Understanding Disability

Inclusion, Access, Diversity, and Civil Rights

Author: Paul T. Jaeger
Secondary Author: Cynthia Ann Bowman
ISBN: 0275982262

Disability is rarely considered a social issue. Scholars tend to discuss it in the abstract; medical personnel view it as a health issue; and legal concerns for the disabled focus on how to advocate or protect organizations against demands for accommodation. As a result, disabled individuals are seen as bits and pieces of everyone's constituency but their own. The writers of this work, both having long personal experiences with disabilities, offer a holistic understanding of the lives of disabled individuals from representations in the media to issues of civil rights. Written to educate and inform readers about the social roles of disability, this accessible and informative work addresses: social classifications of disability; social reactions to disability; legal rights and classifications of persons with disabilities; issues of accessibility to information and communication technologies; representations of disability in a range of media, including literature, painting, film, televsio

Publisher: Greenwood Publishing Group
Publish Date: 2005-01-01

Subjects: History / United States / General, Social Science / People with Disabilities

This book is available in the following Community Centers: Women's Center (Location: Disabilities)