The first social history of disability and difference in American adoption, from the Progressive Era to the end of the twentieth century. Disability and child welfare, together and apart, are major concerns in American society. Today, about 125,000 children in foster care are eligible and waiting for adoption, and while many children wait more than two years to be adopted, children with disabilities wait even longer. In Familial Fitness, Sandra M. Sufian uncovers how disability operates as a fundamental category in the making of the American family, tracing major shifts in policy, practice, and attitudes about the adoptability of disabled children over the course of the twentieth century. Chronicling the long, complex history of disability, Familial Fitness explores how notions and practices of adoption have—and haven’t—accommodated disability, and how the language of risk enters into that complicated relationship. We see how the field of adoption moved from widely excluding children with disabilities in the early twentieth century to partially including them at its close. As Sufian traces this historical process, she examines the forces that shaped, and continue to shape, access to the social institution of family and invites readers to rethink the meaning of family itself.

Introduction. Disability and belonging in adoption history -- Expecting normality: 1918-1955. Exclusionary practices in the age of eugenics and child welfare ; Risk equivalence and the postwar family -- Working toward inclusion: 1955-1980. Love, acceptance, and the narrative of overcoming ; From overcoming to programmatic solutions -- Continued obstacles: 1980-1997. Institutional and structural barriers to the adoption of children with disabilities ; The limits of inclusion -- Epilogue. A usable past: thinking about contemporary practice in light of history.

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I wrote this book to show you the power of these three words, Faith Family and FitnessTo INSPIRE you take chances in life. Have FAITH.To surround yourself with the right people. Your FAMILY.To stay healthy and fit. Your FITNESS.Keep up with these three things and watch what happens.Throughout the book I go pretty deep on 15 lessons that I have learned along the way. After each lesson is an action plan with a journal following it. I encourage you to take your time, be honest and fill it out as diligently as your heart allows.Thank you once again for taking the time to read the book and I welcome your feedback.

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