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100 1  Vaughn, Jacqueline. 
245 10 Disabled rights :|bAmerican disability policy and the 
       fight for equality /|cJacqueline Vaughn Switzer. 
264  1 Washington, D.C. :|bGeorgetown University Press,|c[2003] 
264  4 |c©2003 
300    x, 318 pages ;|c24 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-254) and 
       index. 
505 0  Introduction. Demographics of disability ; Understanding 
       disability policy ; A word about language -- Disabled 
       policymaking/disabled policy. The paradigm shift ; 
       Overview of the policymaking process ; Key stakeholders --
       History of segregation and stereotypes. "The problem of 
       feeblemindedness" ; Assistance and treatment ; The 
       stereotypes continue -- Compensation and rehabilitation. 
       Historical basis of compensation ; Industrial-related 
       disabilities ; Social Security ; The disability insurance 
       crisis ; Vocational education ; 1973 Rehabilitation Act ; 
       Education for disabled children ; Disability as a business
       /rehabilitation as an industry ; Ticket to Work and Work 
       Incentives Improvement Act of 1999 -- Social and political
       activism. Disability rights as a social movement ; 
       Disability interest groups ; Berkeley and the idependent 
       living movement ; "The splintered universe" ; Coalition 
       building and cross-disability activism ; Demonstrations 
       and protests ; Litigation -- The ADA and the vision of 
       equality. Developing a national policy: early initiatives 
       ; Opening the policy window ; Policy environment ; 
       Legislative building blocks ; United we stand ; Friends in
       high places ; Legislative process ; Stealth campaign ; 
       Opposition Forces --  The ADA as Policy. Provisions of the
       law ; Implementation and rulemaking ; Enforcement ; 
       Litigation ; Key litigation issues ; Fusion of positive 
       and negative rights -- Life beyond the ADA: policy hot 
       buttons. Reproductive rights and technology ; Not dead yet
       ; Jerry's Kids and telethons ; Christopher Reeve and the 
       myth of the supercrip ; Deaf culture and cochlear implants
       ; The itegration mandate ; Violence against people with 
       disabilities ; Invisible disabilities -- Status report on 
       equality. Attitudes and public opinion ; Employment ; 
       Social integration ; Barriers to independence ; 
       Transportation ; Health care ; Housing ; Overall analysis 
       -- Epilogue -- Appendices. Appendix A. Suggestions for 
       further research ; Appendix B. Selected disability 
       periodicals and media ; Appendix C. Annotated guide to 
       nongovernmental disability organizations ; Appendix D. 
       Chronology of important events in the history and 
       development of American disability policy. 
650  0 People with disabilities|xGovernment policy|zUnited 
       States. 
650  0 People with disabilities|xCivil rights|zUnited States. 
650  0 People with disabilities|xLegal status, laws, etc.|zUnited
       States. 
994    90|bSTJ