Disabled rights: American disability policy and the fight for equality

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Acknowledgments IntroductionDemographics of DisabilityUnderstanding Disability PolicyA Word about Language Chapter 1: Disabled Policymaking/Disabled PolicyThe Paradigm ShiftOverview of the Policymaking ProcessKey Stakeholders Chapter 2: History of Segragation and StereotypesThe Problem of FeeblemindednessAssistance and TreatmentThe Stereotypes Continue Chapter 3: Compensation and RehabilitationHistorical Basis of CompensationIndustrial-Related DisabilitiesSocial SecurityThe Disability Insurance CrisisVocational Education1973 Rehabilitation ActEducation for Disabled ChildrenDisability as a Business/Rehabilitation as an IndustryTicket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act of 1999 Chapter 4: Social and Political ActivismDisability Rights as a Social MovementDisability Interest GroupsBerkeley and the Independent Living MovementThe Splintered UniverseCoalition Building and Cross-Disability ActivismDemonstrations and ProtestsLitigation Chapter 5: The ADA and the Vision of EqualityDeveloping a Naitonal Policy: Early InitiativesOpening the Policy WindowPolicy EnvironmentLegislative Building BlocksUnited We StandFriends in High PlacesLegislative ProcessStealth CampaignOpposition Forces Chapter 6: The ADA as PolicyProvisions of the LawImplementation and RulemakingEnforcementLitigationKey Litigation IssuesFusion of Positive and Negative Rights Chapter 7: Life beyond the ADA: Policy Hot ButtonsReproductive Rights and TechnologyNot Dead YetJerry's Kids and TelethonsChristopher Reeve and the Myht of the SupercripDeaf Culture and Cochlear ImplantsThe Intergration MandateViolence against People with DisabilitiesInvisible Disabilities Chapter 8: Status Report on EqualityAttitudes and Public OpinionEmploymentSocial IntegrationBarriers to IndependenceTransportationHealth CareHousingOverall Analysis Epilogue AppendicesAppendix A: Suggestions for Further ReadingAppendix B: Selected Disability Periodicals and MediaAppendix C: Annotated Guide to Nongovernmental Disability OrganizationsAppendix D: Chronology of Important Events in the History and Development of American Disability Policy Notes Index

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