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A newly updated account of the struggle for disability rights in the U.S.

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Author:   Doris Fleischer ,  Frieda Zames
Publisher:   Temple University Press,U.S.
Imprint:   Temple University Press,U.S.
Edition:   2nd Edition
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   0.626kg
ISBN:  

9781439907443

ISBN 10:   1439907447
Pages:   360
Publication Date:   03 June 2011
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

"Personal Notes Preface to the Updated Edition Preface to the First Edition Acknowledgments Chronology Abbreviations and Acronyms 1. ""Wheelchair Bound"" and ""The Poster Child"" FDR, the ""Cured Cripple"" * League of the Physically Handicapped * The March of Dimes * Parent-Initiated Childhood Disability Organizations * The Poster Child and the Telethon * Changing Views of Disability in the United States 2. Seeing by Touch, Hearing by Sign Blindness and Deafness: A Comparison * Sign Language and Oralism * Braille and Talking Books * Sheltered Workshops * The Lighthouse * Mobility for Blind People: Guide Dogs and White Canes * Jacobus tenBroek and the National Federation of the Blind * NYC Subway Gates: A Controversy in the Blind Community * NFB: Trailblazer for Sections 504 and 501 * NFB and ACB: Different Approaches to Blindness * Deafness as Culture * American Sign Language * The Gallaudet University Uprising * Black Deaf Advocates * Education of Deaf Children * Helen Keller, the Social Reformer 3. Deinstitutionalization and Independent Living Deinstitutionalization * Early Accessibility Efforts in the Colleges * Ed Roberts and the Independent Living Movement * Proliferation of the Independent Living Concept * Characteristics of Independent Living Centers * Independent Living as an Extension of Rehabilitation * Evaluation of the Independent Living Movement * Independent Living and the New Disability Activism 4. Groundbreaking Disability Rights Legislation: Section 504 The Cherry Lawsuit for the Section 504 Regulations * Section 504 as a Spur to Political Organizing * ACCD, Propelling Section 504 * The Section 504 Demonstrations * The Transbus Controversy * Accessible Transit and New York City * Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) * California Accessible Buses * Mainstreaming Public Transit * The Civil Rights Significance of Accessible Transportation 5. The Struggle for Change: In the Streets and in the Courts Disabled In Action * New York Lawyers for the Public Interest * Recognizing Disability as a Civil Rights Issue * Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund * The Need for Disability Rights Attorneys * ADAPT * Justice For All 6. The Americans with Disabilities Act Enacting the ADA * The ADA and Section 504 * Title I: Employment * Title III: Public Accommodation * Title II: Public Services (State and Local Government) * Title II: Public Transportation * Title IV: National Telephone Relay Service * Title V: Miscellaneous * The Supreme Court and the ADA * The Myth of ""The Disability Lobby"" * Backlash * Every American's Insurance Policy Log 7. Access to Jobs and Health Care Employment Discrimination * Affirmative Action * Disability Employment in Corporate America * Employment of People with Developmental Disabilities * Employment of People with Psychiatric Disabilities * The Criminalization of People with Psychiatric Disabilities * Different Approaches to Psychiatric Disabilities * Mangled Care * A Two-Tier Health Care System * People with Special Needs in Managed Care * An Arbitrary Patchwork * Falling through the Cracks: Children with Special Health Needs * Long-Term Care in the Community * Health Policy Reforms * The Nexus between Jobs and Health Care 8. ""Not Dead Yet"" and Physician-Assisted Suicide Opposition to ""the Death Train"" * The Supreme Court * AIDS Activists * Pain Management * Focus on Cure: A Pernicious Message * The Eugenics Movement and Euthanasia * The Politics of Physician-Assisted Suicide * Netherlands ""Slippery Slope"" vs. U.S. ""Political Strategy"" * First-Year Report on Physician-Assisted Suicide in Oregon * Legalizing Disability Discrimination * Dangers of an Inflexible Law * ""A Better Solution"" * The Distinction between Severe Disability and Terminal Illness 9. Disability and Technology Universal Design * Accessible Taxis * Teletypewriters and Relay Systems * A Clash of Cultures * The One-Step Campaign * Wheelchair Ingenuity * Accessible Classrooms and Laboratories * The Computer as an Accommodation * Psychopharmacology * Bioethical Dilemmas * The Internet and a Miracle Baby * Medical and Genetic Information * ""Slash, Burn, and Poison"" * Transforming Scientific Orthodoxy: AIDS Activism * Toward a New Vision: Three Queries 10. Disabled Veterans Claim Their Rights Legislation and Self-Advocacy * Rehabilitation: The Man, Not the Wound * Paralyzed Veterans of America * Automobiles: Opening ""New Vistas"" * The Pattern of Denial * Atomic and Chemical Guinea Pigs * Holding a Nation Accountable 11. Education: Integration in the Least Restrictive Environment A ""Quiet Revolution"" * Enforcing the IDEA: Early Efforts * Least Restrictive Environment * An Appropriate Identity * The IDEA in the Courts * The Special Education Controversy * Somnolent Samantha * A Microcosm of the Real World 12. Identity and Culture Three Strands of the Movement * Disability Pride: Celebrating Difference * Changing Perceptions and the Media * Assessment of the Movement * A Stealth Movement 13. Disability Rights in the Twenty-First Century Olmstead and the Community Choice Act * ""Visitability"" * Psychiatric Survivors and Consumers * The New Eugenics * Physician-Assisted Suicide * Media, Technology, and Disability Culture * Disabled Veterans * Activists Assess Progress in Securing Disability Rights * Disability Rights Attorneys Speak * Perceptions of Disability Notes Index"

