Familial fitness: disability, adoption, and family in modern America

Introduction. Disability and belonging in adoption history

Expecting normality: 1918-1955. Exclusionary practices in the age of eugenics and child welfare ; Risk equivalence and the postwar family

Working toward inclusion: 1955-1980. Love, acceptance, and the narrative of overcoming ; From overcoming to programmatic solutions

Continued obstacles: 1980-1997. Institutional and structural barriers to the adoption of children with disabilities ; The limits of inclusion

Epilogue. A usable past: thinking about contemporary practice in light of history.