Disability in American Life: An Encyclopedia of Concepts, Policies, and Controversies [2 volumes]
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Tamar Heller, Sarah Parker Harris, Carol J. Gill, and Robert Gould. Disability in American Life: An Encyclopedia of Concepts, Policies, and Controversies [2 volumes]. ABC-CLIO, 2018. ABC-CLIO, publisher.abc-clio.com/9781440834233.
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Tamar Heller, Sarah Parker Harris, Carol J. Gill, and Robert Gould. Disability in American Life: An Encyclopedia of Concepts, Policies, and Controversies [2 volumes]. ABC-CLIO, 2018. http://publisher.abc-clio.com/9781440834233
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Tamar Heller, Sarah Parker Harris, Carol J. Gill, and Robert Gould. (2018). Disability in American Life: An Encyclopedia of Concepts, Policies, and Controversies [2 volumes]. Retrieved from http://publisher.abc-clio.com/9781440834233
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Disability—as with other marginalized topics in social policy—is at risk for exclusion from social debate. This multivolume reference work provides an overview of challenges and opportunities for people with disabilities and their families at all stages of life.
• Takes an interdisciplinary approach to studying disability in America• Traces the evolution of U.S. attitudes and policies towards disability through primary documents featuring context-setting headnotes
• Provides easy reference via a glossary of terms related to disability studies, including those in the areas of law, health, arts, and culture
• Includes contributions from major scholars across disciplines involved in the study of disability
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Table of Contents
Disability in American Life: An Encyclopedia of Concepts, Policies, and Controversies [2 volumes]
Author(s): Tamar Heller, Sarah Parker Harris, Carol J. Gill, and Robert GouldContributors: Heller, Tamar; Harris, Sarah; Gill, Carol; Gould, Robert;Abstract:Disability—as with other marginalized topics in social policy—is at risk for exclusion from social debate. This multivolume reference work provides an overview of challenges and opportunities for people with disabilities and their families at all stages of life.
• Takes an interdisciplinary approach to studying disability in America• Traces the evolution of U.S. attitudes and policies towards disability through primary documents featuring context-setting headnotes
• Provides easy reference via a glossary of terms related to disability studies, including those in the areas of law, health, arts, and culture
• Includes contributions from major scholars across disciplines involved in the study of disability
Editor(s): Heller, Tamar; Harris, Sarah; Gill, Carol; Gould, Robert;SortTitle: disability in american life: an encyclopedia of concepts, policies, and controversies [2 volumes]Author Info:Tamar HellereditorSarah Parker HarriseditorCarol GilleditorRobert GouldeditoreISBN-13: 9781440834233Cover Image URL: ~~FreeAttachments/9781440834233.jpgPrint ISBN-13: 9781440834226Imprint: ABC-CLIOPages: 976Publication Date: 20181231Table of Contents pages: 1 2 3
- Sexual Violence V2-596645
- Sexuality Education for People with Intellectual Disabilities V2-599648
- Siblings V2-601650
- Sign Language Interpreters V2-604653
- Social Capital V2-608657
- Social Model of Disability V2-610659
- Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) V2-615664
- Sociology V2-619668
- Special Education V2-622671
- Special Education, Role of the Family in V2-627676
- Speech-Language Pathology V2-630679
- Spirituality V2-634683
- Stigma V2-638687
- Supported Employment V2-642691
- Supportive Housing V2-647696
- T V2-651700
- U V2-671720
- V V2-687736
- W V2-702751
- Y V2-712761
- Leaders and Key Figures in Disability V2-717766
- Muhammad Ali (1942–2016) V2-717766
- Nura Aly V2-718767
- Patty Berne V2-719768
- Marca Bristo V2-720769
- Lydia X. Z. Brown V2-721770
