Kitahara, Kiyo, 272
Kitchens, Lee, 128
Klagsbrun, Sam, 344, 345, 346
Klebold, Dylan, 587–97
Klebold, Sue, 587–97, 688
Klebold, Tom, 587–97
Klin, Ami, 266
Kniest dysplasia, 164–67
Knife, The (album), 350
knives, 543, 577
Knoll, Carrie, 364
knowledge, 4, 30, 42, 366, 583, 584, 697
gender and, 607
Koch, Kathleen Leahy, 490
Kohl, Rev. Kristina, 647, 648
Konstantinova, Nadezhda, 43
Koos, Alexis, 626
Koos, Bill (formerly Sari), 626–27
Koos, Hendrik, 626–27
Kopits, Steven, 141–42, 151
Koplewicz, Harold, 277
Korea, 455, 469
Korpai, Jimmy, 140
Kosovo war, 529
Koss, Mary P., 496
Kraus, Lili, 437–38, 439
Kriens, Christiaan, 427
Kroeber, Alfred, 413, 471
Krueger, Hailey, 646–50
Krueger, Hannah (formerly Jayden), 646–50
Krystal, John, 306–7, 319, 335
Kunc, Norman, 392, 393
Kuwait, Iraqi occupation of, 531
Kyuhyun, Huaj, 569–70
LaBianca, Rosemary, 559
Ladd, Paddy, 103
Laing, R. D., 314, 336
Lambert, Leona, 647, 649
Lamott, Anne, 146
Lancaster, PA, 285–90
Lancet, 261, 262
landlords, discrimination by, against schizophrenics, 339
Lane, Harlan, 69–70, 103, 111
Lang Guoren, 445–49, 453
Lang Lang, 419, 445–49, 453, 455, 465
Langley Porter Psychiatric Hospital, 298
language, 5, 35
acquisition period for, 53, 91, 92
autism and, 223, 225, 228, 232, 235, 239, 241–42, 244, 247, 248, 249, 251, 262, 265, 266, 267, 270–72, 278, 281, 282, 283, 286, 289
of doctors, 366
Down syndrome and, 194, 202
infant-directed speech, 407
Kata Kolok (sign language of Bengkala), 84–86
loss of, 113
multiple severe disabilities and, 358, 359, 373, 390–91
music as, 407, 411, 412, 419, 423, 436, 455, 465, 475
music described with, 470
oral speech, see oral speech
prodigies and, 407, 410–11, 412, 417, 419, 425, 436
schizophrenia and, 302, 315, 317, 341, 347
sign, diversity of, 83
Sign (ASL), see American Sign Language
as vertical identity, 2
Whorf-Sapir hypothesis of, 62
Lanier, Ilene, 243, 244
Lankford, Grace Ward, 436, 438
Laos, 569
Lappé, Marc, 684
Larry King Live (TV show), 559–60
Latinos, 8, 116
Laurent, SD, proposed town of, 110
law enforcement:
abuse and, 211–12
rape and, 480
lawsuits, 596, 636, 667
multiple severe disabilities and, 382, 383, 390–91, 394–95
Leaming, Colgan, 204
learning, Down syndrome and, 214
Learning Center for the Deaf, 95
learning disabilities, 136, 175, 253, 498, 549
transgender and, 601, 626, 645
Leclerc, Annie, 403
Leete, Esso, 331
Legal Aid Corporation, UK, 262
legs, prosthetic, 37–38
Lehr, Ben, 246–49
Lehr, Bob, 246–49
Lehr, Sue, 246–49
Leigh, Irene, 107
Lejeune, Jérôme, 180
Leonardo da Vinci, 471
lesbians, lesbianism, 68, 609, 616, 617, 618, 648, 664
Anne O’Hara as, 657–58
dexamethasone and, 17
feminist split with, 601
as parents of transgender child, 18
rights of, 601
as teachers, 12–13
Les Eyzies-de-Tayac, 236
Leubner, Daniel, 291
Lev, Zvia, 292
Levin, Robert, 417, 420
Levine, James, 434
Leviticus, 144
Levitin, Daniel, 423
Levitz, Mitchell, 213
Levy, Deborah, 305–6, 324
Lewis, Jerry, 32
Lexington Center for the Deaf, 49–50, 52, 54, 56–57, 58, 67, 109
LGBT people, see homosexuality, homosexuals
Li, Minduo, 452
liberation movements (1960s), 313
Lichy, Tomato, 100
Lieber, Connie, 304–5
Lieber, Janice, 304–5
Lieber, Steve, 304–5
Lieber Clinic, 305
Lieberman, Jeffrey, 318, 319–20, 328–29, 330
Liechtenstein, 9
