The Disability Rights Movement: From Charity to Confrontation - Hardcover

Fleischer, Doris; Zames, Frieda

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1439907439 ISBN 13: 9781439907436

Publisher: Temple University Press, 2011

Synopsis

In this updated edition, Doris Zames Fleischer and Frieda Zames expand their encyclopedic history of the struggle for disability rights in the United States, to include the past ten years of disability rights activism.The book includes a new chapter on the evolving impact of the Americans with Disabilities Act, the continuing struggle for cross-disability civil and human rights, and the changing perceptions of disability.

The authors provide a probing analysis of such topics as deinstitutionalization, housing, health care, assisted suicide, employment, education, new technologies, disabled veterans, and disability culture.

Based on interviews with over one hundred activists, a"The Disability Rights Movement"atells a complex and compelling story of an ongoing movement that seeks to create an equitable and diverse society, inclusive of people with disabilities."

About this title

About the Author

Doris Zames Fleischer, a full-time member of the Department of Humanities at New Jersey Institute of Technology since 1988, has written and lectured widely on issues related to disability rights. The late Frieda Zames, Professor Emeritus of Mathematics at New Jersey Institute of Technology, was a much honored pioneer in securing rights for people with disabilities.

From Library Journal

Fleischer (humanities and social sciences, New Jersey Inst. of Technology) and disability rights activist Zames (emeritus, mathematics, New Jersey Inst. of Technology) conducted close to 100 interviews to compile the research for this study on the disability rights movement in the United States. The book takes a historical look at the social context of the rights of the vast number of Americans who are disabled and the ever-evolving attitude toward them, from the time of Franklin Roosevelt to today. Also addressed are the multiple aspects of disability, with updated information about the 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act and a detailed chronology dating back to 1817. This work is geared toward the research needs of college students and would be a useful addition to academic libraries wanting an overall study on the subject. Monica Maldonado Doman, Cypress Coll. Lib., CA
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Edition details

• Publisher: Temple University Press
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1439907439
• ISBN 13: 9781439907436
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 360