Bartoli, Cecilia, 374
Barwiolek, Alan, 67–68
baseball, deaf players, 81, 98–99, 100
basketball, 551
Bates, Krissy, 654
Bateson, Gregory, 307
baths, bathing:
sexual abuse victims and, 514, 516
multiple severe disabilities and, 360–61
Bauer, Bruce, 35
Bauer, Patricia E., 684
Bauman, Dirksen, 61
Bauman, Margaret, 255
Bawcombe, Candy, 436–39, 440, 472–73
Bawcombe, Katie, 472–73
Baynton, Douglas, 54
BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation), 157, 431
BDSM (bondage, discipline, sadomasochism), 517–20
Beale, Tania, 399–401, 402
Beam, Cris, 626, 645
beauty, 37, 68, 164, 371, 395, 467, 675
ruthlessness and, 519
Beck, James, 339
Beck, Martha, 24, 203, 214
Beethoven, Ludwig van, 414, 448, 450, 458
behaviorism, 181
behavior therapy, 242, 266
criminals and, 538
Behrman, Andy, 347
Beijing, 446
Bell, Alan, 459, 460
Bell, Alexander Graham, 51, 61
Bell, Joshua, 459–62, 465
Bell, Shirley, 459–62
Belo, Carlos, 532
belonging, 660
Benderly, Beryl Lieff, 63
Bengkala (Desa Kolok), Bali, 83–87, 110
Benshoof, Janet, 533, 534
Benson, Ian, 641
Bernstein, Leonard, 443
Berry, Danielle (born Dan Bunten), 636
Bertling, Tom, 62–63
Bérubé, Michael, 186, 200, 214, 681
Best, John, Jr, 280
Beth Israel Hospital, 141
Bettelheim, Bruno, 22, 231, 255
Bible, 18, 323, 488, 671
Genesis in, 668
Biden, Joe, 28
Bienvenu, MJ, 60, 62, 69
Bier, August, 257
Big Chill, The (movie), 77
bilingual and bicultural approach (Bi-Bi), 69, 105
biodiversity, loss of, 112
biological psychiatry, 314
bipolar disorder, 195, 230, 263, 276, 347, 498
genetics and, 252, 305, 306
neurodiversity and, 279
biracial children, of rape, 482, 497–99, 531
Birmingham Children’s Hospital, 132
birth:
winter, schizophrenia and, 316
wrongful, 39–40
birth certificates, 606, 667
birth control, 20, 176, 570, 676
birthday parties, 8, 60, 228–29, 690
birth defects, 35, 405
birth weight, low, 183
bisexuality, 639
Bishop, Elizabeth, 579
Bishop, Linda, 335
bisphenol-A, 264
bizarre thinking, 318, 341
Blacking, John, 407
blacks, see African-Americans
Black Watch, 364–65
Blais, Charles-Antoine, 290, 292
Blake, William, 68
blaming:
autism and, 231, 260
crime and, 554, 556, 559–60
dwarfism and, 119
of parents, 15, 21, 22, 25, 119, 260, 307, 427
rape and, 21, 479, 487, 501, 512, 527
schizophrenia and, 307, 308
transgender and, 614
Blanchard, Ray, 17, 18
Blaxill, Elise, 264
Blaxill, Mark, 264–65
Blaxill, Michaela, 264–65
“blender meals” in juvenile detention centers, 552
Bleuler, Eugen, 231, 305
blindness, the blind, 11, 30–32, 155
deaf people compared with, 52, 55, 61
as illness vs. identity, 31–32
multiple severe disabilities and, 358, 362, 367, 369
wrongful-life suits and, 39
Bloch, Nancy, 61
Blocker, Robert, 455
blondness, 2
Bloods (criminal street gang), 557, 559
Bloom, Amy, 599, 635
Bloomington Symphony Orchestra, 459–60
Blume, Harvey, 278
Board of Education v. Rowley, 55
Boggs, Mary, 116–18
Boggs, Sam, 116–18
Bond, Justin Vivian, 664
bonding, 579
parent-child, 295, 377, 381, 387
Bonnet, Catherine, 527
borderline personality disorder, 348
Borthwick, Chris, 401–2
Bosnia, 531
Boston, MA, 468
Boston Children’s Hospital, 261
Boston College, 325
Boston University, Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Hearing Research at, 108
Botstein, Leon, 416, 426, 458
