In this episode, Michelle Moore, a junior history major at Fort Hays State University online, joins Hollie to disucss the bridge between Fort Campbell and Disability Research Institutes. Michelle, who lives at Fort Campbell, discusess how in the 1970s, this fort became a desired duty station for families whose children needed accomodations in classrooms and/or medical intervention for disabilities.
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Selected Bibliography:
Bryant, Benjamin T. “The Exceptional Family Member Program: Noble Cause, Flawed System.” Joint Force Quarterly 110, no. 3 (2023): 108-17. https://ndupress.ndu.edu/Media/News/News-Article-View/Article/3450868/the-exceptional-family-member-program-noble-cause-flawed-system/.
Tidwell, Charles W. “Parental Concerns Surrounding the Care and Education of Military Dependent Children with Autism: A Phenomenological Study.” PhD Diss., Liberty University, Lynchburg, VA, 2016. ProQuest Dissertations & Theses. https://www.proquest.com/docview/1872279266/BFAF7375AC794C44PQ/50?accountid=27424&sourcetype=Dissertations%20&%20Theses.
US Congress, House. Exceptional Family Member Program- Are the Military Services Really Taking Care of Family Members?: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Military Personnel of the Committee on Armed Services. 116th Cong., 2d sess., February 5, 2020 https://docs.house.gov/meetings/AS/AS02/20200205/110469/HHRG-116-AS02-Wstate-CarriggA-20200205.pdf.
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