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Author Shapiro, Joseph P.

Title No pity : people with disabilities forging a new civil rights movement / Joseph P. Shapiro.

Publication Info. New York : Times Books, [1993]
©1993

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 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  323.37 S    Check Shelf
 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  323.3 S529N    Check Shelf
Description ix, 372 pages ; 25 cm
Contents Tiny Tims, supercrips, and the end of pity -- From charity to independent living -- The deaf celebration of separate culture -- A hidden army for civil rights -- Integration: out of shadowland -- People first -- The screaming neon wheelchair -- Up from the nursing home -- No less worthy a life -- Crossing the luck line.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-360) and index.
Subject People with disabilities -- Civil rights -- United States.
Discrimination against people with disabilities -- United States -- History.
People with disabilities -- Government policy -- United States -- History.
ISBN 0812919645: $25.00 ($32.50 Can.)
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