Paul T. Jaeger, Cynthia Ann Bowman

Understanding Disability

Inclusion, Access, Diversity, and Civil Rights

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Disability is rarely considered a social issue. Scholars tend to discuss it in the abstract; medical personnel view it as a health issue; and legal concerns for the disabled focus on how to advocate or protect organizations against demands for accommodation. As a result, disabled individuals are seen as bits and pieces of everyone's constituency but their own. The writers of this work, both having long personal experiences with disabilities, offer a holistic understanding of the lives of disabled individuals from representations in the media to issues of civil rights. Written to educate and inform readers about the social roles of disability, this accessible and informative work addresses: social classifications of disability; social reactions to disability; legal rights and classifications of persons with disabilities; issues of accessibility to information and communication technologies; representations of disability in a range of media, including literature, painting, film, televsion and advertising; and major issues shaping the comtemporary social roles of persons with disabilities. By examining the social roles of disability in the past and present from a range of perspectives and disciplines, this book reveals a portrait of the social place, limitations, and rights of persons with disabilities.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Praeger
• Seitenzahl: 184
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. September 2000
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 276g
• ISBN-13: 9780313361784
• ISBN-10: 0313361789
• Artikelnr.: 23844609

Autorenporträt

Paul T. Jaeger, Cynthia Ann Bowman

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements Introduction: The Goals of this Book The Social Lives of
Disability The Roles of Disability in Society Social Classifications of and
Reactions to Disability Disability Discrimination and the Evolution of
Legal Rights in Democratic Societies Trying to Come to America: An
Illustration of the Classifications of Disability in United States
Immigration Law and Policy Access and Accessibility Physical Access,
Intellectual Access, and Access in Society Access and Classifications of
Disability in Legal Discourse Accessibility and Technology in Application:
Unequal Access Online Social Representations of Disability The Social
Significance of the Representation of Disability Representations of
Disability across Media "Nothing About Us Without Us" The Future of
Disability in Society Future Social Issues for Persons with Disabilities
Disability Culture in a Non-disabled Society References About the Authors