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Plum, Frederick, 305
Pluto (celestial body), 164
“Poems of Our Climate, The” (Stevens), vii
poetry, 214–15, 579
autism and, 233–34, 267
disability and, 355–56, 357, 398
psychosis and, 302–3
schizophrenia and, 323, 324
of Tennyson, 674–75
police, 540, 566, 567, 582, 655, 673
juvenile crime and, 543, 545, 548, 562, 566, 570, 574, 590, 594
rape reported to, 494, 497, 501, 507, 508, 517
in Rwanda, 534
Poling, Hannah, 263
Polisi, Joseph, 426, 471
politics:
Deaf, 56, 66, 76–77, 503
deinstitutionalization and, 314–15
dwarfs and, 145, 149, 161
identity, 5, 49, 284
rhetoric of antielitism in, 458
polycystic kidney disease, 39
Popenoe, Paul, 413
pornography, 570
Portugal, 654
positive thinking, 308
post-abortion syndrome, 492
postindustrial societies, 27
post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), rape and, 482, 493, 498
Potter, Lauren, 214
Potts, Paul, 467
poverty, the poor, 6, 32, 33, 157, 181, 681
autism and, 293
crime and, 554, 565, 568, 571
deafness and, 57
disability and, 28, 185
Down syndrome and, 199–200
Head Start and, 182
prodigies and, 428
transgender and, 646–50
Povinelli, Mark, 140
power, 30, 33, 59, 148, 348, 366
of parents, 441
rape and, 480, 516
Practical Ethics (Singer), 394
preadolescence, schizophrenia in, 303
preeclampsia, 304
pregnancy, 482–97, 499–509, 539
androgens and, 255
dexamethasone and, 17
drug use and, 548
dwarfism and, 123, 131, 132, 149–50
forced, 526–35
high-risk, 116–17
lying about, 575
multiple severe disabilities and, 394, 395
preterm labor and, 513
prodigies and, 439
rape and, 51, 477, 479, 482–94, 496, 497, 499–504, 507–9, 513, 518, 523–36
schizophrenia and, 316, 323
SSRIs and, 264
termination of, see abortion
transgender and, 665–66
see also abortion
“Pregnancy and Sexual Assault” (Mahkorn), 492
pregnancy tests, 487, 509
preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD), 681–83
preindustrial societies, 27
prejudice, 8–9, 19, 27
against blindness, 30
against cross-gender expression, 600
against disabled, 22, 30, 33, 182
against Down syndrome, 195
against dwarfs, 116, 126, 135
against gays, 19, 45
against rape victims and their children, 503
against therapy for criminals, 584
against transgender, 44, 650
Prell, Gustaf, 633–34
premature babies, 42–43, 116, 394, 603, 679
premorbid phase of schizophrenia, 303
prenatal counseling, inadequate, 39
prenatal home visits, crime reduction and, 584–85
prenatal testing, 20, 22, 61
for Down syndrome, 171, 187–91, 196, 199–200
President’s Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities, 213
President’s Council on Bioethics, 189
Price, Marion, 441–42
Price, Ravi, 441, 442
Price, Solanda, 441–43
Price, Sondra, 441, 442
Price, Vikram, 441, 442
pride:
Deaf, 59, 66, 78
of dwarfs, 121, 123, 126, 127, 157, 160
gay, 19
Erving Goffman’s view of, 28
parental, 19
Pride, Curtis, 99
Prigov, Anatole, 160–61
Prigov, Oleg, 158–60
Princeton Record Exchange, 350
prisoners, hearing of, 53
prisons, see imprisonment, prisons
private mutations, 306
pro-ana movement, 34
Prodigal Sons (documentary), 672–73
prodigies, 5, 40, 44, 221, 405–76, 685
Asian dominance of, 454–55
asynchronous level of skills, 426
autism and, 425–26
burnout and, 405, 409
child actors compared with, 416