life:
meaningful, 371
practice vs., 451
wrongful, 39–40, 394
yearning for, 435
life expectancy:
disability and, 376, 400
Down syndrome and, 198, 199, 211
schizophrenia and, 313
Life Goes On (TV show), 214, 215
life support, 378, 394, 438
limb-lengthening (ELL), 3, 36, 123, 160–63, 388, 455
Lincoln, Abraham, 51
Lindsey, Benjamin, 545
lipreading, 3, 52, 53, 55, 58, 70, 71, 98, 99, 101
listening, 256, 462, 471
Little People (Kennedy), 128
Little People, Big World (TV show), 120
Little People of America (LPA), 115–20, 122, 125–28, 135–44, 159, 334, 353
conventions of, 41, 115–19, 133, 137–38, 140, 143, 162
dwarf as designated by, 128
first meeting of, 126
genetic testing and, 156, 157
Medical Advisory Board of, 128
website of, 148–49
little professors, use of term, 232
Littleton, CO, Columbine in, 587–97
liver function, 313
Lives of Dwarfs, The (Adelson), 116, 144
Living with Difference (Ablon), 134
Ljungqvist, Arne, 666
lobotomy, 309, 310
Locke, John, 412, 611
log rolling by dwarf infants, 130
Lombroso, Cesare, 425
London, 457, 683
loneliness, 20, 46, 520, 700
crime and, 554
of deaf, 50, 58
Down syndrome and, 176, 187, 212
of dwarfs, 115, 118, 136
of prodigies, 426, 462
schizophrenia and, 296, 301
Longinus, 412
Long Island, 139
Long Island Jewish Hospital, 308
Look Me in the Eye (Robison), 233
Lopez, Emma, 564–66
Lopez, Karina, 564–68, 576, 583
Los Angeles, CA, 233
gangs in, 571, 573–74
public school in, 76
Los Angeles County Jail, 342
Los Angeles Philharmonic, 474
Los Angeles Times, 453, 681
loss, grief and, 100
Lotto, Miyoko, 418, 419
Loughner, Jared L., 340, 341, 342
Louisiana Senate Committee on Health and Welfare, 491
Lovaas, O. Ivar, 235, 615
love, 42, 59, 148, 506, 572, 692, 700
alteration and, 390
author’s mother’s view of, 15
autism and, 223–24, 226, 227, 229, 230, 240–41, 247, 274, 275, 278, 281, 288, 292, 294
crime and, 544, 550, 554, 557, 561, 562, 565, 567, 577, 581, 582, 587, 588, 589, 592
modern, 20
multiple severe disabilities and, 360, 361, 364, 371, 373, 375, 376, 380, 384, 387, 389, 390, 392, 398, 399
prodigies and, 429, 431, 435
, 438
rape and, 478, 486, 490, 501, 504, 514, 517, 525, 527, 528, 530, 535–36
romantic, 15
schizophrenia and, 307, 324–25, 331, 344–47, 351, 352, 353
suffering and, 42, 43
transgender and, 615, 618–19, 624, 625, 626, 650
willful blindness vs., 557
love, parental, 1, 6, 15, 21, 23, 25, 36, 45, 46, 47, 58, 120, 331, 352, 403, 404, 431, 438, 445, 548, 676, 677, 686, 696, 698
autism and, 223–24, 227, 229, 230, 240, 241, 281, 294
criminals and, 554, 557, 561, 562, 565, 574, 587, 588, 589, 592
multiple severe disabilities and, 360, 361, 364, 371, 376, 380, 384, 387, 389, 390, 398, 399
rape and, 478, 486, 490, 501, 504, 514, 528, 530, 535–36
transgender and, 618, 626, 671
Lowell, Edgar L., 62
LPA, see Little People of America
LSD (lysergic acid diethylamide), 298, 325, 559–60
Lucretius, 472
Luginbuhl, Lynn, 637–39
lumbar surgery, 130
Lundeen, Erika, 382, 383
lung cancer, 263, 317, 333–34
Lupron, 270, 621, 622, 662
Luther, Martin, 237
lying, 550, 572, 575, 633
Ma, Yo-Yo, 432
MacKay, Anne, 12–13
MacKinnon, Catharine, 496
Madden, Catherine, 191–94
Madden, Wilson, 191, 192, 193
Madonna (entertainer), 422
Mad Pride movement, 335–38, 353
MAGIC Foundation, 120
