multiple severe disabilities and, 365
music and, 407, 411, 416, 420, 425, 426, 429, 430–31, 435
prodigies and, 407, 411, 416, 425, 426, 427, 430–31, 433, 434, 435
schizophrenia and, 324–25, 344–45
empathizers, women as, 254
empathy, 18, 24, 42, 100, 134, 217, 232, 544
lack of, 238, 315
multiple severe disabilities and, 371
Emperor Concerto (Beethoven), 451
employment:
schizophrenia and, 312, 326, 339, 340
transgender and, 650
Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), 601
Endellion String Quartet, 440
endocrine disruptors (EDCs), 607–8
England, see United Kingdom
English language, 52–55, 63, 69, 70, 81, 82, 86, 106, 107, 118
Sign compared with, 82
enlightenment, 25
environment:
autism and, 250, 263–64, 265
brain and, 21
genes and, 250
schizophrenia and, 306, 316, 317
environmental toxins, 250
Épée, Abbé de l’, 51
epilepsy:
autism compared with, 249–50
co-occurring with autism, 252, 253, 267
cortical dysplasia-focal, 253
epileptic fits, 396
Epstein, Julia, 388
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, US, 125
erections, 148, 517–18, 521, 621
Ericsson, K. Anders, 449–50
Erikson, Erik H., 180
Erikson, Neil, 180
estradiol, 619–20
estrogen, 606, 607, 619, 621, 633
ethnicity, 2, 10, 116, 650
eugenics, 20, 27, 30, 110, 156, 180, 181, 667, 692
intelligence and, 412–13
Evancho, Jackie, 467
Evans, Bobbe, 342–46
Evans, Nicholas, 113
Evans, William, 104
Evelyn, Just, 626
Evidence of Harm (Kirby), 262
Evidence of Harm discussion list, 282
evolutionary theory, rape and, 496
Exceptional Child in the Family, The (Ross), 363
exercise, schizophrenia and, 322, 323
exorcism, 291
Expecting Adam (Beck), 203
extraordinary, use of term, 685–86
extraordinary abilities, see prodigies
Extraordinary Bodies (Thomson), 125
eyes:
looking someone in, 233, 266, 268, 278, 350
multiple severe disabilities and, 367, 368, 372, 380
Eyriès, Charles, 89–90
Ezell, Julie, 500
Ezell, Lee, 500
Facebook, 8–9
face processing, 246
facial expressions, 82
facial hair, 343, 345, 606, 616, 618, 619, 621, 633, 664
facilitated communication (FC), 247, 248
Fairchild, Tierney Temple, 190
fallopian tubes, 620
Families of the Mentally Ill Collective, 331
family, 1–49, 677–702
care of schizophrenics and, 330–31
committing schizophrenics and, 329
juvenile crime and, 544, 554, 564, 568–71, 582–87
multiple severe disabilities and, 365
normal, 418–19
rape and, 477
schizophrenia in, 305–9, 319
see also fathers; mothers; parents, parenthood
Family, the, 205–6
Family Research Council, 615
family therapy:
crime and, 553, 585
systems-oriented, 307–8
transgender and, 642
family values, 587
famine, schizophrenia and, 316
Fantasie-Impromptu (Chopin), 454
Farrington, David P., 570
fathers, 61, 204, 677–702
absent, 550, 562–63, 564, 635
abusive, 4, 514, 516, 521, 524, 525, 616
caregiving burden of, 24
conceptions of fatherhood, 562–63
gay, 678
older, autism and, 250
older, schizophrenia and, 306
rape and, 478, 483, 486, 491, 492, 503, 509–11, 513, 514
transgender and, 635
Father’s Story, A (Dahmer), 560–61
FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation), 294, 480, 565
FDA (US Food and Drug Administration), 90, 92, 98, 110, 164
fear, 149, 227, 308, 309, 331, 350, 521
crime and, 554
of motherhood, 505–6
ovulation and, 484
of prodigies, 425
