People with intellectual disabilities are virtually absent from American history. Why? Where are their voices? Why institutions? Why eugenics? Are things getting better? What is the future? These and other issues are addressed as well as commentary on the history of the US, exclusion and steps to gain real membership in the American dream. Michael T. Bailey is past president of the National Disability Rights Network as well as Disability Rights Oregon. Author of Special Education: A Parent's Guide to a Child's Success. A member of ADAPT he is the father of a young woman with an intellectual disability. --Publisher
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