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I was number 87 : a deaf woman's ordeal of misdiagnosis, institutionalization, and abuse / Anne M. Bolander and Adair N. Renning.
Van Pelt Library HV2534.B63 A3 2000
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bolander, Anne M.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bolander, Anne M.
- Deaf women--United States--Biography.
- Deaf women.
- Deaf children--United States--Biography.
- Deaf children.
- Deaf children--Abuse of--United States.
- Deaf children--Abuse of.
- Diagnostic errors.
- United States.
- Deaf children--Education--United States.
- Deaf children--Education.
- Deaf people--United States--Biography.
- Deaf people.
- Diagnostic errors--United States--Case studies.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Case studies.
- Autobiographies.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 184 pages ; 24 cm
- Other Title:
- I was number eighty seven
- I was #87
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : Gallaudet University Press, 2000.
- Summary:
- "I was six years old, alone, and terrified, and no one knew that I was deaf." So began Bolander's five-year ordeal at an institution for retarded and unwanted children where she was known by a number instead of her name. Her stunning story will inspire all who have endured any kind of hardship while trying to reclaim their lives.
- ISBN:
- 1563680920
- OCLC:
- 43662092
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