rape and, 486, 494, 503, 506, 518, 520
transgender and, 650–53
Featherstone, Deirdre, 191–94
fecal incontinence, 11
feces:
autism and, 223, 226, 228, 237, 245, 274, 285, 289
eating, 329
Feldman, David Henry, 406
Feldman, Esther, 101
Feldman, Felix, 101–3, 110
Feldman, Miriam, 101–3
Feldman, Rachel, 101
feminism, 29–30, 387–88, 470, 637, 667
abortion and, 485
antiabortion, 486, 492
lesbian split with, 601
rape and, 480–81, 496
Rwandan, 528
Fergusons, the, 557
Ferraiolo, Anthony, 616, 618
Ferraiolo, Big Anne, 616–19
Ferraiolo, Felix, 616
Ferraiolo, Frank, 616
Ferraiolo, Michelle, 616, 617
Ferraiolo, Tony (formerly Anne), 616–19, 626
Ferster, Charles, 266
Fertility Institutes, 683
fertility technologies, 20
fetal alcohol syndrome, 550
fetus, 108, 353, 490
with Down syndrome, 170
prenatal screening and, 171
sound detection of, 53
see also abortion
fibroblast growth factor receptor 3 (FGFR3), 155
fibromyalgia, 518, 519
Fidelity Investments, 139
Fifth Symphony (Greenberg), 424
Fight Crime: Invest in Kids, 538
filicide, autism and, 272, 290–94, 393
film, see movies
Fink, Darlene, 656
Finkel, Bobby, 8
Finkel, Mrs., 8
Finland, 27
Fischer, Patricia, 348–53
Fischer, Sam, 348–53
Fischer, Winston, 348–53
Fleisher, Julian, 414–15
Fleisher, Leon, 413–16, 436
Fleischmann, Carly, 242, 256
Fletcher, Joseph, 181
Floortime™ (Developmental, Individual Difference, Relationship-Based) Model, 266
Flores, Indonesia, 140
Florida, 139, 667
Florida Inspectors General, 552
Floril, Elizabeth, 443–44
Floril, Jaime Iván, 443–44
Floril, Jonathan, 443–45
focal dystonia, 414–15
Folnegovi-Šmalc, Vera, 493
food, 89, 307, 574
asthma and, 96
autism and, 223, 225, 226, 227, 229, 238, 239, 245, 267, 268
favorite, 7, 88, 227
multiple severe disabilities and, 384, 390–91, 400
pain stifled with, 521, 522
in prisons, 552
prodigies and, 429, 438, 441, 469
schizophrenia and, 349
stealing of, 550
Foos, Ginny, 156–57
Forbidden Childhood (Slenczynska), 428
forgiveness, 542, 677
Forrest, Peter, 338–39
Forrest, Walter, 338–39
Fortas, Abe, Justice, 545
Fort Worth, TX, 436–37
Foster, Gretel, 518–19
Foster,
Larry, 518–19
foster care, 19, 36, 547, 582, 585, 655
for children of rape, 493
multiple severe disabilities and, 399–401
transgender and, 648, 649
Foucault, Michel, 30, 163, 313–14, 336, 480
Four Winds Hospital, 343–46
Fox News, 682
fragile X syndrome, 253–54
Framingham, MA, 312–13
France, 139, 159, 160, 236
deaf people in, 51
wrongful-life suits in, 39
Frank, Arthur, 163
Frank, Barney, 601
Frankel, Scott, 429–31
Franklin, Jennifer, 233–36, 282–83
Franklin and Marshall College, 286, 288–89
fraternal birth order effect, 17
fraternal twins, autism in, 251, 254
Frazier, Jeanne, 325, 329
freedom, 68, 69, 87, 128, 314, 381, 464
lack of, 553
French language, 51, 52, 53
French Sign Language, 83
Freud, Anna, 403
Freud, Sigmund, 21, 231, 307, 365, 403, 479
Freudian theory, facets of human psyche in, 424–25
FRIDA (Feminist Response in Disability Activism), 387–88
Friedman, Richard C., 348, 599
friends:
autism and, 230, 233
Down syndrome and, 212–13, 218
multiple severe disabilities and, 363, 371, 374, 377
prodigies and, 442, 458
Frith, Uta, 246
Fromm-Reichmann, Frieda, 307, 308
FTM (female to male) transgender, 603
Fukuyama, Francis, 20
