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History & its significance Image Archive on the American Eugenics Movement www.eugenicsarchive.org/eugenics/ Against Their Will, eugenics movement in North Carolina www.againsttheirwill.journalnow.com Eugenics in California Nazi Persecution of the Disabled (http://www.ushmm.org/museum/exhibit/focus/disabilities_02/) "Haunting echoes of eugenics" from disability rights perspective Washington Post, May 18 "Eugenics Apologies" "Davis's Apology Sheds No Light on Sterilizations in California" http://hnn.us/comments/9561.html

Genetics and disability "Stupidity Should be Cured, Says DNA Discoverer" (New Scientist, Feb 2003) "In DNA era, new worries about prejudice," (NY Times Nov 11, 2007) "Racism, science, politics, and James Watson" (Slate, Oct 26, 2007) "Prenatal test puts Down Syndrome in hard focus" (NY Times, May 9) "Parents speak to the upside of Down Syndrome" (Salon, May 9 ) "Genetic testing + abortion =?" (NY Times, May 13) "Eugenics or freedom of choice?" (Salon, May 11)

Human genetics research Look up your favorite trait! Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man homepage (National Center for Biotechnology Information) Your Genes Your Health homepage (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) Genetic Disorder Information on the Web (Human Genome Project website) National Human Genome Research Institute website (NIH) Genome Programs of the Dept of Energy website www.genochoice.com