The Disability Rights Movement From Charity to Confrontation
In this updated edition, Doris Zames Fleischer and Frieda Zames expand their encyclopedic history of the struggle for disability rights in the United States, to include the past ten years of disability rights activism.The book includes a new chapter on the evolving impact of the Americans with Disab...
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| Format: | eBook Book |
| Language: | English |
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Philadelphia
Temple University Press
2011
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| Edition: | 1 |
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| ISBN: | 1439907439, 9781439907436, 9781439907443, 1439907447, 9781439907450, 1439907455 |
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| Summary: | In this updated edition, Doris Zames Fleischer and Frieda Zames expand their encyclopedic history of the struggle for disability rights in the United States, to include the past ten years of disability rights activism.The book includes a new chapter on the evolving impact of the Americans with Disabilities Act, the continuing struggle for cross-disability civil and human rights, and the changing perceptions of disability.
The authors provide a probing analysis of such topics as deinstitutionalization, housing, health care, assisted suicide, employment, education, new technologies, disabled veterans, and disability culture.
Based on interviews with over one hundred activists,The Disability Rights Movementtells a complex and compelling story of an ongoing movement that seeks to create an equitable and diverse society, inclusive of people with disabilities. |
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| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-307) and index Updated ed. of: The disability rights movement : from charity to confrontation. 2001 Ann Arbor, Mich. Electronic text and image data. ACLS Humanities E-Book EPUB file. University of Michigan, Michigan Publishing 2022. |
| ISBN: | 1439907439 9781439907436 9781439907443 1439907447 9781439907450 1439907455 |