damage to, 406, 426, 440–43, 475
defined, 405
expectations for, 406–7, 436, 448
gay, 430, 434, 435
identity of, 426, 434, 462, 472
market for, 443
midlife crisis of, 434
parental control and, 429–32
suicide of, 426–27, 434
two groupings of, 458–59
prodromal phase of schizophrenia, 303, 318–19
production, having a baby as, 1
progressive phase of schizophrenia, 304
Prokofiev, Sergei, 421, 438, 472
Prolixin (fluphenazine) injections, 333
pro-mia movement, 34
promiscuity, rape and, 479, 501–2
prosthetic legs, 37–38
prostitutes, 569, 650
protein, excessive production of, 253–54
Providence, RI, 468–69
Prozac (fluoxetine), 200, 267
pseudoachondroplasia, 128, 155
psychiatrists, psychiatry, 17, 229
abortion and, 490
biological, 314
prodigies and, 417
rape and, 488
schizophrenia and, 326, 333, 341, 348, 353
transgender and, 635, 636
psychoanalysis, 181, 231, 307, 317, 342, 350, 403, 701
rape and, 479
psychologists, 122, 159, 341, 656
psychosis, 53
Dickinson’s description of, 302–3
drug abuse and, 316–17
genius as, 425
insight and, 335
neurotransmitter imbalance and, 306
normal thought compared with, 347
schizophrenia as, 296, 297, 300, 302–7, 317, 318, 319, 321, 322, 327, 335, 344, 345
psychosis-risk syndrome, 319
psychosocial dwarfism, 119
psychotic break, 303, 304
psychotic phase of schizophrenia, 303
PTSD, see post-traumatic stress disorder
puberty, 270, 301, 608, 622, 665
puberty blockers, 606, 621, 622, 662
Public Employee Domestic Partner Benefit Restriction Act, 16
Puccini, Giacomo, 467
pulmonary surfactants, 603
punishment:
abuse vs., 517
of criminals, 538, 544, 553, 582
waivers and, 544
of war crimes, 534
purpose, sense of, 25, 376, 619
Pygmies, 140
quadruple screening, 171
Quake, Stephen, 199
quantum mechanics, 5
Quasthoff, Thomas, 475
queer, use of word, 335
quickening, 489
Quintet for Strings (Greenberg), 424–25
Rabin, Michael, 427
race, 143, 667, 668
Rachmaninoff, Sergei, 421, 428
racism, 44, 79, 349, 497, 498, 627
Radiguet, Raymond, 406
Radio City, 139, 140
RadioShack, 247
rage, 521, 548
crime and, 591, 593
multiple severe disabilities and, 361, 365, 396
of Nancy Corgi, 238, 239
&n
bsp; prodigies and, 458
rapamycin, 253
rape, 5, 40, 44, 322, 477–536, 685
abortion and, see abortion, rape and
adoption and, see adoption, rape and
autism and, 248
blame and, 21, 479, 487, 501
defective children and, 178, 492
defined, 480
emotional challenges and, 2
failure to press charges and, 482, 494, 506
in foreign conflicts, 529–30
forgiveness and, 503
genocidal, 526–36
in historical perspective, 478–81
identity and, 477–78, 484, 503, 520, 528
imprisonment and, 496, 498, 509, 532
infanticide and, 527, 529–30
joint custody and, 506, 514
lack of boundaries and, 524
in marriage, 481, 511–14
“medical,” 492
nationality problems and, 530–31
permanent ties and, 506
physiotherapy compared with, 392
rejection of children of, 486–87, 491–92, 495
as reproductive strategy, 496
reunions with birth mothers and, 500–501
in Rwanda, 41, 526–36
“second,” 492
secrecy and, 477, 487, 499–502, 511
statutory, 515
suicide and, 490, 493, 494, 497, 514, 518, 527, 533
transgender and, 616
underreporting of, 479
Raphael-Leff, Joan, 491
Rapid Prompting Method (RPM), 267
Rapin, Isabelle, 231, 257, 276
Ravinia Festival, 448
reading, 256
