{"product_id":"disabled-rights-9780878408986","title":"Disabled Rights","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book is a comprehensive introduction to and overview of U.S. disability policy in all facets of society, including education, the workplace, and social integration.  The subtext is that disability policy has shifted from a medical to a civil rights paradigm (and that this is a good thing).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments  IntroductionDemographics of DisabilityUnderstanding Disability PolicyA Word about Language  Chapter 1: Disabled Policymaking\/Disabled PolicyThe Paradigm ShiftOverview of the Policymaking ProcessKey Stakeholders  Chapter 2: History of Segragation and Stereotypes\"The Problem of Feeblemindedness\"Assistance and TreatmentThe Stereotypes Continue  Chapter 3: Compensation and RehabilitationHistorical Basis of CompensationIndustrial-Related DisabilitiesSocial SecurityThe Disability Insurance CrisisVocational Education1973 Rehabilitation ActEducation for Disabled ChildrenDisability as a Business\/Rehabilitation as an IndustryTicket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act of 1999  Chapter 4: Social and Political ActivismDisability Rights as a Social MovementDisability Interest GroupsBerkeley and the Independent Living Movement\"The Splintered Universe\"Coalition Building and Cross-Disability ActivismDemonstrations and ProtestsLitigation  Chapter 5: The ADA and the Vision of EqualityDeveloping a Naitonal Policy: Early InitiativesOpening the Policy WindowPolicy EnvironmentLegislative Building BlocksUnited We StandFriends in High PlacesLegislative ProcessStealth CampaignOpposition Forces  Chapter 6: The ADA as PolicyProvisions of the LawImplementation and RulemakingEnforcementLitigationKey Litigation IssuesFusion of Positive and Negative Rights  Chapter 7: Life beyond the ADA: Policy Hot ButtonsReproductive Rights and TechnologyNot Dead YetJerry's Kids and TelethonsChristopher Reeve and the Myht of the SupercripDeaf Culture and Cochlear ImplantsThe Intergration MandateViolence against People with DisabilitiesInvisible Disabilities  Chapter 8: Status Report on EqualityAttitudes and Public OpinionEmploymentSocial IntegrationBarriers to IndependenceTransportationHealth CareHousingOverall Analysis  Epilogue  AppendicesAppendix A: Suggestions for Further ReadingAppendix B: Selected Disability Periodicals and MediaAppendix C: Annotated Guide to Nongovernmental Disability OrganizationsAppendix D: Chronology of Important Events in the History and Development of American Disability Policy  Notes  Index","brand":"Georgetown University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51039034147159,"sku":"9780878408986","price":26.55,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780878408986.jpg?v=1750942349","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/disabled-rights-9780878408986","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}