Boudreault, Patrick, 52, 91, 103, 110, 682
Boulder County AIDS Project, 94
Bowlby, John, 181, 569
Boylan, Dede, 623, 625
Boylan, Hildegarde, 624–25
Boylan, Jennifer Finney (formerly Jim), 623–26
Boynton, Lisa, 501–3, 515
Boynton, Louise, 501–2
Bragg, Bernard, 68
Brahms, Johannes, 421
brain, 90, 108–9, 111, 457
achondroplasia and, 129
of adolescents, 546
auditory cortex of, 423
autism and, 221, 240, 245–46, 249–51, 253–55, 262, 265, 316, 318
cerebellum, 372
cerebral cortex, 393, 398
cochlear implants and, 90, 91
creativity vs. psychosis in, 425
Down syndrome and, 171, 200, 205
environmental factors and, 21
frontal cortex, 306
frontal lobe of, 316
gender identity and, 607
of author’s son George, 695, 696, 697
hippocampus, 306
holoprosencephaly and, 364
imaging of, 245–46
left vs. right hemisphere of, 52–53
multiple severe disabilities and, 364, 372, 385, 386, 392, 393, 394, 398, 401
music and, 412, 423, 424
prefrontal lobe of, 316
protein synthesis in, 253–54
schizophrenia and, 298, 303–4, 306, 316–19, 328
stratium, 306
temporal lobe of, 316
thalamus of, 425
transgender and, 635
Bravin, Phil, 56, 57
break-dancing, 37–38
breast cancer, 167, 251, 387, 596, 683
breasts, 386, 387
gender reassignment surgery and, 602
removal of, see mastectomy
transgender and, 602, 606, 616, 617, 621, 662, 664
Breathing for a Living (Rothenberg), 680
Brederlow, Rolf (Bobby), 214
Breggin, Peter, 336
Bremmer, Brandenn, 426
Brendel, Alfred, 457
Bresnahan, Micki, 241
Brevard, Aleshia, 626
Bridge Centre fertility clinic, 683
Bridgewater State Hospital, 333
Brier, Mrs. Bernice (school secretary), 9
Brill, Stephanie, 601, 609, 622, 629, 632–33, 640–41, 645, 663
Brison, Susan, 493
Bristo, Marca, 189
Britain’s Got Talent (TV show), 467
British Sign Language, 83
Britt, Gabriel, 291
Britten, Benjamin, 471
Bronfman, Naum, 412
Bronfman, Polina, 412
Bronfman, Yefim (Fima), 412
Brookings Institution, 685
Brooks, David, 450
Brown, Cheryl, 150–55
Brown, Clinton, III, 150–55
Brown, Clinton, Sr., 150–55
Brown, Icilda, 258–60
Brown, Marvin,
258–60
Brownmiller, Susan, 480, 496, 526
Brown University, 474
Brubaker, Joyce, 67
Brubeck, Dave, 466
Buckland, Frank, 583
Buddhism, 47, 94, 96
Buddy Walk, 188
bulimia, 34, 522
bullying, 589–90
Bunyan, John, 309
Burbank, CA, 77
Burch, Susan, 28
Burke, Chris, 214, 215
Burke, Phyllis, 615, 631
Burke, Teresa Blankmeyer, 100
Burleton, Jenn, 641
Burnham, Rebecca, 512
Burnham, Victor, 512
Burnham court case, 512
burnout:
caring for schizophrenics and, 330
prodigies and, 405, 409
Burns, Betsy, 224–31
Burns, Larry A., 341
Bush, George W., 189, 213
BusinessWeek, 90
Butler, Judith, 659
Butt, Cadence (formerly Jared), 627–29
Butt, Chad, 628
Butt, Karen, 627–29
Butt, Rex, 627–29
Caesar, Berel, 314
calcium, 270
Califano, Joseph A., Jr., 538, 552, 584
California, 597
autism in, 260
juvenile facilities in, 552
“three strikes” law in, 585–86
California, University of, San Diego, 97
California Network of Mental Health Clients, 336
California State University, Northridge, 75, 80, 106
Callahan, Marnie, 328
Callahan, Nora, 328
Camacho, Debbie, 8
Camacho, Marshall, 655, 658
Camp David, 13–14
Canada, 83, 199, 290
cancer, 43, 73, 177, 221, 253, 288
breast, 167, 251, 387, 596, 683
cervical, 288, 539
colon, 437, 508, 669
of the jaw, 34
