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Why I Burned My Book and Other Essays on Disability
'Personal inclination made me a historian. Personal encounter with public policy made me an activist.'
Complex Ethics Consultations
28 detailed cases explore the ethical reasoning, professional issues, and the emotional aspects of difficult consultations.
Why I Burned My Book
'Personal inclination made me a historian. Personal encounter with public policy made me an activist.'
Disability as a Social Construct
Wounded soldiers, injured workers, handicapped adults, and physically impaired children have all been affected by legislation that reduces their opportunities to live a functional life. In Disability as a Social Construct, Claire Liachowitz contends that disability is not merely a result of a handicap but can be imposed by society through devaluation and segregation of people who deviate from physical norms. She analyzes pertinent American legislation, primarily from 1770 to 1920, to provide a new perspective on the mechanisms that translate physical defects into social and civil inferiority.
Their Time Has Come
The lives of youth with disabilities have changed radically in the past fifty years. Youth who are coming of age right now are the first generation to receive educational services throughout childhood and adolescence. Disability policies have opened up opportunities to youth, and they have responded by getting higher levels of education than ever before. Yet many youth are being left behind, compared to their peers without disabilities. Youth with disabilities often still face major obstacles to independence. In Their Time Has Come, Valerie Leiter argues that there are crucial missing links between federal disability policies and the lives of young people. Youth and their parents struggle to...
Rights of the Disabled
Provides an overview, chronology of events, glossary and annotated bibliography for disability rights in the United States.
Hollywood Speaks
Absorbing, scholarly study of the portrayal in nearly 200 movies and TV episodes of the least visible disabled group in American society. Includes the first filmography (annotated) of films designed for general audiences that deal with deafness or include a deaf character in a mator or pivotal role. For all film study collections. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
