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SUMMARY:Making the invisible visible: the hidden history of families\, sch
 ools\, civil rights\, media and science in the production of learning disa
 bilities - Rayna Rapp (New York University)
DTSTART:20081204T163000Z
DTEND:20081204T180000Z
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CONTACT:Lauren Kassell
DESCRIPTION:Two generations ago\, there were virtually no 'LD children' in
  the United States. Yet by 2008\, they had become 15% of the national stud
 ent population. A series of remarkable institutional\, legal\, scientific 
 and cultural changes have coalesced over this period\, creating a sea-chan
 ge in the American imaginary. Yet these large-scale transformations often 
 began in domestic experiences of anger and desperation: the work of famili
 es with atypical children was central to these developments. This presenta
 tion highlights the unanticipated activism on the part of parents which he
 lped to shape new understandings of human variability and the hierarchies 
 in which social differences are embedded.\n\nThere will be tea before the 
 lecture\, at 4pm in Seminar Room 1\, and a drinks reception afterwards\, a
 t 6pm in Seminar Room 1.
LOCATION:Seminar Room 2\, History and Philosophy of Science\, Department o
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