Contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Dedication
  5. Author’s Note on Sources
  6. I Am Not a Clock
  7. Intelligence Test: Number Concepts
  8. Not the Right Kind of Human
  9. June 1981: Language and Learning Evaluation: Developmental History
  10. Maybe I Am Not a Person
  11. June 1981: Language and Learning Evaluation: Presenting Problem
  12. How to Say What’s Wrong
  13. Intelligence Test: Picture Completion
  14. The System of the World
  15. June 1981: General Observation and Behavior
  16. Countdown to Karen Silkwood
  17. Psychological Test: Thematic Apperception
  18. The Underside of Perfect
  19. June 1981: Summary of Test Results
  20. My Real Family
  21. June 1981: Summary of Test Results
  22. Not-Melissa
  23. Intelligence Test: Comprehension
  24. Someone Kicked the Earth
  25. June 1981: Summary of Test Results
  26. If Time Were a Dog
  27. Intelligence Test: Maze Tracing
  28. Oh How We Glowed
  29. Intelligence Test: Detecting Absurdities
  30. Scapegoat
  31. Frankie Bird
  32. June 1981: Summary of Test Results
  33. Jinx
  34. June 1981: Summary of Test Results
  35. Yes, No, Maybe, I Don’t Know
  36. Listen Carefully and Say Exactly What I Say
  37. Normal-Sized
  38. A Beautiful, Gorgeous Life
  39. A Stay-Behind Kid
  40. June 1981: Summary of Test Results
  41. The Bright Side
  42. June 1981: Summary of Test Results
  43. The Drainpipe Man
  44. A Word Never Means Only One Thing
  45. June 1981: Conclusion
  46. A Sense of Rightness
  47. Hunky Dory
  48. June 1983: Summary of Test Impressions
  49. My Life Stained the World
  50. 1984: Dr. Parker Prentice
  51. I’m the Test to Solve
  52. 1984: Dr. Parker Prentice
  53. Everywhere I Look, Families
  54. 1985: Dr. Nancy Weinreb
  55. Anarchy
  56. 1984: Dr. Parker Prentice
  57. When I Turn Eighteen
  58. 1984: Dr. Parker Prentice
  59. What If I Give Birth to Myself?
  60. Who Doesn’t Want to Be in a Play?
  61. 1984: Dr. Parker Prentice
  62. One Right Way to Be a Person
  63. 1986: Dr. Wallace
  64. Homeless
  65. I Am a Pinball Machine
  66. The System Is the Problem
  67. The Dread, the Relief
  68. Waiting to Move On
  69. The Body
  70. Waited My Whole Life to Be Normal
  71. Forever Mama
  72. Take Care of the Animals
  73. Certainty
  74. To Be the Same
  75. Acknowledgments
  76. About the Author
  77. Also by Amanda Stern
  78. Reading Group Guide
  79. Newsletters

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