Raising Generation Rx: Mothering Kids with Invisible Disabilities in an Age of Inequality PDF
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2 Raising Generation Rx 3 4 Raising Generation Rx Mothering Kids with Invisible Disabilities in an Age of Inequality Linda M. Blum NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS New York and London 5 6 NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS New York and London www.nyupress.org © 2015 by New York University All rights reserved References to Internet websites (URLs) were accurate at the time of writing. Neither the author nor New York University Press is responsible for URLs that may have expired or changed since the manuscript was prepared. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Blum, Linda M. Raising generation Rx : mothering kids with invisible disabilities in an age of inequality / Linda M. Blum. pages cm Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-4798-9187-0 (cl : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-1-4798-7154-4 (pb : alk. paper) 1. Mothers of children with disabilities—United States. 2. Parents of attention-deficit-disordered children—United States. 3. Parents of children with disabilities—United States. 4. Mother and child—United States. I. Title. 7 HQ759.913.B58 2015 306.874’3—dc23 2014040533 New York University Press books are printed on acid- free paper, and their binding materials are chosen for strength and durability. We strive to use environmentally responsible suppliers and materials to the greatest extent possible in publishing our books. Manufactured in the United States of America 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Also available as an ebook 8 9 Contents List of Tables Acknowledgments 1. Mother-Child Troubles, Past and Present 2. “Welcome to Your Child’s Brain”: Mothers Managing Dense Bureaucracies, Medications, and Stigma 3. “The Multimillion-Dollar Child”: Raising Kids with Invisible Disabilities in the Context of Privilege 4. “I Think I Have to Advocate Five Thousand Times Harder!”: Single Mothers in the Age of Neuroscience 5. En-gendering the Medicalized Child 6. “A Strange Coincidence”: Race-ing Disordered Children 7. Mothers, Children, and Families in a Precarious Time Notes References Index About the Author 10
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