Down syndrome and, 173, 174
Reagan, Ronald (Reagan administration), 183, 189, 545
realism, 25
reality, 334
crime and, 551, 581, 590
multiple severe disabilities and, 363, 371
schizophrenia and, 296, 300, 303, 344, 352
Real Rape, Real Pain (McOrmond-Plummer and Patricia Easteal), 512
Reardon, David, 492
recidivism, 538, 553
reciprocity, 402–3
recovery groups, Twelve-Step, 33
recovery movement, in schizophrenia treatment, 327–28
rectal sigmoid transfer, 620
Reed Academy, 235–36
regret:
abortion and, 492
gender reassignment and, 620, 636, 665
prodigies and, 431, 435, 458
Rehabilitation Act, US (1973), 28, 182–83
Rehnquist, William, 55
Reimer, David, 614
Reiner, William G., 615
rejection:
of children of rape, 486–87, 491–92, 495
transgender and, 613
Rekers, George, 615
relationship, 281
baby as part of, 1
schizophrenia and, 307, 324–25, 339, 350
religion, 116, 143, 445
abortion and, 18
antigay positions and, 19, 615
exorcism and, 291
minority, 17
multiple severe disabilities and, 358, 371
positive thinking as, 308
rape and, 483, 485, 491, 503, 513
transgender and, 611, 612, 631, 657
as vertical identity, 2
see also God; specific religions
religious reform camps, 17
Renaissance, 413, 427, 478–79
Reno, NV, 126
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste, 420
reparative therapy for homosexuality, 602, 629, 631–32
Report Made to the Legislature of Massachusetts (Howe), 179
reproduction, 363
disabilities and, 678–82
misuse of word, 1
rape as strategy of, 496
schizophrenia and, 306
see also genetic screening; pregnancy
Republican National Convention (2000), 213
Republicans, 45
ResHab, 177
residential facilities for disabled, 315, 329, 338–39
resilience, 23–24, 426, 624, 627, 663
restaurants, 153
Restricted Growth Association (RGA), 134
Rethinking Life and Death (Singer), 393–94
retribution, 538, 539, 585
Rett syndrome, 253, 254
revenge, 539, 574
reverse snowplowing by dwarf infants, 130
rewards:
of parents, 365–66
of prodigies, 436
Reynolds, David, 293
Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), 342–43
Richards, Renée, 663–64
Richardson, John, 164
Ricker, Ruth, 127, 135
Ricky (rapist), 493–95
Riddle of Gender, The (Rudacille), 609
Ridley, Matt, 21
right-to-life movement, 491, 492
Rilke, Rainer Maria, 323
Rimland, Bernard, 231
Rimmer, Susan Harris, 532
Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolai, 442
Risch, Neil, 264
Risperdal (risperidone), 244, 349
Ritalin (methylphenidate), 540–41
Ritter, Bryan, 647, 648
Ritter, Jane, 646–49
Ritter, Lillian, 647, 648
Rivers, Joan, 140
Riverside, 76
RNA, messenger, 171
Rob, Arnie & Dawn in the Morning (radio program), 646
Robards, Christopher, 217
Robards, David, 215–19
Robards, Karen, 215–19
Robards, Kate, 217
Robards, Tom, 215–19
robberies, 547, 556, 557
Robbins, Maggie, 402
Robison, John Elder, 233, 246, 273
rock and roll, 350
Rodolfo Halffter Conservatory, 444
Roe v. Wade, 490, 492
Rolling Stone, 614
Rollins College, 298
Roloff, Amy, 120–21
Roloff, Jeremy, 121
Roloff, Matt, 120
Roloff, Zach, 120–21
romance, 215, 218, 289, 345
prodigies and, 434, 435, 439
Romance of the Violin (album), 461
Romania, 255
Roman-Jiminez, Angelica, 201–3
Roman-Jiminez, Erica, 201–3
Roman-Jiminez, Leah, 202–3
Romans, St. Paul’s letter to the, 51
Romanticism, 412, 429