GABA (gamma-aminobutyric acid), 317
Galen, 479
Galileo, 471
Gallaudet, Rev. Thomas, 51
Gallaudet survey, 92
Gallaudet University, 51, 56, 67, 69, 78, 99, 106, 107–8, 111, 112, 683
Galton, Francis, 412, 413
gamma-aminobutyric acid, see GABA
Gandy, Brianna, 550
gangs, 551, 568, 573–76, 578–81
Asian, 569
in Minnesota, 556, 557, 558, 565, 567, 574
Sureños, 567, 571, 573–74, 575, 578, 579, 580
Garcia, John, 644–45
Garcia, Keely, 644–45
Garcia, Shannon, 640, 641, 644–45
Garelick, Rhonda, 472
Garey, Diane, 112
Garfias, Robert, 407
Garfield, N.J., 235–36
Garfield, Paula, 100
Garner, Craig C., 201
gastrointestinal disorders, 252, 255, 261
gay, see homosexuality, homosexuals
gender, 143, 307
abolition of, 667
John Money’s view of, 614
playfulness about, 659–60
sex vs., 600
threats to, 599
gender dysphoria, 602, 622, 625–26, 632
gendered behavior, scale of, 608
gender fluidity, 602
Gender Identity Development Service, 622
gender identity disorder (GID), 601, 608–11, 631, 632, 635, 656, 664
in males vs. females, 637
symptoms of, 608
genderqueer, 602, 634, 660
Gender Shock (Burke), 615, 631
Gender Spectrum, 640–41
gender testing, athletics and, 666
Gender Trouble (Butler), 659
General Medical Council, UK, 262
gene therapies, 109
genetic counseling, 158, 159, 199
genetics, genes, 21, 32, 679–80, 692–93
alcoholism and, 549
autism and, 249–54, 256, 264, 265, 273, 279, 283, 306
bipolar disorder and, 252, 305, 306
crime and, 544, 563–64, 570
deafness and, 21, 60–62, 84, 91, 109, 681, 682–83
Down syndrome and, 21, 170, 180, 185, 189, 194, 195, 198, 201, 251, 306, 681–82
dwarfism and, 115, 119, 128, 129, 151, 155–58, 681, 682
epistatic or modifier, 250
expression of, 306, 307
gender identity and, 607
genius and, 412–13
Huntington’s disease and, 251
pleiotropic, 252
rape and, 496, 503, 520
schizophrenia and, 252, 305–9, 316, 317
transgender and, 607, 633
see also prenatal testing
genetic screening, 39, 155–57, 191, 279
selecting for difference and, 681–85
Geneva Convention, 532
genital abnormalities, 367
genitoplasty, 620
genius, 405
bias against, 471–73
defined, 405–6
madness associated with, 425, 426
origin of, 412–13
practice vs., 450
talent vs., 450–51
see also prodigies
genocide, 393
attempts to prevent dwarf births likened to, 140
attempts to prevent Down syndrome births likened to, 189
attempts to prevent and cure autism likened to, 279
rape and, 481, 526–36
genome, 30, 251, 252, 306, 347
genotype, 250, 261, 305
George, Carol, 363–64
Germany, 136, 181, 214, 412, 654
piano competition in, 447
Gertz, Genie, 68
Geschwind, Daniel, 253, 257
Geschwind, Norman, 425
Gibbs, Sergeant, 351
Gibson, Carol, 156
GID, see gender identity disorder
GID Reform Advocates, 609
Giffords, Gabrielle, 340, 341
gifted people, see prodigies
Gil, Ana Milena, 485
Gingold, Josef, 460
GJB2 (gene), 61
Glaser, Gabrielle, 335
Glass, Philip, 233
Glee (TV show), 214
Glickman, Ken (aka Professor Glick), 68
Glickman, Neil, 63
globalization, 668
glutamate, 317
GnRH (gonadotropin-releasing hormone) inhibitors, 621
God, 207, 230, 358, 371, 380, 402, 521, 559, 566, 596–97, 668, 671
rape and, 483, 491, 503, 514–15, 524
transgender and, 612, 619, 663–64
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 475–76
Goffman, Erving, 28, 314
Goldsmith, Lynn T., 406
gonadectomy, 620
