Disability - A Reference Handbook

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Title
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Preface
1 Background and History
	Introduction
	Institutionalization
	Eugenics
	Charity
	Disability Rights Movement
		Early History
		World War II to the Americans with Disabilities Act
		Post–Americans with Disabilities Act
	References
2 Problems, Controversies, and Solutions
	Introduction
	Access
		Health Care
		Public Transportation
		Housing
		Public Education
		Employment Opportunities
	The New Eugenics
	References
3 Perspectives
	Introduction
	The Contested Evolution of the Americans with Disabilities Act
	“We Can Speak Out the Way We Want”: Self-Advocacy, Americans Disabled for Attendant Programs Today, and the Sociopolitical Legacies of the Disability Rights Movement
	The Neurodiversity Movement
	Restricted Reproductive and Parental Rights: Challenging What Makes a Person “Fit” to Parent
	Starlight Studio and Art Gallery
	The Contradictory Status of Disabled Veterans
	Violence against People with Disabilities: Still Missing from the Conversation
	Deaf Children and Cochlear Implants
	Gender, Madness, and Commitment
	Minority Students with Disabilities and the School to Prison Pipeline
4 Profiles
	ADAPT
	American Federation of the Physically Handicapped
	Clifford Beers (March 30, 1876–July 9, 1943)
	Justin W. Dart, Jr. (August 29, 1930–June 22, 2002)
	Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund
	Judy Heumann (1947–)
	Jerry’s Orphans
	Helen Keller (1880–1968)
	National Association for Retarded Children
	National Association of the Deaf
	National Black Disability Coalition
	National Center for College Students with Disabilities and Disability Rights, Education, Activism, and Mentoring
	National Council on Disability
	National Down Syndrome Society
	National Federation of the Blind
	Elizabeth Packard (1816–1897)
	Paralympics
	Ed Roberts (1939–1995)
	Society for Disability Studies (and Disability Studies)
	U.S. Quad Rugby Association
	“Blind” Tom Wiggins (1849–1908)
	World Institute on Disability
	References
5 Data and Documents
	Introduction
	Data
		Table 5.1. Types of Disability
		Figure 5.1. Percentage of U.S. Population Identified as Disabled
		Figure 5.2. Median Monthly Income of Adults with Disabilities, 203
		Figure 5.3. Disability Demographics
		Figure 5.4. Employment of Adults with Disabilities
	Documents
		Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act (1973)
		Education for All Handicapped Children Act (1975)
		Americans with Disabilities Act (1990)
		Olmstead v. L. C. (1999)
		Paul K. Longmore, “Why I Burned My Book” (1989; Published 2003)
		ADA Amendments Act (2008)
		Teaching the Black Disabled Experience (2015)
6 Resources
	Introduction
	Academic Peer-Reviewed Journals
	Reference Works
	Edited Books
	Monographs
	Internet Resources
7 Chronology
Glossary
Index
About the Author