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by Solomon, Andrew


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  Index

  AA, see Alcoholics Anonymous

  ABA, see applied behavior analysis

  Abas, Elisha, 426

  Abi-Dargham, Anissa, 317

  Ablon, Joan, 134, 146

  abnormal, abnormality:

  avoidance of use of word, 28

  Foucault’s view of, 30

  abortion, 18, 79, 109, 159, 487–93

  autism and, 236, 279

  disability and, 27, 29, 30, 35, 39, 189–90, 490, 680

  disability care compared with, 26

  Down syndrome and, 185, 189–90, 193, 198, 199, 221, 684

  illegal, 489

  involuntary, 27

  multiple severe disabilities and, 393, 394

  rape and, 21, 482, 485, 487, 489–94, 496, 497, 508, 509, 516, 523, 527, 533

  selective, 20, 189, 279, 393, 500

  therapeutic, 489–90

  US history of, 489–93

  absolute pitch, 422–23

  abuse:

  crime and, 564, 569–70, 582

  in juvenile justice system, 552

  punishment vs., 517

  rape and, 481, 484, 496, 512, 513, 514, 517

  at residential facilities, 211–12

  verbal, 552

  see also child abuse; sexual abuse

  abusive fathers, see fathers, abusive

  Academy of Music, Berlin, 449–50

  acceptance, 46, 47, 133–34, 678, 686–87, 697

  of autism, 258

  self-, 6, 26–27, 30, 136, 157, 284, 334

  accommodation:

  autism and, 283

  deafness and, 50

  dwarfism and, 126

  acculturation, irony of, 28

  achondroplasia, 21, 116–19, 125–32, 135, 141, 146, 155–59, 680

  early diagnosis of, 129–30

  genes and, 155–58

  ACLU, see American Civil Liberties Union

  acquired immune deficiency syndrome, see AIDS

  ACTH (adrenocorticotropic hormone) injections, 205

  actors:

  child, 416

  with Down syndrome, 213, 214

  dwarf, 139–40

  AD, see Ashley’s Dad

  Adahy, Kelly (formerly Kerry), 655–59

  Adams, John, 470

  ADD, see attention deficit disorder

  addiction, 11, 185, 586, 616

  see also alcoholism; substance abuse

  Adelson, Anna, 141–44, 149

  Adelson, Betty, 116, 141–44, 156

  Adelson, David, 141

  Adelson, Saul, 141–43

  ADHD, see attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder

  admiration, crisis in, 472

  adolescents:

  autistic, 239, 274

  brain of, 546

  Deaf identity of, 3, 104

  disabled, 23

  Down syndrome, 207–8

  dwarf, 127, 128, 129, 133, 134, 135, 143, 161

  multiple severe disabilities and, 374

  schizophrenia in, 295, 297–98, 303–4, 318, 338–39

  transgender, 608-9, 616, 622, 631, 641

  adoption, 30, 40, 551, 679, 682

  autism and, 246–47

  of deaf children, 63

  disabilities and, 19

  Down syndrome and, 199, 201

  dwarfism and, 123, 150, 156

  multiple severe disabilities and, 372–73, 376, 378–79, 399–400

  prodigies and, 436, 438

  rape and, 482, 485, 487, 490, 495, 497, 500, 503, 516, 526, 531

  rape compared with, 477

  transgender and, 606, 667

  in Vietnam, 94

  adrenocorticotropic hormone, see ACTH injections

  adultery, rape as, 478

  Africa, 113, 140

  see also Rwanda

  African-Americans, 4, 8, 44–45, 79, 89, 103, 140, 146–47, 179

  author’s apology to, 8–9

  author’s teasing of, 8

  autism and, 258–60

  civil rights and, 44, 182

  crime and, 555–59, 566, 574–75

  deaf, 50

  in gangs, 574, 576

  gay, 9, 45

  gay cause rejected by, 18

  Jim Crow laws and, 27

  rape and, 479

  Against Our Will (Brownmiller), 480

  Age of Autism blog, 280

  Age of Reason, 412

  aging, age:

  asynchronous, 426

  autism onset and, 222–23

  as disability, 33

  effects of stress on, 24, 42

  maternal, and Down syndrome, 180, 199

  mental, 205, 209

  multiple severe disabilities and, 376, 384

  paternal, and autism, 250

  paternal, and schizophrenia, 306

  prodigies and, 458

  residential placement and, 211

  agranulocytosis, 312

  AIDS (acquired immune deficiency syndrome) and HIV (human immunodeficiency virus), 94–95, 221, 645, 684

  rape and, 505, 527–30, 532, 535, 645

  Ain, Michael, 135, 160

  Aka (central African tribe), 140

  Akayesu, Jean-Paul, 534

  Albert Einstein Medical Center, 108

  Albury, Casey, 290–91

  alcohol, 271, 299, 316, 321, 326, 352, 469, 546, 551, 568

  crime and, 546, 547, 556, 570

  of dwarfs, 153

  rape and, 513, 522

  Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), 33, 271, 547

  alcoholism, 539, 540, 549, 555, 556, 632

  prodigies and, 417

  Allan, Clare, 337

  Allen, Woody, 118, 360

  Allport, Susan, 363

  alpha-fetal protein blood test, 196

  altruism, filicide and, 292, 294

  Alzheimer’s disease, 200, 249, 250, 295

  ambivalence, 21, 38, 403, 470, 685

  rape and, 477, 503, 506

  Amenia, NY, 175

  American Academy in Rome, 468

  American Association to Promote the Teaching of Speech to the Deaf, 51

  American Asylum for the
Education and Instruction of the Deaf, 51

  American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), 546, 665

  American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, 199

  American colonies, rape in, 479

  American Law Institute (ALI), 490

  American Medical Association (AMA), 489, 610

  American Psychiatric Association (APA), 232, 336, 609

  American Psychologist, 23

  American Sign Language (ASL; Sign), 3, 51–56, 58–63, 67–70, 72, 73, 76, 78, 80–83, 88, 99, 105, 106, 108, 110, 373, 402, 436, 462, 493

  English compared with, 82

  grammar of, 83

  Hessey family and, 95–96

  implants vs., 81, 91, 93

  increase in use of, 111, 114

  Miriam Feldman and, 101–2

  musical performance compared with, 420

  nuance in, 55

  regional variations of, 68

  validity of, 62

  American Sign Language Institute, 373

  American Society of Reproductive Medicine, 683

  Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA; 1990), 28, 69, 125, 154, 183

  the gifted and, 457

  mental illness and, 339

  Amir, Menachem, 479–80

  Amish, 113, 115

  amniocentesis, 156, 224, 681, 693

  Down syndrome and, 171, 187–88, 190, 191, 196, 199, 201

  amulet, 482

  Ananda Marga, 572, 573, 574, 578, 579

  Anaya, Luis Alberto, 567, 568, 576, 583

  Andersen, Hans Christian, 284

  Andreasen, Nancy, 314–15, 424

  Andrews, Nigel, 42

  androgens, 255, 607, 666

  Andrus, Cecil D., 491

  Andry, Nicholas, 163

  anesthesia:

  dwarfs and, 130, 149

  autism and, 225–26

  Angello, Michele, 610, 632, 660

  anger, 45, 73, 109, 573, 655

  crime and, 537, 550, 551, 554, 557, 566, 572, 575, 590, 595

  crying vs., 521

  of dwarfs, 138, 145, 147, 148, 152

  of prodigies, 430, 470

  rape and, 488, 501, 506, 524

  transgender and, 617, 656

  animal studies:

  autism and, 253–54

  dexamethasone in, 17

  Down syndrome and, 200

  schizophrenia and, 306–7

  Annas, George, 395

  anorexia nervosa, 34, 438

  anosognosia, 334

  anthropic principle, 698

  antiabortion movement, 485, 491, 492, 500

  anticonvulsants, 400

  antidepressants, 38, 138, 256, 264, 267, 271, 274, 431, 510, 522, 551

  antielitism, 458, 462, 472

  antigay laws, 16–17

  Antioch College, 481–82

  antioxidants, 319

  antipsychotics, 304, 309–13, 317, 318, 319, 321–24, 326–29, 343, 349

  autism and, 267

  child abuse and, 655

  Mad Pride movement and, 335, 336–37

  antiseizure medications, 267

  anti-Semitism, 10, 593

  see also Holocaust

  Antonovsky, Aaron, 23

  anxiety, 195, 202, 218, 678

  autism and, 223, 256, 267

  multiple severe disabilities and, 376, 384

  prodigies and, 436, 438, 441

  rape and, 493, 494, 522

  schizophrenia and, 303, 307, 319, 348

  transgender and, 601, 604, 605, 610, 626, 627, 630, 632

  applied behavior analysis (ABA), 235, 243, 260, 266, 281, 615

  Archdiocese of New York, 216

  Archives of Neurology, 401–2

  Archives of Pediatric & Adolescent Medicine, 387

  Arden, Jay, 395–400

  Aristotle, 52, 425, 444, 611

  Arizona, 340

  Arizona, University of, 99

  Armstrong, Kit, 455–57, 463

  Armstrong, May, 455–57

  army crawling by dwarf infants, 130

  Arnold, Gary, 125

  Arnsten, Susan, 205–10, 402

  art, artists, 113–14, 372

  autism and, 232, 233, 274

  with Down syndrome, 213, 214

  Asch, Adrienne, 189, 680

  Asheville Radical Mental Health Collective, 336

  Ashkenazy, Vladimir, 429

  Ashley X, 385–93, 401

  Ashley treatment, MSNBC survey of public attitudes toward, 389

  Ashley’s Dad (AD), 385–93

  Asians, 4, 179, 180, 531

  as musical prodigies, 419, 445–49, 451–57, 463–65

  prodigies dominated by, 454–55

  As Nature Made Him (Reimer), 614

  Asperger, Hans, 231–32

  Asperger syndrome, 232, 276–79, 283

  diagnosis of, 246, 258, 348

  language and, 232, 265

  prodigies and, 426

  Aspies for Freedom, 279

  assaults, 543, 547, 550, 551, 556, 580, 582

  juvenile detention and, 552

  transgender and, 650

  assimilationism, 44, 110–11, 164

  Association for Retarded Citizens (the Arc), 182

  assortative mating, 250

  asthma, 95, 96, 263, 425, 604, 605

  atheism, 33

  Athens, Greece, 249, 413, 478

  athletics, see sports and athletics

  Atlanta Court of Federal Claims, 263

  Atlantic Monthly, 181, 457–58, 632

  ATOH1 gene, 109

  atresia of the choanae, 367

  attachment, 700

  lack of, 571

  maternal, 181, 363–64, 372

  multiple severe disabilities and, 363–64, 371, 372

  attention deficit disorder (ADD), 626

  attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), 252, 267, 498, 540–41, 542, 604

  attenuated psychosis syndrome, 319

  Attorney General, US, 552

  Auditory Integration Training, 266–67

  auditory system, 91, 108–9

  electrical stimulation of, 89–90

  Auer, Leopold, 450

  Auriemma, Angelica, 291

  Auriemma, Ioanna, 291

  Australia, 91, 319, 335–36, 390, 654

  authenticity:

  gender and, 660

  transgender and, 622, 624

  autism, 4, 5, 40, 45, 205, 221–94, 685

  age of onset of, 222–23

  anxiety and, see anxiety, autism and

  Asperger’s view of, 231–32

  as blanket term, 249–50, 253, 305

  causes of, 22, 231, 232, 245, 249–55, 261–65, 270

  challenge of, 295

  cost of, 260

  diagnosis of, 257–58, 260, 261, 262, 279, 284

  as difference, 28

  as disability, 224, 284, 292

  Down syndrome compared with, 44, 195, 366

  early intervention in, 224, 225, 238–39, 243, 266, 318, 584

  education and, see education, autism and

  filicide and, 272, 290–94, 393

  gender nonconformity compared with, 607

  genetics and, 249–54, 256, 264, 265, 273, 279, 283, 306

  as identity, 2, 34, 224, 292, 610

  as idiopathic, 245, 254

  increase in, 221, 260–64

  institutionalization and, 226–30, 244, 245, 274, 366

  love and, 223–24, 226, 227, 229, 230, 240–41, 247, 274, 275, 278, 281, 288, 292, 294

