No Pity: People with Disabilities Forging a New Civil Rights Movement
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| Rating | : | 4.71 (981 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0812924126 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 400 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-01-12 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
People with disabilities forging the newest and last human rights movement of the century.
While the author cites encouraging signs of progress made in the advance of their rights, he notes that disabled people still struggle to be accepted on equal, independent terms without being patronized, segregated or victimized in an antiquated social services system and a prejudiced society. He documents the political progress of the issue with stories about several of the nation's estimated 35 million disabled people. News & World Report , centers his empathetic review of our society's relations to its disabled population on the 1992 passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act. . From Publishers Weekly Shapiro, social policies writer for U.S. Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc. Included are polio-afflicted activists, Special Olympics competitors, armed services veterans and elderly people who ow
"A must-read for everybody" according to K. L Sadler. As a deaf person and an educator, I find myself very involved whether I like it or not in being an activist. I was taking a law class on disability law, and the second footnote in the required text was on this book. That intrigued me, and when I read t. "Happy that I found it! Right on time." according to Pamela O.. Book came on time. Looked great. A Primer for the Independent Living Movement directions Its important for anyone who wants to read about the disability rights movement that this is first book to read, even if one has a negative impression of it. The goal of the independent living movement as identified in the book is for full community in