This book, a history of the American disability movement, documents the evolution of attitudes from isolation and charity to confrontation and rights; from sheltered workshops to independent living; from 'cripples' and 'invalids' to people with disabilities. Contents include: deinstitutionalisation and independent living; disability rights legislation; the struggle for change; access to jobs and health care; physician assisted suicide; disability and technology; disabled veterans; education; identity and culture.
This book, a history of the American disability movement, documents the evolution of attitudes from isolation and charity to confrontation and rights; from sheltered workshops to independent living; from 'cripples' and 'invalids' to people with disabilities. Contents include: deinstitutionalisation and independent living; disability rights legislation; the struggle for change; access to jobs and health care; physician assisted suicide; disability and technology; disabled veterans; education; identity and culture.
Subject terms:
independence, law, physical disabilities, rights, social work history, unmet need, young people, access to services, assisted dying, assistive technology, anti-discriminatory practice, anti-oppressive practice, deinstitutionalisation, education, employment;
Disability studies is now a legitimate area of academic study. It is multidisciplinary in its critique of oppressions that have historically 'dumped' people on the margins of society. Contents include: critical factors in community care and independent living; legislation in the UK and USA; what is the meaning of quality of life?; euthanasia and the new eugenics; disability research; medical health and disability; the enabling environment.
Disability studies is now a legitimate area of academic study. It is multidisciplinary in its critique of oppressions that have historically 'dumped' people on the margins of society. Contents include: critical factors in community care and independent living; legislation in the UK and USA; what is the meaning of quality of life?; euthanasia and the new eugenics; disability research; medical health and disability; the enabling environment.
Subject terms:
independence, physical disabilities, quality of life, social exclusion, anti-discriminatory practice, anti-oppressive practice, community care, education, equal opportunities, euthanasia, genetics, health needs;