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Author McNeese, Tim, author.

Title Disability rights movement / by Tim McNeese ; content consultant, William N. Myhill, Director of Legal Research and Writing, Burton Blatt Institute, Syracuse University.

Publication Info. North Mankato, MN : Abdo Publishing Company, [2014]

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Description 112 pages : illustrations (some color).
Series Essential library of social change
Essential library of social change.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 104-109) and index.
Contents Overcoming disability -- "Lashed into obedience" -- The rise of disability institutions -- "Jobs, not tin cups" -- Polio, war, and new views -- The independent living movement -- Activists and Section 504 -- The ADA : the campaign begins -- A new future for people with disabilities.
Summary "This title traces the history of the disability rights movement inthe United States, including the key players, watershed moments, and legislative battles that have driven social change. Iconic images and informative sidebars accompany compelling text that follows the movement from the work of early activists to bring dignity to the lives of people in institutions through the fight to make society adapt to the needs of people with disabilities and up to new legislative triumphs in the late twentieth and early twenty-first century."--Provided by publisher.
Subject People with disabilities -- Civil rights -- Juvenile literature.
People with disabilities -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States -- Juvenile literature.
Discrimination against people with disabilities -- Law and legislation -- United States -- Juvenile literature.
People with disabilities -- Civil rights.
Discrimination against people with disabilities -- Law and legislation.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Literature.
In: Gale Virtual Reference Library
Other Form: Print version: McNeese, Tim. Disability rights movement 9781624011566 (OCoLC)857716934
ISBN 9781624011566 (electronic bk.)
162401156X (electronic bk.)
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