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Product

DDLS-Far From the Tree. The Context for Our Empathy

Center:

NJ-The Boggs Center on Developmental Disabilities, UCEDD/LEND

Fiscal Year:

2015

Contact Information:

Robyn Carroll
[email protected]
732-235-9310

Product Description:

250th DDLS session speakers: New York Times best-selling author and winner of the National Book Award, Dr. Andrew Solomon, and Dr. Deborah Spitalnik. Dr. Solomon will present his experiences writing Far From the Tree: Parents, Children, and the Search for Identity, an examination of the means by which families accommodate children with physical, mental, and social disabilities and how these unusual situations can be invested with love. Dr. Spitalnik will begin the session by tracing the structure and impact of disability policy on the lives of people with developmental disabilities, their families, and those who work on their behalf.

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Product/Publication Type(s):

Conference presentations and posters presented

Target Audience:

Consumers/Families, Professionals, Policymakers, Students

Alternative Format:

Electronic (disc, CD, 508 compliant web posting)

To Obtain Copies (URL or Email):

http://rwjms.rutgers.edu/boggscenter/

COVID-19 Related Data:

N/A

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