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Understanding and Helping the Retarded Reader

The Retarded Reader

February 9, 2016 Holly Parent/Teacher Collection 15 comments

Understanding and Helping the Retarded Reader Strang 1965 Submitter: My local library has a small section on education help. Here is an ancient book from the proceedings of a conference on reading problems held in 1962. Scholarly, and not much

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My brother stephen is retarded cover

Steven is Retarded

August 19, 2014 Holly For the Kids 15 comments

My Brother Steven is Retarded Sobol 1977 Submitter: We found this *horror* while weeding a school library. Perhaps once upon a time this may have been helpful to a elementary/middle school child, but now it’s just awful. And it’s photographs,

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Don’t Feel Sorry for Paul

April 9, 2014 Holly For the Kids 4 comments

Don’t Feel Sorry for Paul Wolf 1975 You can tell by the cover of this book that it is old! The one dark spot over the word “Don’t” in the title is where the protective plastic cover is ripped. Condition

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Don’t Look at Me!

February 24, 2014 Mary Kelly Doris Hall of Infamy, For the Kids 25 comments

Don’t Look at Me A child’s book about feeling different Sanford 1986 Regulars to our site will immediately recognize the creepy cover illustration style as one of our favorite authors here at ALB.  For you new folks, prepare for some

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Living Fully

December 23, 2013 Mary Kelly Parent/Teacher Collection 2 comments

Living Fully A Guide for Young People with a Handicap, Their Parents, Their Teachers, & Professionals Gordon 1975 This is a book of essays with resources for families with handicapped children. It also contains some discussion of job hunting, sex,

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More Special Ed

October 16, 2011 Mary Kelly Parent/Teacher Collection 10 comments

Mental Retardation Dunbar 1978 Some books are just obvious.  This came to me from an alert media specialist weeding her elementary school collection.  I also found copies in quite a few public libraries.  Yes we can debate the use of

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siblings of retarded children

Siblings of Retarded Children

December 7, 2010 Holly Feelings and Self Help, Parent/Teacher Collection, Society Explained

Brothers and Sisters of Retarded Children: an Exploratory Study Grossman 1972 Submitter: I was searching the library’s catalogue yesterday for potential preschool storytime books using the subject heading “siblings” and stumbled upon this book. I was dumbfounded that a title

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Who Cares About Disabled People

Who Cares About Disabled People?

October 12, 2010 Holly For the Kids, Society Explained

Who Cares About Disabled People Adams 1989 Submitter: I suspect it’s a series of “who cares about…” but still, it made me laugh out loud.   It’s 20 years old now (according to World Cat, which also revealed it’s still available…)

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