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Life History in Progress: A Retarded Daughter Educates Her Mother

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Culture and Retardation

Part of the book series: Culture, Illness, and Healing ((CIHE,volume 8))

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I sat at my desk and slipped the tape into the tape recorder. Pressing the “forward” button, I listened. A few seconds went by, and I heard my daughter’s voice.

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  1. Sandra Z. Kaufman
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  1. Departments of Psychiatry and Anthropology, University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA

    L. L. Langness

  2. Graduate School of Education, University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA

    Harold G. Levine

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Kaufman, S.Z. (1986). Life History in Progress: A Retarded Daughter Educates Her Mother. In: Langness, L.L., Levine, H.G. (eds) Culture and Retardation. Culture, Illness, and Healing, vol 8. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3711-6_3

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