Case About Amy Pb (Health Society And Policy)

668 Pages·1996·1.55 MB·English

by  Robert C. Smith

A Case About Amy Health, Society, and
title:
Policy
author: Smith, R. C.
publisher: Temple University Press
isbn10 | asin: 1566394120
print isbn13: 9781566394123
ebook isbn13: 9780585364247
language: English
Rowley, Amy--Trials, litigation, etc,
Handicapped children--Education--Law and
legislation--United States, Deaf--Education-
subject
-Law and legislation--United States,
Hearing impaired children--Legal status,
laws, etc.--New York (State)
publication date: 1996
lcc: KF228.R63S45 1996eb
ddc: 371.91/23
Rowley, Amy--Trials, litigation, etc,
Handicapped children--Education--Law and
legislation--United States, Deaf--Education-
subject:
-Law and legislation--United States,
Hearing impaired children--Legal status,
laws, etc.--New York (State)
Page i
A Case about Amy
Page ii
In the series
Health, Society, and Policy,
edited by Sheryl Ruzek and Irving Kenneth Zola
Page iii
A Case about Amy
R. C. Smith
Foreword by Frank G. Bowe
Page iv
Temple University Press
Philadelphia 19122
Copyright © 1996 by R. C. Smith
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
Published 1996
Printed in the United States of America
The paper used in this book meets the requirements of the American
National Standard for Information SciencesPermanence of Paper for
Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1984
TEXT DESIGN BY WILL BOEHM
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Smith, R. C., 1927-
A case about Amy / R. C. Smith ; foreword by Frank G. Bowe.
p. cm. (Health, society, and policy)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 1-56639-411-2 (alk. paper). ISBN 1-56639-412-
0 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1. Rowley, AmyTrials, litigation, etc. 2. DeafEducationLaw and
legislationUnited States. 3. Handicapped childrenEducationLaw and
legislationUnited States. I. Title. II. Series.
KF228.R63S45 1996
371.91'23dc20 95-
34376
The poem by Wanda Barbara on page 311 was originally published by
Atlantis/ADAPT in Incitement (JanuaryFebruary 1993): 6. Reprinted
by permission of Wanda Barbara.
Page v
To the parents
of children with disabilities,
specifically to the numerous parents
whose names are herein,
but in a general way to all,
for being there daily and nightly
for their kids
Page vii
Contents
Foreword xi
by Frank G. Bowe
Acknowledgments xiii
Legal Chronology xv
1 1
Time Tears Us Apart
2 11
The Battle Joined
3 40
Like Light Pouring Down over Me
Page viii
4 63
Vindication by Trial
5 92
A Case about Amy
6 114
A "Voice" in the Classroom
7 126
"Full Potential" in the Court
8 168
Maybe It Wouldn't Happen Today
9 182
What Amy Hears
10 198
A Matter of Growth
11 220
Amy in Oz
Page ix
12 229
Equal Opportunity Writ Large
13 240
Is It Really Money?
14 260
Amy Remembering
15 269
Not Quite Human
16 282
Struggling and Succeeding
17 292
If Heaven Isn't Accessible, God Is in Trouble
18 302
To Be Who We Are
Index 315