magnetic resonance imaging, 90
Mahkorn, Sandra K., 492
Mahler, Gustav, 432
Mahler, Margaret, 231
Mahler, Thérèse, 432
mainstreaming, 186, 239, 687
Makya, Luke, 539–42
Makya, Pete, 539–43
Malcolm, Audrey, 555–59
Malcolm, Dashonte (Cool), 555–59
Malden, MA, 332, 333
Mallon, Gerald, 609
Malloy, Carol, 571–81
Maloof, George E., 492
managers, of musical prodigies, 443
Manhattan Parents Support Group, 215
Manhattan School of Music, 419, 444, 467
Mannes College for Music, 421, 422
manslaughter, reckless, 361
Manson, Charles, 559–60
manualism, see American Sign Language
Marcolo, Bridget, 326, 327
Marcolo, George, 325–27
Marcolo, Giuseppe, 325–27
Marengo, Angela, 564–66, 568
Marengo, Cesar, 564–65, 568
marijuana, 316, 317, 325, 326, 546, 559–60, 567, 574
Marino, Lou, 81
Markcrow, Patrick, 291
marriage, 20, 25, 207, 568
of blind people, 61
of deaf people, 61
dwarfs and, 119, 120, 124, 149
interracial, 668
multiple severe disabilities and, 371
prodigies and, 428, 429, 439, 440, 453
rape in, 481, 511–14
rape’s effects on, 530
“revolutionary,” 572
same-sex, 45, 557–58, 667, 690, 692
schizophrenia and, 307, 309, 312
sex in, 450–51
transgender, 633, 667
Marsaja, I Gede, 84–86
Marsh, Diane, 291
Marsh, Noel, 561–63
Marsh, Tyrone, 561–63
marshmallow test, 450
Martha’s Vineyard, 51
Martinez, Dolores (formerly Diego), 633–35
Marx, Caleb, 629–31
Marx, Jonah, 629–31
Marx, Lily, 629–31
Maryland Board of Physicians, 270
Maryland School for the Deaf, 105
Massachusetts, 312–13, 331, 342
Puritan, 479
Massachusetts, University of, 239
Massachusetts General Hospital, 332
Mass Health, 240
MassResistance, 17
mastectomy, 620
Masten, Ann S., 23
masturbation, 12, 268
Matamura, Marie Rose, 528–29
maternity houses, 490
mathematics, 406, 455–56, 457
Matricardi, Lisa, 461–62
maturity, parenthood and, 563
Matusky, Barbara, 104–7
Mayberg, Helen, 309–10
Mayerson, Arlene, 32
Mayo, Frank, 671
May We Have a Choice, 213
Mbuti (central African tribe), 140
McCarron, Karen, 292–93
McCarron, Katie, 292–93
McCarron, Louise, 440
McCarthy, Jenny, 263
McCourt, Bridget, 660–61
McCourt, Matt, 660–61
McCullough, Candace, 682–83
McDonald, Anne, 390–91, 402
McDonald, Jess M., 570
McDonald, Roy J., 45
McFeely, Chuck, 547–49
McFeely, Josiah, 547–48
McFeely, Kayla, 547–49
McFeely, Lauren, 547
McFeely, Mackenzie, 547–49
McFeely, Madison, 547–49
McFeely, Sophia, 547–49
McGlashan, Thomas, 318, 319
McGovern, Cammie, 292
McKerrow, Carol, 668–74
McKerrow, Kim (formerly Paul), 668–74
McKerrow, Loren, 668, 670–71
McKerrow, Marc, 668–74
McKerrow, Todd, 668, 669, 670, 672
McKusick, Victor, 128
McLaughlin, Janice, 190
McLean, 299–301, 325
Mclean, Lashai, 654
McOrmond-Plummer, Louise, 512
Mead, Margaret, 180, 472
Meadowmount, 460
measles, 91, 261
measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine, 261
Medicaid, 287, 490
medical school, 135
medication, 5, 446
antiseizure, 267
autism and, 229, 244, 250, 253, 254, 264, 267, 269, 270, 274
for depression, see antidepressants
for Down syndrome, 200–201
multiple severe disabilities and, 375, 377, 397, 400
preventing homosexuality with, 17–18
prodigies and, 461
schizophrenia and, 299, 300, 304, 309–13, 315, 317–24, 326–29, 331, 335, 336–37, 340, 341, 343, 345, 346–47, 349, 352
medicine, 15–16
disability and, 27–28, 30