Rome, 468, 478
Romero, Jade, 604, 605, 606
Romero, Joseph, 603–6
Romero, Josie (formerly Joseph Romero II; Joey), 603–7, 626
Romero, Venessia, 603–7
Rome Statute (1998), 534
Romulus and Remus, 478
Rood, Eli (formerly Emma), 664–66
Rood, Joanna, 664–65
Rood, Kate, 664, 666
Roosevelt Hospital, Childhood Gender Identity Project at, 632
Rose, Xenia, 345
Rosemary’s Baby (movie), 588
Rosenbaum, Jill L., 564
Ross, Alan O., 363
Ross, David, 423
Roth, Ellen, 58, 59, 60
Roth, Jackie, 54, 56–60, 74, 113
Roth, Mrs. (Jackie’s grandmother), 57–60
Roth, Rob, 112
Roth, Rose, 57–60
Roth, Walter, 57–60
Rothenberg, Laura, 680–81
Rothstein, Edward, 450
Royal Albert Hall, 453
Royal College of Art, 66
Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, 28
Royal National Institute for Deaf People (RNID), 66
rubella, 39, 109, 250, 316
Rubella Bulge, 109, 112
Ruben, Robert, 92
Rubinstein, Arthur, 407
Rudacille, Deborah, 609
Ruddick, William, 29
Rudner,
Aaron, 67
Rumi, 47
Russell, Diana E. H., 511–12
Russell, William Walker, III, 207, 208–9
Russia, 43, 68, 428
Russian language, 53
Rutgers University, 286
ruthlessness:
beauty and, 519
habits of, 553
Rwanda, 41, 526–36
Sabine women, rape of, 478
Sacks, Oliver, 289–90
sadness, 13, 59, 66, 70, 100, 182, 245, 403, 701
of author, 8, 12, 45, 677, 688, 694
criminals and, 553, 563
dwarfism and, 120, 122, 138
of Elmer and Willy, 16
multiple severe disabilities and, 362, 366, 375
prodigies and, 459, 464, 471
schizophrenia and, 296, 339
transgender and, 617, 669
SafeMinds, 222
Safire, William, 164
Saini Sunpura (child with disopropus), 686
St. Andrew’s, University of, 439
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, 461
St. Paul’s School, 638
Saks, Elyn, 317, 334–35
Salce, Gisberta, Junior, 654
Saletan, William, 683
Salon, 140–41
salpingectomy, 620
Sandeen, Autumn, 646
Sandel, Michael, 684
Sandi, 86–87
Sands, Christian, 465–67
Sands, Stephanie, 465–67
Sands, Sylvester, 465–67
Sanghavi, Darshak, 156
Santia (resident of Bengkala), 86
Sargent, Ginny, 120
SAT (Scholastic Aptitude Test) scores, 450
Saturday Evening Post, 182
savants, 255, 273
Saxton, Marsha, 29
Sayers, Edna Edith, 111
Schafer, Lenny, 263, 280, 282
Schaller, Susan, 53
Schekter, Ruth, 376–80, 688
schizophrenia, 5, 22, 40, 44, 276, 295–353, 653, 685
age of onset of, 295, 338
autism compared with, 251, 253, 305, 306, 316, 318, 324, 338, 353
as avoided, mocked, and misunderstood, 339
best outcomes for, 330–31
causes of, 307–8
childhood, 231, 303
chronic and residual phase, 304
coining of term, 305
cost of, 329
criminality compared with, 537
deinstitutionalization and, 314–15
depression and, 296, 298, 299, 319, 335, 347
in developing world vs. West, 330–31
Down syndrome compared with, 366
early intervention in, 318–20, 327
in families, 305–9, 319
genetics and, 252, 305–9, 316, 317
identity and, 335–38, 348, 353
as illness of replacement and deletion, 295
incidence of, 305–6, 316
institutionalization and, 308, 314, 329, 340, 341, 366, 549
misconceptions about, 347
neurodiversity and, 279
paradigm shift for, 307
in preadolescence, 303
as psychosis, 296, 297, 300, 302–7, 317, 318, 319, 321, 322, 327, 335, 344, 345
psychotic break and, 303, 304
rape compared with, 478
recovery movement and, 327–28
refractory, 329