- Lawrence Carter-Long V2-722771
- Judi Chamberlin (d. 2010) V2-723772
- Eli Clare V2-724773
- Rebecca Cokley V2-725774
- Diane Coleman V2-725774
- Kitty Cone (1944–2015) V2-726775
- Vladimir Cuk V2-727776
- Justin Dart Jr. (1930–2002) V2-728777
- Peter Dinklage V2-729778
- Carlos Drazen (d. 2011) V2-730779
- Tammy Duckworth (1968–) V2-730779
- Roger Ebert (1942–2013) V2-732781
- Mike Ervin V2-733782
- Fred Fay (1944–2011) V2-733782
- Lex Frieden V2-734783
- Haben Girma V2-734783
- Temple Grandin (1947–) V2-735784
- Laura Hershey (1962–2010) V2-736785
- Judy Heumann V2-737786
- Stevie and Annie Hopkins V2-738787
- Roland Johnson (d. 1994) V2-739788
- I. King Jordan V2-740789
- Bob Kafka V2-740789
- Helen Keller (1880–1968) V2-741790
- Riva Lehrer V2-742791
- Victoria Ann Lewis V2-743792
- Paul Longmore (d. 2010) V2-744793
- Kathy Martinez V2-745794
- Marlee Matlin V2-745794
- Tatyana McFadden V2-746795
- Mia Mingus V2-748797
- Leroy Moore Jr. V2-749798
- Lillibeth Navarro V2-750799
- Ari Ne’eman V2-750799
- Tia Nelis V2-751800
- Susan Nussbaum V2-752801
- Corbett O’Toole V2-753802
- Michael Phelps V2-754803
- Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha V2-755804
- Victor Pineda V2-755804
- Christopher Reeve (1952–2004) V2-756805
- Ed Roberts (1939–1995) V2-757806
- Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882–1945) V2-758807
- Amber Smock V2-759808
- Vilissa Thompson V2-760809
- Maria Town V2-761810
- Harriet Tubman (1822–1913) V2-761810
- Nancy Ward V2-762811
- Liz Weintraub V2-763812
- Stevie Wonder (1950–) V2-763812
- Alice Wong (1974–) V2-765814
- Irving Zola (1935–1994) V2-766815
- Primary Documents V2-767816
- 1. Act for the Relief of Sick and Disabled Seamen (1798) V2-767816
- 2. Article on “Drapetomania” in Dr. Samuel Cartwright’s Diseases and Peculiarities of the Negro (1851) V2-768817
- 3. Patent for Improved Invalid-Chair (First Wheelchair) (1869) V2-769818
- 4. Letter from Alexander Graham Bell to Annie M. Sullivan (1903) V2-770819
- 5. Preface to Henry H. Goddard’s The Kallikak Family: A Study in the Heredity of Feeble-Mindedness (1912) V2-771820
- 6. Virginia Sterilization Act (1924) V2-774823
- 7. Flyer Distributed by the League of the Physically Handicapped (1935) V2-775824
- 8. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s Statement on the Signing of the Social Security Act (1935) V2-776825
- 9. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s Announcement on the Founding of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis (1937) V2-777826
- 10. Section 14(c) of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) (1938) V2-779828
- 11. President Harry S. Truman’s Proclamation of National Employ the Physically Handicapped Week (1945) V2-781830
- 12. Excerpt from the President’s Panel on Mental Retardation , Report of the Task Force on Law (1963) V2-782831
- 13. Declaration of Objectives from the Older Americans Act (1965) V2-785834
- 14. Excerpt from the Rehabilitation Act (1973) V2-786835
- 15. Excerpt from In re Marriage of Carney Decision by the California State Supreme Court (1979) V2-787836
- 16. The Introduction from Toward Independence, a National Council on Disability Report to the President and the Congress of the United States (1986) V2-789838
- 17. Flyer for a Rally Calling for the Appointment of a Deaf President for Gallaudet University, Issued by the Deaf President Now Committee (DPN) (1988) V2-791840
- 18. Preamble of the Americans with Disabilities Act (1990) V2-793842
- 19. Cheryl Marie Wade’s “Disability Culture Rap” (1994) V2-795844
- 20. Lisa Blumberg’s “Public Stripping” (1994) V2-797846
- 21. Table of the Medals Won in the Atlanta Paralympics (1996) V2-800849
- 22. Remarks of Judith E. Heumann, Assistant Secretary, U.S. Department of Education, at the White House upon the Signing of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) (1997) V2-801850
- 23. Kitty Cone’s “Short History of the 504 Sit In” for the Twentieth Anniversary of the Sit In (1997) V2-803852