Acknowledgments
I would like to thank a seemingly infinite amount of people, many of whom cannot be named. But I will do my best. I would like to thank the Glynn Family Honors Society and the Anthropology department at the University of Notre Dame for supporting me in the development of this project. I would also like to thank the University of Makeni for providing my academic home away from home during the extent of my experience as I conducted my research in Sierra Leone, and my wonderful roommate and mentor Zoe for endless hours of guidance and friendship throughout the summer. The many organizations, schools, and hospitals that I worked with provided a host of persons to whom I will be eternally grateful for their acceptance of me and their assistance in providing crucial and insightful information. I thank my friends, both at home and in Makeni, who supported me and guided me as I conducted and continue to analyze my experience. My professors, especially Professor Smith-Oka of the Cultural Difference and Social Change class, deserve a heap thanks for helping me to ground my experience both academically and personally after my return. And lastly, I thank my advisor Professor Catherine Bolten, for providing me with guidance, support, and counsel throughout the extent of this lengthy process. Thank you to you all.
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Trani, Jean-Francois et al. 2011. Access to health care, reproductive health and disability: A large scale survey in Sierra Leone. Social Science & Medicine 73(2011): 1477-1489.
Tremain, Shelley. 2005. Foucault and the Government of Disability. Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press.
United Nations. 2006. Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Electronic document, http://www.un.org/disabilities/convention/conventionfull.shtml, accessed September 12, 2013.
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* Listed here are sources that generally informed the ideas and analysis behind this website. Bibliographies for specific essays have been included with those essays.