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Book Synopsis
Presents a discussion of how human disability and parental advocacy have been constructed in American society, including recommendations for a more authentically inclusive vision of parental advocacy. The authors provide a cultural-historical view of the conflation of racism, classism, and ableism that have left a deeply entrenched stigma.

Table of Contents
  • Acknowledgments vii
  • 1. Constructing Meanings of Human Difference at the Intersections of Identity: Personal and Conceptual Considerations 1
  • The Authors' Lenses 3
  • DisCrit: A Lens for Viewing Family and Community Intersections 4
  • The Co-Construction of Advocacy 8
  • Overview of the Book 8
  • Qualitative Vignettes and Authors' Reflections 10
  • 2. Parent Advocacy and the Challenge of Difference 13
  • Personal Perspectives 14
  • Goals and Avenues of Advocacy  16
  • Why Advocacy for the Value of the Child? 18
  • 3. Constructing Race and Disabilities as Intrinsic Differences: A Cultural-Historical View 25
  • "Intrinsic" Attributions: From the Supernatural to Science 25
  • Conquest, Slavery, and Colonization: The Intertwining of Race, Disability, and "Normality" 28
  • Families with Developmentally Disabled Children in the 19th Century 32
  • The 20th Century: The Hegemony of Intelligence as a Measurable Construct 36
  • The 20th Century and the Disempowerment of Parents 42
  • 4. Parent Voices Rising: Challenging Constructions of Difference 49
  • Advocacy and the Judges 49
  • Parents' Published Narratives 51
  • The Emergence of Advocacy Organizations 59
  • Exposing the Institutions 65
  • 5. The Social Construction of Humanness 71
  • The Meaning of Disability 75
  • The Painful Contours of Parent Advocacy 77
  • 6. Advocacy Toward the EHA: Converging Interests and Intersections 93
  • Parent Advocacy: The Law as the Vehicle 93
  • The Construction of Disability Under the Law 96
  • The Label as a Negotiating Tool 102
  • The Label as Exclusion or Confusion 107
  • 7. Parent Advocacy Under the Umbrella of the EHA/IDEA 109
  • Challenges of Racism, Ethnocentrism, and Context 110
  • Parent Advocacy: The Law as the Obstacle 125
  • 8. Reframing Advocacy, Repositioning the Advocate 139
  • De-Constructing Advocacy 140
  • Revisiting Our Guiding Principles 145
  • Co-Constructing Advocacy: Developing a New Model 151
  • Forging Ahead 157
  • The Next Chapter 158
  • References 161
  • Index 175
  • About the Authors 184

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      Publisher: Teachers' College Press
      Publication Date: 30/06/2020
      ISBN13: 9780807763841, 978-0807763841
      ISBN10: 0807763845

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Presents a discussion of how human disability and parental advocacy have been constructed in American society, including recommendations for a more authentically inclusive vision of parental advocacy. The authors provide a cultural-historical view of the conflation of racism, classism, and ableism that have left a deeply entrenched stigma.

      Table of Contents
      • Acknowledgments vii
      • 1. Constructing Meanings of Human Difference at the Intersections of Identity: Personal and Conceptual Considerations 1
      • The Authors' Lenses 3
      • DisCrit: A Lens for Viewing Family and Community Intersections 4
      • The Co-Construction of Advocacy 8
      • Overview of the Book 8
      • Qualitative Vignettes and Authors' Reflections 10
      • 2. Parent Advocacy and the Challenge of Difference 13
      • Personal Perspectives 14
      • Goals and Avenues of Advocacy  16
      • Why Advocacy for the Value of the Child? 18
      • 3. Constructing Race and Disabilities as Intrinsic Differences: A Cultural-Historical View 25
      • "Intrinsic" Attributions: From the Supernatural to Science 25
      • Conquest, Slavery, and Colonization: The Intertwining of Race, Disability, and "Normality" 28
      • Families with Developmentally Disabled Children in the 19th Century 32
      • The 20th Century: The Hegemony of Intelligence as a Measurable Construct 36
      • The 20th Century and the Disempowerment of Parents 42
      • 4. Parent Voices Rising: Challenging Constructions of Difference 49
      • Advocacy and the Judges 49
      • Parents' Published Narratives 51
      • The Emergence of Advocacy Organizations 59
      • Exposing the Institutions 65
      • 5. The Social Construction of Humanness 71
      • The Meaning of Disability 75
      • The Painful Contours of Parent Advocacy 77
      • 6. Advocacy Toward the EHA: Converging Interests and Intersections 93
      • Parent Advocacy: The Law as the Vehicle 93
      • The Construction of Disability Under the Law 96
      • The Label as a Negotiating Tool 102
      • The Label as Exclusion or Confusion 107
      • 7. Parent Advocacy Under the Umbrella of the EHA/IDEA 109
      • Challenges of Racism, Ethnocentrism, and Context 110
      • Parent Advocacy: The Law as the Obstacle 125
      • 8. Reframing Advocacy, Repositioning the Advocate 139
      • De-Constructing Advocacy 140
      • Revisiting Our Guiding Principles 145
      • Co-Constructing Advocacy: Developing a New Model 151
      • Forging Ahead 157
      • The Next Chapter 158
      • References 161
      • Index 175
      • About the Authors 184

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