| Description |
xxix, 278 pages ; 26 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [217]-264) and index. |
| Contents |
1. "Wheelchair bound" and "the poster child" -- 2. Seeing by touch, hearing by sign -- 3. Deinstitutionalization and independent living -- 4. Groundbreaking disability rights legislation : section 504 -- 5. The struggle for change : in the streets and in the courts -- 6. The American with Disabilities Act -- 7. Access to jobs and health care -- 8. "Not dead yet" and physician-assisted suicide -- 9. Disability and technology -- 10. Disabled veterans claim their rights -- 11. Education : integration in the least restrictive environment -- 12. Identity and culture. |
| Subject |
People with disabilities -- Civil rights -- United States.
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Discrimination against people with disabilities -- United States.
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| Added Author |
Zames, Frieda, 1932-2005
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| ISBN |
1566398118 cloth alkaline paper |
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9781566398114 cloth alkaline paper |
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1566398126 paperback |
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9781566398121 paperback |
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