disability avoidance and, 29
pediatric, 20
see also doctors; hospitals
Mehta, Zarin, 426
Mellaril (thioridazine), 267, 304, 349
memantine, 200
memory, 200, 233, 253, 310, 621
schizophrenia and, 295, 302, 303, 328
Mendelssohn, Felix, 437, 448–49
meningitis, 91, 97–98, 109
menstruation, 386, 387
mental age, 205, 209
mental disability, parental sorrow and, 23
mental health:
abortion and, 490, 492
criminals and, 549
delusions of, 42
positive thinking and, 308
prodigies and, 427, 434, 460
transgender and, 609, 610
mental hospitals, 311–12, 314–15, 330, 333
mental illness, 310, 318
anorexia as, 34
biological model of, 336
deinstitutionalization and, 314–15
Foucault’s views on, 313–14
homosexuality as, 17
spectrum of, 306
see also bipolar disorder; schizophrenia
mental retardation, see intellectual disability
Mental Retardation Institute, 172
Menuhin, Yehudi, 451
Menvielle, Edgardo, 610, 636
mercury, 261, 26
5, 270
meritocracy, classical music world as, 413, 454
Merkin, Lewis, 60
methamphetamine, 316–17
Metropolitan Community Church (MCC), 647
Metropolitan Opera, 434–35, 470
Meyer, Edgar, 461
Meyer-Bahlburg, Heino, 607, 608, 635–36, 660
Meyerding, Jane, 283–84
mGluR5 receptor, 253–54
Michaels, Bobby, 497–99
Michaels, Clarabel, 497, 498
Michaels, Lori, 496–99
Michalko, Rod, 32
Michigan, 16, 139
Michigan, University of, Hospital, 165, 166
Middletown, 362
midget, derivation and use of word, 126, 140–41, 153
Midgets of America, 126
Midgette, Anne, 411
Mid-Hudson Gay Pride Parade (2009), 629
Midori (violinist), 442
migraine headaches, 70, 72, 73
Miller, Arthur, 181
Miller, Karla, 394
Miller, Marvin T., 110
Miller, Paul Steven, 125, 138
mindblindness, 245–46
MindFreedom International, 336
Mingfang Ting, 463–64
Minneapolis, MN, 555–59, 571, 574, 577, 579–80, 654, 693
Minnesota, 572–74
gangs in, 556, 557, 558, 565, 567, 574
see also Hennepin County Home School
minorities, self-definition of, 28
Minter, Shannon, 622, 667
Mirador, Ashoka, 573, 574, 580
Mirador, Basho, 573
Mirador, Krishna, 571–81, 583
Mirador, Raul, 571–74, 576–79
Miranda rights, 546
mirror neurons, 245–46
Mirveta (rape victim), 529–30
miscarriage, 170, 171, 485, 486, 607, 693
Mischel, Walter, 450
Miskiewicz, Jadwiga, 291
misogyny, 479, 512, 526–27
Miss Deaf America pageant, 68
Miss Deaf Missouri, 68
Mississippi, juvenile detention in, 552
MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), 456
Mitchell, David, 27–28, 29
Mitchell, Jonathan, 281
Mitchell, Juliet, 237
Mithen, Steven, 407
mitochondrial deafness, 61
MMR, see measles-mumps-rubella vaccine
Mobley, William C., 200–201
modeling, 37
modernity, 20, 29
Molsami (Bengkala resident), 87
Mom, I Need to Be a Girl (Evelyn), 626
Mommy and Me class, 234
Mondini malformation, 70, 72
money, 59, 67, 77, 139, 314, 332, 498, 658
abortion and, 518
Buddy Walk and, 188
happiness and, 32
loans of, 507, 508
prodigies and, 427–28, 442, 446, 447, 452, 468–69
theft of, 547, 556, 557, 562
Money, John, 614
Mongolia, Mongols, 179, 180, 270
Mongoloids, Mongoloid idiots, use of words, 179
Monroe, Karen, 417, 426, 455
Montan, Barb, 79–82
Montan, Chris, 79–81
Montan, Nils, 80
Montan, Spencer, 79–82
Montessori, Maria, 181
Montessori schools, 81, 418
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