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The disability rights movement: from charity to confrontation
- Authors:
- FLEISHER Doris Zames, ZAMES Freida
- Publisher:
- Temple University Press
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 278p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, PA
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.
Young people with disabilities: preventing discrimination in education
- Author:
- CHILDREN'S LEGAL CENTRE
- Journal article citation:
- Childright, 189, September 2002, pp.9-11.
- Publisher:
- Children's Legal Centre
On 1 September 2002, part IV of the Disability and Discrimination Act 1995 (DDA), inserted by the Special Needs and Disability Act 2001, came into force. The new provisions seek to prevent discrimination against disabled people in their access education. They aim to ensure that disabled children are not disadvantaged and to allow for their inclusion as far as possible within mainstream education.
Disabled children and the law: research and good practice
- Authors:
- READ Janet, CLEMENTS Luke
- Publisher:
- Jessica Kingsley
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 303p.,list of orgs.
- Place of publication:
- London
Draws on research on the needs of disabled children, young adults and their families, and indicates how the law can be used to promote good practice and policy development. Explains the overlapping legal responsibilities of social services, health and education, and how to facilitate coordinated practice. Emphasises the importance of an anti-discriminatory approach and of involving parents and children in decision making and advocacy. Includes extensive appendices of resource materials.