lung, 263, 317, 333–34
Canguilhem, Georges, 608
Cannon, Albert, 650–53
Cannon, Mark, 652
Cannon, Shakona, 650, 653
Capital Consequences (King), 561
Caplan, Arthur, 387, 390
Carbone, Vincent, 285–86
Carnegie Hall, 409, 410, 414, 416, 418, 421–22, 429, 448, 461
Carothers, Carol, 549
Carrey, Jim, 374
cars and driving, 233, 271, 285, 546, 568
to avoid gangs, 556
Down syndrome and, 175–76
of dwarfs, 152, 153
schizophrenia and, 313
stealing of, 560, 573–74
under the influence, 547
Carson, Breechelle, 568–69
Carson, Jamaal, 568–69
Case Against Perfection, The (Sandel), 684
Caspi, Avshalom, 563–64
Castington Young Offenders Unit, 583
castration, 427, 615, 620, 621
Catholic Education Resource Center, 631
Catholics, 2, 70–71, 72, 137, 187, 202, 370
abortion and, 159, 508
rape and, 487, 508
sexual abuse and, 74
transgender and, 612
CAT (computer-aided tomography) scans, 695–97
“cauliflower ear,” 129, 150
CDC, see Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
celebration, deafness and, 50, 63
Celebrity Apprentice (TV show), 140
cello playing, 423–25, 432, 439–40
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 260, 261, 265, 481
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Gender Identity Service at, 631
cerebral palsy (CP), 101, 183, 227, 377, 381, 383–85, 392, 679
cervical tumor, 288
cesarean sections, 149, 381, 527, 691
Chamberlin, Judi, 335
Champoux, Maribeth, 563
Chancellor, Alexander, 140
Chandler, Barbara, 215
changeling children in mythology, 237–38
Chappell, Deshawn James, 340–41, 342
Chappell, Yvette, 340
CHARGE syndrome, 367
Charles, Beverly, 136–37
Charles, Janet, 136–37
Chauhan, Apryl, 87–89
Chauhan, Raj, 87–89
Chauhan, Zahra, 87–89
Chechnya, 529
Checklist for Autism in Toddlers (CHAT), 257
Chekhov, Anton, 269
chelation, 270
chemotherapy, 288, 334
Chengdu, China, 454
Cherokee, 146
Cherry Orchard, The (Chekhov), 269
chess, 406
Chicago, IL, 449
gangs in, 568
juvenile court in, 545
Chicago Tribune, 293, 448
chicken-pox vaccine, 263
child abuse, 506
physical, 4, 71, 73, 195, 492, 520, 521, 525, 534, 539, 564, 570, 615, 655
sexual, 11, 71, 73, 74, 195, 492, 501–2, 514, 516, 517, 518, 521, 524, 525, 539, 541, 570, 586
Child and Adolescent Gender Center at UC San Francisco, 609
childbearing, see pregnancy, reproduction
Childhood Autism Rating Scale (CARS), 257
childhood disintegrative disorder, 232
childhood schizophrenia, 231, 303
child of deaf adults (CODA), 55, 76
Child Protective Services (CPS), 495
children:
as strangers, 1, 5, 6
see also babies; specific topics
children of color, vertical identity of, 2
Children’s Hospital Colorado, 95
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, 348
Child Sacrificed to the Deaf Culture, A (Bertling), 62–63
child support, 516, 523
child-welfare system (CWS), 503, 570
China, 46, 445–48, 454
Cultural Revolution in, 445, 454, 463
Deaf people in, 68–69
genius in, 413
one-child policy in, 30, 463
prodigies in, 445–47, 452, 464
Tiananmen Square massacre in, 463
Chinese-Americans, 11
Chinese language, 52
choice, as burden, 675–76
Chopin, Frédéric, 421, 432, 445, 447–48, 449, 454
chorionic villus sampling (CVS), 156, 171, 199
Christianity, Christians, 147–48, 399, 483, 699
evangelical, 17, 518, 522
transgender and, 611, 631
see also Catholics
