Full Description
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.
Contents
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,
