaufman, S.Z. (1988). Retarded isn't stupid, Mom. Baltimore: Paul H. Brookes.

Keyes, D. (1966). Flowers for Algernon. NY: Bantam Books.

Menashe, A. (1980). Inner grace. NY: Alfred A. Knopf.

Meyers, R. (1978). Like normal people. NY: McGraw-Hill.

Morris, M.M. (1989). Vanished. NY: Washington Square Press.

Murray, J. B., & Murray, Emily (1975). And say what he is: The life of a special child. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. The parents of a "special child" with a severe developmental disability tell their experiences and growing recognition of the boy's personality and meaning for their lives.

Perske, R. (1986). Don't stop the music. Nashville: Abingdon Press.

Sacks, O. (1987). The man who mistook his wife for a hat and other clinical tales. NY: Harper and Row.

Sexson, L. (1988). Hope chest. In Margaret of the imperfections. NY: Persea Books.

Spencer, E. (1960). The light in the piazza. NY: Harper Brothers.

Steele, M. (1966). The goblins must go barefoot. NY: Harper Brothers.

Steinbeck, J. (1937). Of mice and men. NY: Viking Press.

Yamada, Jeni E. (1993). Laura. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. Despite an IQ of about 40, Laura, the subject of the book, made considerable progress in language development. A language specialist's point of view is the central voice. Laura's accomplishments in learning language are interpreted within a modular theory of language.

Movies and Videos

Of Mice and Men

Charly (Flowers for Algernon)

Rebecca

To Kill a Mockingbird

Tim

Testament

David - Portrait of a Retarded Youth

What's Eating Gilbert Grape?

Welcome home, Jellybean

Video- Educating Peter (HBO-TV)

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