Christian Science, 308
chromosomes, 203, 666
gene expression and, 306
telomeres on, 24
twenty-first, 170, 180, 194
XY, 615
chronic sorrow, 365
Chung, Joyce, 273, 276, 279, 284
Churchi, Johnny, 291
cigarettes, 263, 323, 332
Cincinnati Enquirer, 291
Cirque du Soleil, 38
cisgender, use of term, 603
citizenship, right of, 531
civil rights, 18, 27, 44, 154, 182
clan system, 84
Clapton, Eric, 328
Clark, Camille, 278, 279, 281
Clark, Charlotte, 320–24
Clark, Electa, 320–24
Clark, George, 320–23
Clark, Jackie, 320, 322–24
Clayton, Ellen Wright, 395
cleft palate, 20, 129, 150
abortion and, 35
surgery for, 35–36
Clerc, Laurent, 51, 83, 110
Cleveland Institute of Music, 430
Cleveland Orchestra, 429, 430
Cliburn, Van, 417, 436
Cliburn Competition, 436, 438
Clinton administration, 125, 138
cloacal exstrophy study, 614–15
Cloud, John, 458
clozapine
, 312, 313, 321, 322
clubfeet, 35, 129, 150, 151, 389
Coates, Susan, 632
cocaine, 316, 546, 547, 565–67
cochlea, 61, 70, 90, 108–9
Cochlear (corporation), 90, 92
cochlear implants, 3, 35, 73, 90–93, 95–104, 107–12, 221, 389, 393, 462
transgender surgeries compared with, 622–23
codeine cough syrup, 518
cognition:
multiple severe disabilities and, 359
schizophrenia and, 317, 327
cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), 317, 319
Cohen-Kettenis, Peggy, 610
coherence, 23, 45, 246, 276, 334, 345, 371, 583
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, 254
Cold War, 114, 417
Collins, Jim, 617, 619
coloboma, 367
Columbia Artists Management, 433, 434
Columbia Law School, 505
Columbia-Presbyterian Hospital, 358
Columbia University, 243, 304, 305
Columbine High School massacre, 587–97, 688
coma/respiratory arrest, 313
Combating Autism Act (2006), 222
Comenga, Brittany, 105–7
Comenga, Nicholas, 104–7
Comenga, Ralph, 104–6
community, 41
Deaf, 56, 63, 66, 89, 93, 103, 105–6, 107
dwarf, 121, 157
prodigies and, 406
transgender and, 612, 656–57
compassion, 95, 371, 687
fear of loss of, 46–47
compulsion, 342, 586
computer-aided tomography, see CAT scans
“Conceived in Rape” (Kiessling), 491
conception, 1, 479
Conceptually Accurate Signed English, 82
Concerto in G Minor (Mendelssohn), 437
condition, 4
conditioning, 266
conformity, 3, 9, 163, 458
congestive heart failure, 42
Congo, Congolese, 531, 533, 535
Congress, US, 28, 182–83, 222
gender discrimination and, 601
Spitzer’s testimony to, 237–38
Congress of Milan, 51, 54
Connecticut, 360
connexin 26 mutations, 61, 62
consciousness, 401–2, 405, 698
Conservatory of Music, Attached Primary School of, 446, 447
control:
internal vs. external locus of, 371
parental, 429–34, 553
rape and, 480, 516
self-, 352, 450, 546, 549
conversion therapies, 52
Conway, Lynn, 602
Cooke Foundation (currently the Cooke Center), 216, 217–18
Copenhagen, 273
Copenhagen interpretation, 5
Corgi, Fiona, 238–41
Corgi, Luke, 239–41
Corgi, Marcus, 239–41
Corgi, Nancy, 238–41
Cornell University, 243
Cornell University Medical Center, 234
corpus callosum, partial agenesis of the, 217
Corvino, John, 682
Corwin, Jeffrey T., 108
cosmetic surgery (“technoluxe”), 35
Costa, Alberto, 200, 201
Cotanche, Douglas, 108
Cottrell, Terrance, 291
Count Us In (Kingsley and Levitz), 174, 175, 178, 213
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