Disabled Rights: American Disability Policy and the Fight for Equality
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- Title
- Disabled Rights: American Disability Policy and the Fight for Equality
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- Georgetown University Press
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- ISBN 10
- 0878408983
- ISBN 13
- 9780878408986
Links to Nongovernmental Disability Organizations
The following links are from Appendix C of Disabled Rights
Adaptive Environments Center
Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf
Alliance for Technology Access
American Association of People with Disabilities
American Association for the Deaf-Blind
American Association on Mental Retardation
American Bar Association Commission on Mental and Physical Disability Law
American Council of the Blind
American Diabetes Foundation
American Disabled for Attendant Programs Today (ADAPT)
American Foundation for the Blind
American Institute of Architects
American Society for Deaf Children
Arthritis Foundation
Association of Programs for Rural Independent Living
Association of Higher Education and Disability (AHEAD)
Attention Deficit Information Network
Autism Society of America
Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
Center for Universal Design
Cochlear Implant Association
Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities
Council for Disability Rights
Council for Exceptional Children
Disability Resources, Inc.
Disability Rights Advocates
Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund, Inc.
Disabled Peoples International
Eastern Paralyzed Veterans Association
Epilepsy Foundation
International Dyslexia Association
Job Accomodation Network (JAN)
Justice for All
League for the Hard of Hearing
Learning Disabilities Association of America
Leukemia and Lymphoma Society of America
Little People of America
Lupus Foundation of America
MadNation
Mainstream, Inc.
Mental Disability Rights International
Mobility International USA
Muscular Dystrophy Association
National Alliance for the Mentally Ill
National Association for the Visually Handicapped
National Association of the Deaf
National Association of Homebuilders Research Center
Natioal Association of Protection and Advocacy Systems
National Center for Dissemination of Disability Research
National Council on Independent Living
National Disability Party
National Down Syndrome Society
National Easter Seals Society
National Federation of the Blind
National Hemophilia Foundation
National Mental Health Association
National Multiple Sclerosis Society
National Organization on Disability
National Osteoporosis Foundation
National Spinal Cord Injury Association
Not Dead Yet
Paralyzed Veterans of America
Parkinson's Disease Foundation
Rehabilitation International
Self Help for Hard of Hearing People
Society for Disability Studies
Spina Bifida Association of America
TASH
United Cerebral Palsy Association
Very Special Arts
Western Law Center for Disability Rights
World Institute on Disability
Links to Selected Disability Periodicals and Media
The following links are from Appendix B of Disabled Rights
Abilities
ABILITY Magazine
AccessWorld
American Council of the Blind Radio
AnAurora Magazine for Women
Braille Forum
Braille Monitor
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Electronic Newsletter
Closing the Gap
Council for Exceptional Children Online
Dialogue Magazine
Disability Resources Monthly
Disability Studies Online Magazine
Disability Studies Quarterly
Disability Times
Disability World
Eastern Paralyzed Veterans Association Action
Enabled Online
iCAN Online
Inclusion Daily Express
Justice for All E-Network
Little People of America Online
Mainstream Magazine Online
Mouth
National Alliance for the Mentally Ill E-News
National Organization on Disability E-Newsletter
New Mobility Magazine
On A Roll Radio
Ragged Edge Magazine
Reach Out Magazine
Volta Review/Volta Voices
WE Magazine
"Freedom and Justice for all" is a phrase that can have a hollow ring for many members of the disability community in the United States. Jacqueline Vaughn Switzer gives us a comprehensive introduction to and overview of U.S. disability policy in all facets of society, including education, the workplace, and social integration. Disabled Rights provides an interdisciplinary approach to the history and politics of the disability rights movement and assesses the creation and implementation, successes and failures of the 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by federal, state and local governments.
Disabled Rights explains how people with disabilities have been treated from a social, legal, and political perspective in the United States. With an objective and straightforward approach, Switzer identifies the programs and laws that have been enacted in the past fifty years and how they have affected the lives of people with disabilities. She raises questions about Congressional intent in passing the ADA, the evolution and fragmentation of the disability rights movement, and the current status of disabled people in the U.S.
Illustrating the shift of disability issues from a medical focus to civil rights, the author clearly defines the contemporary role of persons with disabilities in American culture, and comprehensively outlines the public and private programs designed to integrate disabled persons into society. She covers the law's provisions as they apply to private organizations and businesses and concludes with the most up-to-date coverage of recent Supreme Court decisions-especially since the 2000-2002 terms-that have profoundly influenced the implementation of the ADA and other disability policies.
For activists as well as scholars, students, and practitioners in public policy and public administration, Switzer has written a compassionate, yet powerful book that demands attention from everyone interested in the battle for disability rights and equality in the United States.
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About the Author
Jacqueline Vaughn Switzer is an associate professor of political science at Northern Arizona University.
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