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This is one of the central ways that ideologies of disability have functioned in the United States, contributing to the pathologizing of various populations by infantilizing them, declaring them weak, vulnerable, unintelligent, prone to disease, less advanced, in need of intervention (categories that have historically been used as justifications fo

for one’s children.” Norton provided no empirical evidence to substantiate her position that certain “ghetto” Blacks were deficient in any of these values.

“healthy, loving, and supportive families are crucial to nurture compassionate, ethical persons and create sane and just societies.”

Lyons-Ruth concludes that infants who are not truly seen and known by their mothers are at high risk to grow into adolescents who are unable to know and to see.”