Word: handicapped
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Sept. 28, 1953). When Pamela's father, an Internal Revenue Service regional chief, was transferred to Atlanta, Bob Hogg's group sent a special teacher to help the Coffeys avoid the debilitating kindness that can stunt a blind child's spirit even more than its physical handicap. At home, Pamela was taught to dress herself and brush her teeth, even to chew (something many children learn by watching others). In a nursery school she played unselfconsciously with sighted children, conducted herself with fiery, four-year-old independence...