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In this updated edition, Doris Zames Fleischer and Frieda Zames expand their encyclopedic history of the struggle for disability rights in the United States, bringing us up to date with the past ten years of disability rights activism. The Disability Rights Movement 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.
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"It is accordingly useful and timely to look at the revised version of this important book and take stock of the current political conjuncture. At the heart of this deeply rewarding book is the very simple yet transformative idea that it is structural barriers in society, both physical and attitudinal, that impair the lives of people with disabilities.... The writing is throughout sharp and clear. While not written from a radical perspective, the book is particularly strong in discussing the healthcare issues and barriers facing people with disabilities.... [An] excellent text that serves as a valuable introduction to the issues facing Americans with disabilities."
Socialism and Democracy
"[A] thorough history of the disability rights movement with a clear emphasis on discrimination against disabled individuals and their many struggles to gain access to different institutions as well as to gain rights concerning health and visibility..... The Disability Rights Movement is a truly great book that is useful for a wide range of readers; those working within disability communities and organizations, in the classroom, and for the layperson interested in the history of activism and disabilities."
Metapsychology
Personal Notes
Preface to the Updated Edition
Preface to the First Edition
Acknowledgments
Chronology
Abbreviations and Acronyms
1. "Wheelchair Bound" and "The Poster Child"
FDR, the "Cured Cripple"
League of the Physically Handicapped
The March of Dimes
Parent-Initiated Childhood Disability Organizations
The Poster Child and the Telethon
Changing Views of Disability in the United States
2. Seeing by Touch, Hearing by Sign
Blindness and Deafness: A Comparison
Sign Language and Oralism
Braille and Talking Books
Sheltered Workshops
The Lighthouse
Mobility for Blind People: Guide Dogs and White Canes
Jacobus tenBroek and the National Federation of the Blind
NYC Subway Gates: A Controversy in the Blind Community
NFB: Trailblazer for Sections 504 and 501
NFB and ACB: Different Approaches to Blindness
Deafness as Culture
American Sign Language
The Gallaudet University Uprising
Black Deaf Advocates
Education of Deaf Children
Helen Keller, the Social Reformer
3. Deinstitutionalization and Independent Living
Deinstitutionalization
Early Accessibility Efforts in the Colleges
Ed Roberts and the Independent Living Movement
Proliferation of the Independent Living Concept
Characteristics of Independent Living Centers
Independent Living as an Extension of Rehabilitation
Evaluation of the Independent Living Movement
Independent Living and the New Disability Activism
4. Groundbreaking Disability Rights Legislation: Section 504
The Cherry Lawsuit for the Section 504 Regulations
Section 504 as a Spur to Political Organizing
ACCD, Propelling Section 504
The Section 504 Demonstrations
The Transbus Controversy
Accessible Transit and New York City
Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART)
California Accessible Buses
Mainstreaming Public Transit
The Civil Rights Significance of Accessible Transportation
5. The Struggle for Change: In the Streets and in the Courts
Disabled In Action
New York Lawyers for the Public Interest
Recognizing Disability as a Civil Rights Issue
Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund
The Need for Disability Rights Attorneys
ADAPT
Justice For All
6. The Americans with Disabilities Act
Enacting the ADA
The ADA and Section 504
Title I: Employment
Title III: Public Accommodation
Title II: Public Services (State and Local Government)
Title II: Public Transportation
Title IV: National Telephone Relay Service
Title V: Miscellaneous
The Supreme Court and the ADA
The Myth of "The Disability Lobby"
Backlash
Every American�s Insurance Policy Log
7. Access to Jobs and Health Care
Employment Discrimination
Affirmative Action
Disability Employment in Corporate America
Employment of People with Developmental Disabilities
Employment of People with Psychiatric Disabilities
The Criminalization of People with Psychiatric Disabilities
Different Approaches to Psychiatric Disabilities
Mangled Care
A Two-Tier Health Care System
People with Special Needs in Managed Care
An Arbitrary Patchwork
Falling through the Cracks: Children with Special Health Needs
Long-Term Care in the Community
Health Policy Reforms
The Nexus between Jobs and Health Care
8. "Not Dead Yet" and Physician-Assisted Suicide
Opposition to "the Death Train"
The Supreme Court
AIDS Activists
Pain Management
Focus on Cure: A Pernicious Message
The Eugenics Movement and Euthanasia
The Politics of Physician-Assisted Suicide
Netherlands "Slippery Slope" vs. U.S. "Political Strategy"
First-Year Report on Physician-Assisted Suicide in Oregon
Legalizing Disability Discrimination
Dangers of an Inflexible Law
"A Better Solution"
The Distinction between Severe Disability and Terminal Illness
9. Disability and Technology
Universal Design
Accessible Taxis
Teletypewriters and Relay Systems
A Clash of Cultures
The One-Step Campaign
Wheelchair Ingenuity
Accessible Classrooms and Laboratories
The Computer as an Accommodation
Psychopharmacology
Bioethical Dilemmas
The Internet and a Miracle Baby
Medical and Genetic Information
"Slash, Burn, and Poison"
Transforming Scientific Orthodoxy: AIDS Activism
Toward a New Vision: Three Queries
10. Disabled Veterans Claim Their Rights
Legislation and Self-Advocacy
Rehabilitation: The Man, Not the Wound
Paralyzed Veterans of America
Automobiles: Opening "New Vistas"
The Pattern of Denial
Atomic and Chemical Guinea Pigs
Holding a Nation Accountable
11. Education: Integration in the Least Restrictive Environment
A "Quiet Revolution"
Enforcing the IDEA: Early Efforts
Least Restrictive Environment
An Appropriate Identity
The IDEA in the Courts
The Special Education Controversy
Somnolent Samantha
A Microcosm of the Real World
12. Identity and Culture
Three Strands of the Movement
Disability Pride: Celebrating Difference
Changing Perceptions and the Media
Assessment of the Movement
A Stealth Movement
13. Disability Rights in the Twenty-First Century
Olmstead and the Community Choice Act
�Visitability�
Psychiatric Survivors and Consumers
The New Eugenics
Physician-Assisted Suicide
Media, Technology, and Disability Culture
Disabled Veterans
Activists Assess Progress in Securing Disability Rights
Disability Rights Attorneys Speak
Perceptions of Disability
Notes
Index
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.
Disability Studies
History
Community Organizing and Social Movements
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