Reviews

Doris Zames Fleischer and Frieda Zames take the reader on a guided tour through the still-brief history of the Disability Rights Movement, and they draw upon many first-person accounts to enrich the narrative. Although I was 'present at the creation' of much of this, I still learned a great deal. A unique feature of this book is the first-hand recounting of the remarkable work of the Disabled in Action (DIA) of New York. This group never gave up in their struggle to make the nation's biggest city accessible, despite enormous odds and powerful political opposition. Their story alone is worth the price of this book. -Frank G. Bowe, Ph.D., Professor, Hofstra University, and author of Physical, Sensory and Health Disabilities Frieda Zames and Doris Zames Fleischer have crafted the most comprehensive history of the disability rights movement to date. Many firsthand sources and never-before-published interviews make this a must-read for anyone seeking to understand the roots of today's most pressing disability rights issues. -Mary Johnson, Editor, Ragged EDGE This eye-opening work...offers one of the first thorough histories of a movement for civil rights that has profoundly changed America. ... A fascinating book. -The Sacramento Bee Here at last is a book about our civil rights movement written by one of us: Frieda Zames, a polio survivor and activist...The Disability Rights Movement stands out for its insiders' point of view and the sheer thoroughness of ground covered. ...the authors turn what could have been a rather dry historical book into one that absolutely compels us to read on. They accomplish this not only through meticulous research, but also through their inclusion of information and opinions gleaned from interviews with movement leaders and other people whose lives have been directly affected. ...[the book] is far more than just a history book. It's a cautionary tale of rights won and now in jeopardy. It's a tale of a people who have won some legal battles but still face mass discrimination each day. ... It is an excellent beginning... -Sally Rosenthal, Ragged Edge Fleischer and Zames offer an encyclopedic treatment of the development of the disability rights movement...[They] provide a useful starting point for inquiries into a plethora of disability rights issues. - New Political Science ...the book plays a unique role in the literature on the disability movement because it is forward looking as well as historical in its approach. It is also extraordinarily well researched across a wide range of domains and contains a good bit of thoughtful analysis... -Social Service Review Fleischer and Zames's text deserves the label 'comprehensive history,' and it is a significant contribution to the literature of Disability Studies. -Argumentation and Advocacy ...an excellent primer on a wide variety of current disability issues... -Psychiatric Services Fleischer and Zames' concise and elegant overview of the current state of the disability rights movement...fills a huge void in the literature and hopefully will provoke greater examination of the issues at stake. -Socialism and Democracy ...makes an impressive contribution to the understanding of how social movements arise, organize and effectively address entrenched challenges of discrimination and social injustice... The book is readable and engaging. It should be consulted by anyone interested in knowing how people who are discriminated against can overcome and bring about substantive social change. -Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare It is accordingly useful and timely to look at the revised version of this important book and take stock of the current political conjuncture. He continued, At the heart of this deeply rewarding book is the very simple yet transformative idea that it is structural barriers in society, both physical and attitudinal, that impair the lives of people with disabilities... The writing is throughout sharp and clear. While not written from a radical perspective, the book is particularly strong in discussing the healthcare issues and barriers facing people with disabilities... [An] excellent text that serves as a valuable introduction to the issues facing Americans with disabilities. -Socialism and Democracy, July 2012 [A] thorough history of the disability rights movement with a clear emphasis on discrimination against disabled individuals and their many struggles to gain access to different institutions as well as to gain rights concerning health and visibility... The Disability Rights Movement is a truly great book that is useful for a wide range of readers; those working within disability communities and organizations, in the classroom, and for the layperson interested in the history of activism and disabilities. - Metapsychology

