Michelle Jarman
Contributor
BIOGRAPHY
Associate Professor of Disability Studies, Wyoming Institute for Disabilities, University of Wyoming. Her contributions to SAGE Publications's Encyclopedia of Disability (2006) formed the basis of her contributions to Britannica.
Primary Contributions (1)
Feral children, children who, through either accident or deliberate isolation, have grown up with limited human contact. Such children have often been seen as inhabiting a boundary zone between human and animal existence; for this reason the motif of the child reared by animals is a recurring theme…
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Publications (1)
Encyclopedia of Disability, 5 volume set (October 2005)
SAGE Reference is proud to announce the five-volume Encyclopedia of Disability. This encyclopedia represents the first attempt to bring an authoritative reference resource to the many faces of disability. More than 500 world-renowned scholars have written over 1,000 entries ―in a clear, accessible style―with the desire to bring all students, researchers, and interested readers closer to the daily experience of disability. Volumes 1 - 4 cover disability A to Z, including a reader′s...
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