The Disability Rights Movement: From Charity to Confrontation

The Disability Rights Movement: From Charity to Confrontation

written by Frieda Zames, 1932-2005 and Doris Zames Fleischer, fl. 2001 (Philadelphia, PA: Temple University Press, 2011, originally published 2001), 361 page(s)

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Abstract / Summary
Based on interviews with almost a hundred activists, this book provides a detailed history of the struggle for disability rights in the United States. It is a complex story of shifts in consciousness and shifts in policy, of changing focuses on particular disabilities such as blindness, deafness, polio, quadriplegia, psychiatric and developmental disabilities, chronic conditions (for example, cancer and heart disease), AIDS, and of activism and policymaking across disabilities.Referring to the Americans with Disabilities Act as "every American's insurance policy," the authors recount the genesis of this civil rights approach to disability, from the almost forgotten disability activism of the 1930s, to the independent living movement of the 1970s, to the call for disability pride of the 1990s. Like other civil rights struggles, the disability rights movement took place in the streets and in the courts as activists fought for change in the schools, the workplace, and in the legal system. They continue to fight for effective access to the necessities of everyday life—to telephones, buses, planes, public buildings, restaurants, and toilets.The history of disability rights mirrors the history of the country. Each World War sparked changes in disability policy and changes in medical technology as veterans without limbs and with other disabilities returned home. The empowerment of people with disabilities has become another chapter in the struggles over identity politics that began in the 1960s. Today, with the expanding ability of people with disabilities to enter the workforce and a growing elderly population, issues like longterm care are becoming increasingly significant at a time when HMOs are trying to contain health care expenditures.
Field of Interest
Disability Studies
Author
Frieda Zames, 1932-2005, Doris Zames Fleischer, fl. 2001
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2011 Temple University
Content Type
Book
Duration
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Format
Text
Original Publication Date
2001
Page Count
361
Publication Year
2011
Publisher
Temple University Press
Place Published / Released
Philadelphia, PA
Subject
Disability Studies, Diversity, Independence, Education, & Accessibility, Advocacy and Rights, Disability rights movement, Disabled persons, Americans with Disabilities Act Passed, July 26,1990, Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Accessibility and Independence, History of Care, Independência, Educação e Acessibilidade, Independencia, Educación y Accesibilidad, Education, Rights and advocacy, Social movements, Abogacía y Derechos, Advocacia e Direitos, United States of America, USA, US of A, America, Estados Unidos, United States, Post-war Era (1945–1960), Depression & World War II (1929–1945), The Sixties (1960–1974), Early 21st Century United States (2001– ), Late 20th Century (1975–2000)
Keywords and Translated Subjects
Accessibility and Independence, History of Care, Independência, Educação e Acessibilidade, Independencia, Educación y Accesibilidad, Education, Rights and advocacy, Social movements, Abogacía y Derechos, Advocacia e Direitos, United States of America, USA, US of A, America, Estados Unidos

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