Author: romandiggles981
Parker, CO Author Publishes Book on the History of the Rights of the Developmentally Disabled
Value of a Life, a new book by Janet Farmer-Selden, has been released by Dorrance Publishing Co., Inc. In early August of 1974, the United States was reeling from the Watergate scandal and the eventual resignation of President Nixon. It was also the heart of the civil rights movement for the developmentally disabled. In a small town in Colorado, a ten-year old boy dies. As so eloquently stated in The Denver Post opinion piece on August 12, 1974: “It is a tragedy that people suffer and die and no one notices. So it was with Jules Farmer, ten, who died ... Read more