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- catalog abstract ""Anne Bolander had the great misfortune of losing her mother early in life, which left her in the care of a father, and later a stepmother, who showed little interest in raising a child that seemed slow to learn. In 1959, her parents took Anne to the Johns Hopkins University where experts declared her to be retarded, when in fact she was deaf. But Anne's parents accepted this assessment and put her in the Stoutamyre School for Special Education in Bridgewater, Virginia." "At the Stoutamyre School, Anne was punished for every rule broken, yet the only way to learn the rules was by being punished. Children's names were not used; Anne was assigned a number instead, #87 (an abstract symbol for her, since she had never been taught numbers), which told her when she was allowed to go to the bathroom, after #86." "Anne endured five years in this oppressive environment until her parents moved to Pennsylvania. By chance, she was placed in St. Mary's of Providence Center, where teachers correctly assessed her as deaf, not retarded. But after only a year, her parents brought Anne back home again, where she suffered many more years of abuse. As she grew, the physical attacks abated, but the emotional scars left her socially ill-prepared as an adult. The damage led to many other betrayals by false friends and others willing to take advantage of her."--Jacket.".
- catalog alternative "I was number eighty seven".
- catalog contributor b11641979.
- catalog contributor b11641980.
- catalog created "2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2000.".
- catalog description ""Anne Bolander had the great misfortune of losing her mother early in life, which left her in the care of a father, and later a stepmother, who showed little interest in raising a child that seemed slow to learn. In 1959, her parents took Anne to the Johns Hopkins University where experts declared her to be retarded, when in fact she was deaf. But Anne's parents accepted this assessment and put her in the Stoutamyre School for Special Education in Bridgewater, Virginia." "At the Stoutamyre School, Anne was punished for every rule broken, yet the only way to learn the rules was by being punished. Children's names were not used; Anne was assigned a number instead, #87 (an abstract symbol for her, since she had never been taught numbers), which told her when she was allowed to go to the bathroom, after #86." "Anne endured five years in this oppressive environment until her parents moved to Pennsylvania. By chance, she was placed in St. Mary's of Providence Center, where teachers correctly assessed her as deaf, not retarded. But after only a year, her parents brought Anne back home again, where she suffered many more years of abuse. As she grew, the physical attacks abated, but the emotional scars left her socially ill-prepared as an adult. The damage led to many other betrayals by false friends and others willing to take advantage of her."--Jacket.".
- catalog extent "xiii, 184 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "1563680920".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "2000.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Washington, DC : Gallaudet University Press,".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "362.4/2/092 B 21".
- catalog subject "Bolander, Anne M.".
- catalog subject "Deaf United States Biography.".
- catalog subject "Deaf children Abuse of United States.".
- catalog subject "Deaf children Education United States.".
- catalog subject "Deaf children United States Biography.".
- catalog subject "Deaf women United States Biography.".
- catalog subject "Diagnostic errors United States Case studies.".
- catalog subject "HV2534.B63 A3 2000".
- catalog subject "Hearing impaired children Abuse of United States.".
- catalog subject "Hearing impaired children Education United States.".
- catalog subject "Hearing impaired children United States Biography.".
- catalog title "I was number 87 : one woman's story of misdiagnosis, institutionalization, and abuse / Anne M. Bolander and Adair N. Renning.".
- catalog title "I was number eighty seven".
- catalog type "text".