Michael Rembis

Disability

A Reference Handbook

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This volume offers a rare mix of interpretive chapters and primary sources that will be of value to anyone interested in learning about important disability-related issues and exploring the perspectives of disabled people. Disability has become a human rights and social justice issue that should concern all Americans. Access to safe, affordable, and effective health care, access to safe and affordable housing, access to reliable and efficient public transportation, and the ability to work and participate freely in the community are central to disability justice movements. Unlike encyclopedias or biographical dictionaries that only offer brief accounts of key topics, people, events, and organizations, Disability: A Reference Handbook provides important interpretive and analytical frameworks and meaningful primary evidence. The book opens with a chapter dedicated to the history of disability in the United States, placing 21st-century issues and concerns within their contexts. The next chapter explores important controversies and questions related to disability. The third chapter brings diverse voices to the topic, and the fourth chapter offers valuable profiles of key people and organizations. The remaining chapters provide valuable reference tools that will help readers to explore topics in more depth and to engage in independent research.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing plc
• Seitenzahl: 354
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Juli 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 664g
• ISBN-13: 9781440862298
• ISBN-10: 144086229X
• Artikelnr.: 54923193

Autorenporträt

Michael Rembis is an associate professor in the Department of History and director of the Center for Disability Studies at the University at Buffalo (SUNY).

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1 Background and History
Introduction
Institutionalization
Eugenics
Charity
Disability Rights Movement
Early History
World War II to the Americans with Disabilities Act
Post-Americans with Disabilities Act
References
2 Problems
Controversies
and Solutions
Introduction
Access
Health Care
Public Transportation
Housing
Public Education
Employment Opportunities
The New Eugenics
References
3 Perspectives
Introduction
The Contested Evolution of the Americans with Disabilities Act
Karen A. Kadish and Elizabeth F. Emens "We Can Speak Out the Way We Want": Self-Advocacy
Americans Disabled for Attendant Programs Today
and the Sociopolitical Legacies of the Disability Rights Movement
Andrew Marcum The Neurodiversity Movement
Ari Ne'eman Restricted Reproductive and Parental Rights: Challenging What Makes a Person "Fit" to Parent
Brianna Dickens and Michael Gill Starlight Studio and Art Gallery
Carrie Marcotte The Contradictory Status of Disabled Veterans
David A. Gerber Violence against People with Disabilities: Still Missing from the Conversation
Miranda Sue Terry Deaf Children and Cochlear Implants
Laura Mauldin Gender
Madness
and Commitment
Jessica Lowell Mason Minority Students with Disabilities and the School to Prison Pipeline
Leroy Moore
Jr.
and Michael Rembis 4 Profiles
ADAPT
American Federation of the Physically Handicapped
Clifford Beers (March 30
1876-July 9
1943)
Justin W. Dart
Jr. (August 29
1930-June 22
2002)
Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund
Judy Heumann (1947-)
Jerry's Orphans
Helen Keller (1880-1968)
National Association for Retarded Children
National Association of the Deaf
National Black Disability Coalition
National Center for College Students with Disabilities and Disability Rights
Education
Activism
and Mentoring
National Council on Disability
National Down Syndrome Society
National Federation of the Blind
Elizabeth Packard (1816-1897)
Paralympics
Ed Roberts (1939-1995)
Society for Disability Studies (and Disability Studies)
U.S. Quad Rugby Association
"Blind" Tom Wiggins (1849-1908)
World Institute on Disability
References
5 Data and Documents
Introduction
Data
Table 5.1. Types of Disability
Figure 5.1. Percentage of U.S. Population Identified as Disabled
Figure 5.2. Median Monthly Income of Adults with Disabilities
Figure 5.3. Disability Demographics
Figure 5.4. Employment of Adults with Disabilities
Documents
Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act (1973)
Education for All Handicapped Children Act (1975)
Americans with Disabilities Act (1990)
Olmstead v. L. C. (1999)
Paul K. Longmore
"Why I Burned My Book" (1989; Published 2003)
ADA Amendments Act (2008)
Teaching the Black Disabled Experience (2015)
6 Resources
Introduction
Academic Peer-Reviewed Journals
Reference Works
Edited Books
Monographs
Internet Resources
7 Chronology
Glossary
Index
About the Author