| Foreword | |
| Preface | |
| Acknowledgments | |
| 1 | The Struggle for Citizenship: Schools and the Representation of Down Syndrome | 1 |
| 2 | Down Syndrome and the History of Community Banishment | 19 |
| 3 | The Alien, the Squatter, and the Dilemma of Conformity | 48 |
| 4 | Citizenship in School: Reconceptualizing Down Syndrome | 71 |
| 5 | Citizenship in the Literate Community: Down Syndrome, Communication, and the Written Word | 97 |
| 6 | Citizenship, Behavior, and Friendship | 117 |
| 7 | The Reconceptualization of Down Syndrome | 129 |
| References | 141 |
| Index | 157 |
| About the Author | 167 |