Doris Zames Fleischer and Frieda Zames take the reader on a guided tour through the still-brief history of the Disability Rights Movement, and they draw upon many first-person accounts to enrich the narrative. Although I was 'present at the creation' of much of this, I still learned a great deal. A unique feature of this book is the first-hand recounting of the remarkable work of the Disabled in Action (DIA) of New York. This group never gave up in their struggle to make the nation's biggest city accessible, despite enormous odds and powerful political opposition. Their story alone is worth the price of this book. - Frank G. Bowe, Ph.D., Professor, Hofstra University, and author of Physical, Sensory and Health Disabilities Frieda Zames and Doris Zames Fleischer have crafted the most comprehensive history of the disability rights movement to date. Many firsthand sources and never-before-published interviews make this a must-read for anyone seeking to understand the roots of today's most pressing disability rights issues. - Mary Johnson, Editor, Ragged EDGE This eye-opening work...offers one of the first thorough histories of a movement for civil rights that has profoundly changed America. ... A fascinating book. - The Sacramento Bee Here at last is a book about our civil rights movement written by one of us: Frieda Zames, a polio survivor and activist...The Disability Rights Movement stands out for its insiders' point of view and the sheer thoroughness of ground covered. ...the authors turn what could have been a rather dry historical book into one that absolutely compels us to read on. They accomplish this not only through meticulous research, but also through their inclusion of information and opinions gleaned from interviews with movement leaders and other people whose lives have been directly affected. ...[the book] is far more than just a history book. It's a cautionary tale of rights won and now in jeopardy. It's a tale of a people who have won some legal battles but still face mass discrimination each day. ... It is an excellent beginning... - Sally Rosenthal, Ragged Edge Fleischer and Zames offer an encyclopedic treatment of the development of the disability rights movement...[They] provide a useful starting point for inquiries into a plethora of disability rights issues. - New Political Science ...the book plays a unique role in the literature on the disability movement because it is forward looking as well as historical in its approach. It is also extraordinarily well researched across a wide range of domains and contains a good bit of thoughtful analysis... - Social Service Review Fleischer and Zames's text deserves the label 'comprehensive history,' and it is a significant contribution to the literature of Disability Studies. - Argumentation and Advocacy ...an excellent primer on a wide variety of current disability issues... - Psychiatric Services Fleischer and Zames' concise and elegant overview of the current state of the disability rights movement...fills a huge void in the literature and hopefully will provoke greater examination of the issues at stake. - Socialism and Democracy ...makes an impressive contribution to the understanding of how social movements arise, organize and effectively address entrenched challenges of discrimination and social injustice... the book is readable and engaging. It should be consulted by anyone interested in knowing how people who are discriminated against can overcome and bring about substantive social change. - Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare

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Doris Zames Fleischer, a full-time member of the Department of Humanities at New Jersey Institute of Technology since 1988, has written and lectured widely on issues related to disability rights. The late Frieda Zames, Professor Emeritus of Mathematics at New Jersey Institute of Technology, was a much honored pioneer in securing rights for people with disabilities.

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