| Description |
ix, 278 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
American subjects |
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American subjects.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
1. Disability watch -- 2. The life of Randolph Bourne and the need for a history of disabled people -- 3. Uncovering the hidden history of disabled people -- 4. The league of the physically handicapped and the great depression : a case study in the new disability history -- 5. The disability rights moment : activism in the 1970s and beyond -- 6. Film reviews -- 7. Screening stereotypes : images of disabled people in television and motion pictures -- 8. Elizabeth Bouvia, assisted suicide, and social prejudice -- 9. The resistance : the disability rights movement and assisted suicide -- 10. Medical decision making and people with disabilities : a clash of cultures -- 11. The second phase : from disability rights to disability culture -- 12. Princeton and Peter Singer -- 13. Why I burned my book. |
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Transition systems for youth -- Potential for independence -- Legislative initiatives for independent living -- Trends in program design -- Profiles of emancipated youth: 10-year outcomes -- Education, employment, and income -- Preparing adolescent wards for independence in foster family settings -- Placement restrictiveness and educational achievement among emancipated foster youth -- Preparing foster wards with disabilities for self-sufficiency -- Effectiveness of transitional apartments -- Effectiveness of mentors for adolescents in placement -- Wraparound services, subsidies, and mentors as social capital -- Transitional services for emancipated foster youth -- Independent-living housing issues -- Community college opportunities for older foster youth: the California profile -- Personal responsibility: A goal for adolescents in foster care -- Wraparound services : facilitating the transition from foster care to young adulthood -- Assessment: An interpretive summary. |
| Subject |
People with disabilities -- United States -- History.
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People with disabilities -- Civil rights -- United States -- History.
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Sociology of disability -- United States.
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People with disabilities in motion pictures.
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| ISBN |
1592130232 cloth alkaline paper |
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9781592130238 cloth alkaline paper |
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1592130240 paperback alkaline paper |
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9781592130245 paperback alkaline paper |
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