  in males vs. females, 255

  musical prodigies and, 425–26

  neurodiversity and, 224, 238, 263, 275–84, 334, 462

  as overexpression of cognitive masculinity, 254–55

  personality and, 252–53, 257

  as pervasive disorder, 222

  prominent people with, 231, 232–33, 273–75, 284

  psychiatric diagnosis in addition to, 255–56

  regression in, 261–64


  savants and, 255, 273

  schizophrenia compared with, 251, 253, 305, 306, 316, 318, 324, 338, 353

  sexuality and, 230, 240, 268–69

  social class and, 36–37

  spectrum of, 232, 257, 260, 264, 277, 278, 279, 282, 283, 426

  subtypes of, 253–54

  symptoms of, 221, 222–23, 245–46, 251, 253, 254, 257, 261, 263, 274, 282

  as syndrome, 221–24, 251, 252

  transgender compared with, 613–14, 653

  treatment of, 223, 224, 229, 244, 266–67, 269–70, 276, 615

  use of word, 231

  vaccines and, 250, 261–63, 265, 270, 280, 281

  variable penetrance in, 250

  Autism Behavior Checklist (ABC), 257

  Autism Diagnostic Interview-Revised (ADI-R), 257

  Autism Diagnostic Observation Scale-Generic (ADOS-G), 257

  Autism Every Day (documentary), 244–45

  Autism Genetic Research Exchange, 256

  Autism Society of America, 260, 289

  Autism Speaks, 256, 263

  Autistic Self Advocacy Network, 233, 277

  Autistics.org, 283

  Autobiography of a Face (Grealy), 34–35

  AVEGA (Association des Veuves du Genocide Agahozo), 527, 528

  Avery Fisher Career Grant, 461

  “Awakening, The” (Babel), 427–28

  Bâ, Amadou Hampâté, 113

  Babel, Isaac, 427–28

  babies:

  blind vs. sighted, 31

  designer, 683

  disabled, 23, 28

  murder of, see infanticide

  “no such thing as” (Winnicott), 1

  pain of, 40

  premature, 42–43, 116, 394, 603, 679

  talking to, 407

  test-tube, 683

  with two faces, 686

  Baby Doe Amendment (1984), 189

  babyfaceness, 203–4

  Bach, Johann Sebastian, 442, 450, 459–60

  Bach, Terry, 553, 583

  Backlar, Patricia, 308

  baclofen, 400

  Baggs, Amanda, 238, 283

  Baglio, Joe, 332–33

  Baglio, Johnny, 332, 333

  Baglio, Rosemary, 331–34

  Baglio, Sal, 332–33, 334

  Bahan, Benjamin, 83

  Bailey, Sharon, 486

  Bali, deafness in, 41, 83–87, 93

  Ball, Kay, 490

  balloons, color of, 7, 8, 9

  Ball State University, 493–94

  Balzer, Carsten, 654

  Bancroft School, 285

  Bangladesh, rape as a weapon of war in, 529

  baptism, 398

  Barchas, Jack, 318

  Barenboim, Daniel, 409, 433

  Barnes & Noble, 178, 205

  Barnum, P. T., 126

  Baron-Cohen, Simon, 254–55, 282

  Barrett, Delia, 509–11

  Barrett, Emily, 507–11

  Barrett, Flora, 507–8

  Barrett, Gideon, 510–11

  Barrett, Phil, 507, 508

  Barrington, Daines, 416

 

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