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Disabling Barriers: Social Movements, Disability History, and the Law (Disability Culture and Politics) - Softcover

Book 2 of 3: Disability Culture and Politics
 
9780774835244: Disabling Barriers: Social Movements, Disability History, and the Law (Disability Culture and Politics)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0774835249 ISBN 13: 9780774835244
Publisher: UBC Press, 2018

Synopsis

Disabling Barriers analyzes issues relating to disability at different moments in Canadian and American history. In this volume, legal scholars, historians, and disability-rights activists explore how disabled people have been portrayed and treated in a variety of contexts, including within the labour market, the workers’ compensation system, the immigration process, and the legal system (both as litigants and as lawyers). The contributors encourage us to rethink our understanding of both the systemic barriers disabled people face and the capacity of disabled people to transform their environment by changing the discourse surrounding disablement.

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About the Author

Ravi Malhotra is professor of law and rehabilitation sciences at the University of Ottawa and coauthor of Exploring Disability Identity and Disability Rights through Narratives: Finding a Voice of Their Own.

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Publisher
UBC Press
Publication date
2018
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0774835249
ISBN 13 
9780774835244
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
244
Editor
Malhotra Ravi