The disability rights movement : from charity to confrontation / Doris Zames Fleischer and Frieda Zames.
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TextPublication details: Philadelphia, Pa. : Temple University Press, 2011.Edition: Updated edDescription: xxxv, 323 p. ; 26 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
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- 9781439907443 (pbk.) :
- 1439907447 (pbk.) :
- 323.3 FLE 22
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Doris Zames Fleischer and Frieda Zames expand their encyclopaedic 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, The Disability Rights Movement tells a complex and compelling story of an ongoing movement that seeks to create an equitable and diverse society, inclusive of people with disabilities.
Formerly CIP. Uk
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Author notes provided by Syndetics
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.