Disabled rights : American disability policy and the fight for equality /
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| Author / Creator: | Vaughn, Jacqueline. |
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| Imprint: | Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, c2003. |
| Description: | x, 318 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4848503 |
Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Demographics of Disability
- Understanding Disability Policy
- A Word about Language
- Chapter 1. Disabled Policymaking/Disabled Policy
- The Paradigm Shift
- Overview of the Policymaking Process
- Key Stakeholders
- Chapter 2. History of Segregation and Stereotypes
- "The Problem of Feeblemindedness"
- Assistance and Treatment
- The Stereotypes Continue
- Chapter 3. Compensation and Rehabilitation
- Historical Basis of Compensation
- Industrial-Related Disabilities
- Social Security
- The Disability Insurance Crisis
- Vocational Education
- 1973 Rehabilitation Act
- Education for Disabled Children
- Disability as a Business/Rehabilitation as an Industry
- Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act of 1999
- Chapter 4. Social and Political Activism
- Disability Rights as a Social Movement
- Disability Interest Groups
- Berkeley and the Independent Living Movement
- "The Splintered Universe"
- Coalition Building and Cross-Disability Activism
- Demonstrations and Protests
- Litigation
- Chapter 5. The ADA and the Vision of Equality
- Developing a National Policy: Early Initiatives
- Opening the Policy Window
- Policy Environment
- Legislative Building Blocks
- United We Stand
- Friends in High Places
- Legislative Process
- Stealth Campaign
- Opposition Forces
- Chapter 6. The ADA as Policy
- Provisions of the Law
- Implementation and Rulemaking
- Enforcement
- Litigation
- Key Litigation Issues
- Fusion of Positive and Negative Rights
- Chapter 7. Life beyond the ADA: Policy Hot Buttons
- Reproductive Rights and Technology
- Not Dead Yet
- Jerry's Kids and Telethons
- Christopher Reeve and the Myth of the Supercrip
- Deaf Culture and Cochlear Implants
- The Integration Mandate
- Violence against People with Disabilities
- Invisible Disabilities
- Chapter 8. Status Report on Equality
- Attitudes and Public Opinion
- Employment
- Social Integration
- Barriers to Independence
- Transportation
- Health Care
- Housing
- Overall Analysis
- Epilogue
- Appendices
- Appendix A. Suggestions for Further Research
- Appendix B. Selected Disability Periodicals and Media
- Appendix C. Annotated Guide to Nongovernmental Disability Organizations
- Appendix D. Chronology of Important Events in the History and Development of American Disability Policy
- Notes
- Index