good-byes, Deaf, 68
Goodwin, Betsy, 187–88
Goodwin, Carson, 187–88
Gopalan, Gaurav, 654
Gordon, Corinna, 504–5
Gordon, Donna, 503–6
Gordon, Tina, 503–6, 515
Gotkin, Janet, 310
Gottschall, Jonathan, 496
Gottschall, Tiffani, 496
Gould, R. Max, 49, 57
Gould Farm, 350
Grabe, Jacob, 291
Graffman, Gary, 447–48, 454, 455
Grammont, Madeline, 315
Grammont, William, 315
Grammy Awards (2006), 466
Grand Central Station, mental health dinner in, 346
Grandin, Temple, 231, 232–33, 273–75, 283, 289
Granger, Thomas, 544
Grealy, Lucy, 34–36
Great Britain, see United Kingdom
Great Depression, 489
Greece, ancient, 413, 478
Greek myth, autism and, 233–34
Green, Ashley, 512–16
Green, Joanne, 36
Green, Lateisha Latoya Kyesha (Teish; formerly Moses), 650–53
Green, Martin, 512–15
Green, Michael Foster, 347
Green, Richard, 600
Green, Roxanne, 650–53
Green, Sylvia, 513–16
Greenberg, Ann, 182
Greenberg, Jay, 423–25, 458
Greenbe
rg, Orna, 423
Greenberg, Robert, 423–25, 458
Greengard, Paul, 200
Greenspan, Stanley, 266
Greenwich, CT, 188
Gregoli, Elaine, 184–85, 190, 212
Gregoli, Joe, 184–85
Gregoli, Lynn, 184–85, 192
grief, 21, 100, 145, 289, 341, 588–89
rape and, 501
transgender and, 613
Grinker, Roy Richard, 279–80, 284
Grisso, Thomas, 546
Groopman, Jerome, 366
Gross, Miraca, 426, 458
group homes, 177, 259, 272, 310, 322, 340
multiple severe disabilities and, 360, 362, 375
growth hormone, see human growth hormone
growth-limiting treatment, 386–90
growth retardation, 367
Guardian, 140, 457
Guarr, Amy, 641
Guatemala, 378–79, 529, 571–74, 577–80
guilt:
crime and, 537, 563, 582
multiple severe disabilities and, 365, 371, 380, 470
parental, 21, 22, 61–62, 98, 134, 181, 210, 227, 365, 371, 514, 591, 658
rape and, 479, 514
schizophrenia and, 296, 302, 346
guns, 521, 657
crime and, 539, 540, 543, 547, 551, 556, 562, 571, 574, 575, 577, 580
rape and, 497, 498, 512
Gunther, Daniel, 386, 387, 389
Guzman, Camila, 654
Habyarimana, Juvénal, 526
Hadden, David, 357–63
Hadden, Jamie, 357–63
Hadden, Liza, 359–63
Hadden, Sam, 359–63
Hadden, Sara, 357–63, 697
Haldol (haloperidol), 267, 349
halfway houses for schizophrenics, 333, 344
Hall, Will, 337
Hallam, Arthur Henry, 674
Hallmayer, Joachim, 264
hallucinations, 510
schizophrenia and, 296, 302, 303, 306, 325, 332, 333, 335, 340, 341, 352
Hamlen, Charles, 416, 456
Hammurabi, Code of, 478
Handbook of Attachment (George and Solomon), 363–64
Handel, George Frederick, 407
handicapped parking permits, dwarfs and, 126, 128
hands, focal dystonia and, 414–15
Hansen, Cece, 224–31
Hansen, Jeff, 224–30
Hansen, Molly, 224, 226, 228, 230
happiness, 21, 34, 35, 47, 59, 102, 189
of author, 8, 10, 15, 16, 700
autism and, 230, 256, 281, 283
difference and, 16
disabled children and, 23, 24, 26
Down syndrome and, 211, 212
dwarfism and, 124–25, 134
family, 6
money and, 32
multiple severe disabilities and, 371, 385
pain and, 40
prodigies and, 406, 440, 456, 471
resilience and, 23
schizophrenia and, 321, 335
transgender and, 614, 619, 626, 633, 636
Haraway, Donna, 30
Harlem, NY, 8, 243
Harmon, Kristen, 63
Harm Reduction Guide to Coming off Psychiatric Drugs and Withdrawal (Hall), 337
Harris, Eric, 587–92, 594–95
Harris, Judith, 571
Harris, Lynn, 126, 140–41
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