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by Solomon, Andrew


  Plum, Frederick, 305

  Pluto (celestial body), 164

  “Poems of Our Climate, The” (Stevens), vii

  poetry, 214–15, 579

  autism and, 233–34, 267

  disability and, 355–56, 357, 398

  psychosis and, 302–3

  schizophrenia and, 323, 324

  of Tennyson, 674–75

  police, 540, 566, 567, 582, 655, 673

  juvenile crime and, 543, 545, 548, 562, 566, 570, 574, 590, 594

  rape reported to, 494, 497, 501, 507, 508, 517

  in Rwanda, 534

  Poling, Hannah, 263

  Polisi, Joseph, 426, 471

  politics:

  Deaf, 56, 66, 76–77, 503

  deinstitutionalization and, 314–15

  dwarfs and, 145, 149, 161

  identity, 5, 49, 284

  rhetoric of antielitism in, 458

  polycystic kidney disease, 39

  Popenoe, Paul, 413

  pornography, 570

  Portugal, 654

  positive thinking, 308

  post-abortion syndrome, 492

  postindustrial societies, 27

  post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), rape and, 482, 493, 498

  Potter, Lauren, 214

  Potts, Paul, 467

  poverty, the poor, 6, 32, 33, 157, 181, 681

  autism and, 293

  crime and, 554, 565, 568, 571

  deafness and, 57

  disability and, 28, 185

  Down syndrome and, 199–200

  Head Start and, 182

  prodigies and, 428

  transgender and, 646–50

  Povinelli, Mark, 140

  power, 30, 33, 59, 148, 348, 366

  of parents, 441

  rape and, 480, 516

  Practical Ethics (Singer), 394

  preadolescence, schizophrenia in, 303

  preeclampsia, 304

  pregnancy, 482–97, 499–509, 539

  androgens and, 255

  dexamethasone and, 17

  drug use and, 548

  dwarfism and, 123, 131, 132, 149–50

  forced, 526–35

  high-risk, 116–17

  lying about, 575

  multiple severe disabilities and, 394, 395

  preterm labor and, 513

  prodigies and, 439

  rape and, 51, 477, 479, 482–94, 496, 497, 499–504, 507–9, 513, 518, 523–36

  schizophrenia and, 316, 323

  SSRIs and, 264

  termination of, see abortion

  transgender and, 665–66

  see also abortion

  “Pregnancy and Sexual Assault” (Mahkorn), 492

  pregnancy tests, 487, 509

  preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD), 681–83

  preindustrial societies, 27

  prejudice, 8–9, 19, 27

  against blindness, 30

  against cross-gender expression, 600

  against disabled, 22, 30, 33, 182

  against Down syndrome, 195

  against dwarfs, 116, 126, 135

  against gays, 19, 45

  against rape victims and their children, 503

  against therapy for criminals, 584

  against transgender, 44, 650

  Prell, Gustaf, 633–34

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

  premorbid phase of schizophrenia, 303

  prenatal counseling, inadequate, 39

  prenatal home visits, crime reduction and, 584–85

  prenatal testing, 20, 22, 61

  for Down syndrome, 171, 187–91, 196, 199–200

  President’s Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities, 213

  President’s Council on Bioethics, 189

  Price, Marion, 441–42

  Price, Ravi, 441, 442

  Price, Solanda, 441–43

  Price, Sondra, 441, 442

  Price, Vikram, 441, 442

  pride:

  Deaf, 59, 66, 78

  of dwarfs, 121, 123, 126, 127, 157, 160

  gay, 19

  Erving Goffman’s view of, 28

  parental, 19

  Pride, Curtis, 99

  Prigov, Anatole, 160–61

  Prigov, Oleg, 158–60

  Princeton Record Exchange, 350

  prisoners, hearing of, 53

  prisons, see imprisonment, prisons

  private mutations, 306

  pro-ana movement, 34

  Prodigal Sons (documentary), 672–73

  prodigies, 5, 40, 44, 221, 405–76, 685

  Asian dominance of, 454–55

  asynchronous level of skills, 426

  autism and, 425–26

  burnout and, 405, 409

  child actors compared with, 416

  damage to, 406, 426, 440–43, 475

  defined, 405

  expectations for, 406–7, 436, 448

  gay, 430, 434, 435

  identity of, 426, 434, 462, 472

  market for, 443

  midlife crisis of, 434

  parental control and, 429–32

  suicide of, 426–27, 434

  two groupings of, 458–59

  prodromal phase of schizophrenia, 303, 318–19

  production, having a baby as, 1

  progressive phase of schizophrenia, 304

  Prokofiev, Sergei, 421, 438, 472

  Prolixin (fluphenazine) injections, 333

  pro-mia movement, 34

  promiscuity, rape and, 479, 501–2

  prosthetic legs, 37–38

  prostitutes, 569, 650

  protein, excessive production of, 253–54

  Providence, RI, 468–69

  Prozac (fluoxetine), 200, 267

  pseudoachondroplasia, 128, 155

  psychiatrists, psychiatry, 17, 229

  abortion and, 490

  biological, 314

  prodigies and, 417

  rape and, 488

  schizophrenia and, 326, 333, 341, 348, 353

  transgender and, 635, 636

  psychoanalysis, 181, 231, 307, 317, 342, 350, 403, 701

  rape and, 479

  psychologists, 122, 159, 341, 656

  psychosis, 53

  Dickinson’s description of, 302–3

  drug abuse and, 316–17

  genius as, 425

  insight and, 335

  neurotransmitter imbalance and, 306

  normal thought compared with, 347

  schizophrenia as, 296, 297, 300, 302–7, 317, 318, 319, 321, 322, 327, 335, 344, 345

  psychosis-risk syndrome, 319

  psychosocial dwarfism, 119

  psychotic break, 303, 304

  psychotic phase of schizophrenia, 303

  PTSD, see post-traumatic stress disorder

  puberty, 270, 301, 608, 622, 665

  puberty blockers, 606, 621, 622, 662

  Public Employee Domestic Partner Benefit Restriction Act, 16

  Puccini, Giacomo, 467

  pulmonary surfactants, 603

  punishment:

  abuse vs., 517

  of criminals, 538, 544, 553, 582

  waivers and, 544

  of war crimes, 534

  purpose, sense of, 25, 376, 619

  Pygmies, 140

  quadruple screening, 171

  Quake, Stephen, 199

  quantum mechanics, 5

  Quasthoff, Thomas, 475

  queer, use of word, 335

  quickening, 489

  Quintet for Strings (Greenberg), 424–25

  Rabin, Michael, 427

  race, 143, 667, 668

  Rachmaninoff, Sergei, 421, 428

  racism, 44, 79, 349, 497, 498, 627

  Radiguet, Raymond, 406

  Radio City, 139, 140

  RadioShack, 247

  rage, 521, 548

  crime and, 591, 593

  multiple severe disabilities and, 361, 365, 396

  of Nancy Corgi, 238, 239

&n
bsp; prodigies and, 458

  rapamycin, 253

  rape, 5, 40, 44, 322, 477–536, 685

  abortion and, see abortion, rape and

  adoption and, see adoption, rape and

  autism and, 248

  blame and, 21, 479, 487, 501

  defective children and, 178, 492

  defined, 480

  emotional challenges and, 2

  failure to press charges and, 482, 494, 506

  in foreign conflicts, 529–30

  forgiveness and, 503

  genocidal, 526–36

  in historical perspective, 478–81

  identity and, 477–78, 484, 503, 520, 528

  imprisonment and, 496, 498, 509, 532

  infanticide and, 527, 529–30

  joint custody and, 506, 514

  lack of boundaries and, 524

  in marriage, 481, 511–14

  “medical,” 492

  nationality problems and, 530–31

  permanent ties and, 506

  physiotherapy compared with, 392

  rejection of children of, 486–87, 491–92, 495

  as reproductive strategy, 496

  reunions with birth mothers and, 500–501

  in Rwanda, 41, 526–36

  “second,” 492

  secrecy and, 477, 487, 499–502, 511

  statutory, 515

  suicide and, 490, 493, 494, 497, 514, 518, 527, 533

  transgender and, 616

  underreporting of, 479

  Raphael-Leff, Joan, 491

  Rapid Prompting Method (RPM), 267

  Rapin, Isabelle, 231, 257, 276

  Ravinia Festival, 448

  reading, 256

  Down syndrome and, 173, 174

  Reagan, Ronald (Reagan administration), 183, 189, 545

  realism, 25

  reality, 334

  crime and, 551, 581, 590

  multiple severe disabilities and, 363, 371

  schizophrenia and, 296, 300, 303, 344, 352

  Real Rape, Real Pain (McOrmond-Plummer and Patricia Easteal), 512

  Reardon, David, 492

  recidivism, 538, 553

  reciprocity, 402–3

  recovery groups, Twelve-Step, 33

  recovery movement, in schizophrenia treatment, 327–28

  rectal sigmoid transfer, 620

  Reed Academy, 235–36

  regret:

  abortion and, 492

  gender reassignment and, 620, 636, 665

  prodigies and, 431, 435, 458

  Rehabilitation Act, US (1973), 28, 182–83

  Rehnquist, William, 55

  Reimer, David, 614

  Reiner, William G., 615

  rejection:

  of children of rape, 486–87, 491–92, 495

  transgender and, 613

  Rekers, George, 615

  relationship, 281

  baby as part of, 1

  schizophrenia and, 307, 324–25, 339, 350

  religion, 116, 143, 445

  abortion and, 18

  antigay positions and, 19, 615

  exorcism and, 291

  minority, 17

  multiple severe disabilities and, 358, 371

  positive thinking as, 308

  rape and, 483, 485, 491, 503, 513

  transgender and, 611, 612, 631, 657

  as vertical identity, 2

  see also God; specific religions

  religious reform camps, 17

  Renaissance, 413, 427, 478–79

  Reno, NV, 126

  Renoir, Pierre-Auguste, 420

  reparative therapy for homosexuality, 602, 629, 631–32

  Report Made to the Legislature of Massachusetts (Howe), 179

  reproduction, 363

  disabilities and, 678–82

  misuse of word, 1

  rape as strategy of, 496

  schizophrenia and, 306

  see also genetic screening; pregnancy

  Republican National Convention (2000), 213

  Republicans, 45

  ResHab, 177

  residential facilities for disabled, 315, 329, 338–39

  resilience, 23–24, 426, 624, 627, 663

  restaurants, 153

  Restricted Growth Association (RGA), 134

  Rethinking Life and Death (Singer), 393–94

  retribution, 538, 539, 585

  Rett syndrome, 253, 254

  revenge, 539, 574

  reverse snowplowing by dwarf infants, 130

  rewards:

  of parents, 365–66

  of prodigies, 436

  Reynolds, David, 293

  Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), 342–43

  Richards, Renée, 663–64

  Richardson, John, 164

  Ricker, Ruth, 127, 135

  Ricky (rapist), 493–95

  Riddle of Gender, The (Rudacille), 609

  Ridley, Matt, 21

  right-to-life movement, 491, 492

  Rilke, Rainer Maria, 323

  Rimland, Bernard, 231

  Rimmer, Susan Harris, 532

  Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolai, 442

  Risch, Neil, 264

  Risperdal (risperidone), 244, 349

  Ritalin (methylphenidate), 540–41

  Ritter, Bryan, 647, 648

  Ritter, Jane, 646–49

  Ritter, Lillian, 647, 648

  Rivers, Joan, 140

  Riverside, 76

  RNA, messenger, 171

  Rob, Arnie & Dawn in the Morning (radio program), 646

  Robards, Christopher, 217

  Robards, David, 215–19

  Robards, Karen, 215–19

  Robards, Kate, 217

  Robards, Tom, 215–19

  robberies, 547, 556, 557

  Robbins, Maggie, 402

  Robison, John Elder, 233, 246, 273

  rock and roll, 350

  Rodolfo Halffter Conservatory, 444

  Roe v. Wade, 490, 492

  Rolling Stone, 614

  Rollins College, 298

  Roloff, Amy, 120–21

  Roloff, Jeremy, 121

  Roloff, Matt, 120

  Roloff, Zach, 120–21

  romance, 215, 218, 289, 345

  prodigies and, 434, 435, 439

  Romance of the Violin (album), 461

  Romania, 255

  Roman-Jiminez, Angelica, 201–3

  Roman-Jiminez, Erica, 201–3

  Roman-Jiminez, Leah, 202–3

  Romans, St. Paul’s letter to the, 51

  Romanticism, 412, 429

  Rome, 468, 478

  Romero, Jade, 604, 605, 606

  Romero, Joseph, 603–6

  Romero, Josie (formerly Joseph Romero II; Joey), 603–7, 626

  Romero, Venessia, 603–7

  Rome Statute (1998), 534

  Romulus and Remus, 478

  Rood, Eli (formerly Emma), 664–66

  Rood, Joanna, 664–65

  Rood, Kate, 664, 666

  Roosevelt Hospital, Childhood Gender Identity Project at, 632

  Rose, Xenia, 345

  Rosemary’s Baby (movie), 588

  Rosenbaum, Jill L., 564

  Ross, Alan O., 363

  Ross, David, 423

  Roth, Ellen, 58, 59, 60

  Roth, Jackie, 54, 56–60, 74, 113

  Roth, Mrs. (Jackie’s grandmother), 57–60

  Roth, Rob, 112

  Roth, Rose, 57–60

  Roth, Walter, 57–60

  Rothenberg, Laura, 680–81

  Rothstein, Edward, 450

  Royal Albert Hall, 453

  Royal College of Art, 66

  Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, 28

  Royal National Institute for Deaf People (RNID), 66

  rubella, 39, 109, 250, 316

  Rubella Bulge, 109, 112

  Ruben, Robert, 92

  Rubinstein, Arthur, 407

  Rudacille, Deborah, 609

  Ruddick, William, 29

  Rudner,
Aaron, 67

  Rumi, 47

  Russell, Diana E. H., 511–12

  Russell, William Walker, III, 207, 208–9

  Russia, 43, 68, 428

  Russian language, 53

  Rutgers University, 286

  ruthlessness:

  beauty and, 519

  habits of, 553

  Rwanda, 41, 526–36

  Sabine women, rape of, 478

  Sacks, Oliver, 289–90

  sadness, 13, 59, 66, 70, 100, 182, 245, 403, 701

  of author, 8, 12, 45, 677, 688, 694

  criminals and, 553, 563

  dwarfism and, 120, 122, 138

  of Elmer and Willy, 16

  multiple severe disabilities and, 362, 366, 375

  prodigies and, 459, 464, 471

  schizophrenia and, 296, 339

  transgender and, 617, 669

  SafeMinds, 222

  Safire, William, 164

  Saini Sunpura (child with disopropus), 686

  St. Andrew’s, University of, 439

  Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, 461

  St. Paul’s School, 638

  Saks, Elyn, 317, 334–35

  Salce, Gisberta, Junior, 654

  Saletan, William, 683

  Salon, 140–41

  salpingectomy, 620

  Sandeen, Autumn, 646

  Sandel, Michael, 684

  Sandi, 86–87

  Sands, Christian, 465–67

  Sands, Stephanie, 465–67

  Sands, Sylvester, 465–67

  Sanghavi, Darshak, 156

  Santia (resident of Bengkala), 86

  Sargent, Ginny, 120

  SAT (Scholastic Aptitude Test) scores, 450

  Saturday Evening Post, 182

  savants, 255, 273

  Saxton, Marsha, 29

  Sayers, Edna Edith, 111

  Schafer, Lenny, 263, 280, 282

  Schaller, Susan, 53

  Schekter, Ruth, 376–80, 688

  schizophrenia, 5, 22, 40, 44, 276, 295–353, 653, 685

  age of onset of, 295, 338

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

  as avoided, mocked, and misunderstood, 339

  best outcomes for, 330–31

  causes of, 307–8

  childhood, 231, 303

  chronic and residual phase, 304

  coining of term, 305

  cost of, 329

  criminality compared with, 537

  deinstitutionalization and, 314–15

  depression and, 296, 298, 299, 319, 335, 347

  in developing world vs. West, 330–31

  Down syndrome compared with, 366

  early intervention in, 318–20, 327

  in families, 305–9, 319

  genetics and, 252, 305–9, 316, 317

  identity and, 335–38, 348, 353

  as illness of replacement and deletion, 295

  incidence of, 305–6, 316

  institutionalization and, 308, 314, 329, 340, 341, 366, 549

  misconceptions about, 347

  neurodiversity and, 279

  paradigm shift for, 307

  in preadolescence, 303

  as psychosis, 296, 297, 300, 302–7, 317, 318, 319, 321, 322, 327, 335, 344, 345

  psychotic break and, 303, 304

  rape compared with, 478

  recovery movement and, 327–28

  refractory, 329

 

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