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Understanding Disability Inclusion, Access, Diversity, and Civil Rights
Paul T. Jaeger, Cynthia Ann Bowman
Book Code: C8226
ISBN: 0-275-98226-2
ISBN-13: 978-0-275-98226-3
184 pages, n/a
Praeger Publishers
Publication: 7/30/2005
List Price: $51.95 (UK Sterling Price: £29.95)
Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Also Available: Ebook
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
Subjects: Reviews:
  • This long-overdue book is exactly what is needed for an introductory course in disability studies. The text is well researched and readable, and even has an international perspective. It is also instructive for those who may have doubts about the academic legitimacy of disability studies and its focus on interdisciplinarity. That is, Jaeger and Bowman have managed to document the breadth and depth of the global inquiry into disability and its meaning in law, recreation, medicine, social life, economics, politics, media, immigration to the US, and technology....Highly recommended. All levels/libraries.
    —Choice     March 2006
  • [O]ffers a holistic understanding of the lives of disabled individuals, from representations in the media to issues of civil rights....Understanding Disability is designed to educate and inform readers about the social roles of disability.
    —Library Media Connection     August/September 2005
Description: 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 an organization 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, televsion and advertising; and major issues shaping the comtemporary social roles of persons with disabilities. By examining the social roles of disability in the past and present from a range of perspectives and disciplines, this book reveals a portrait of the social place, limitations, and rights of persons with disabilities.
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction: The Goals of this Book
  • The Social Lives of Disability
  • The Roles of Disability in Society
  • Social Classifications of and Reactions to Disability
  • Disability Discrimination and the Evolution of Legal Rights in Democratic Societies
  • Trying to Come to America: An Illustration of the Classifications of Disability in United States Immigration Law and Policy
  • Access and Accessibility
  • Physical Access, Intellectual Access, and Access in Society
  • Access and Classifications of Disability in Legal Discourse
  • Accessibility and Technology in Application: Unequal Access Online
  • Social Representations of Disability
  • The Social Significance of the Representation of Disability
  • Representations of Disability across Media
  • "Nothing About Us Without Us"
  • The Future of Disability in Society
  • Future Social Issues for Persons with Disabilities
  • Disability Culture in a Non-disabled Society
  • References
  • About the Authors
LC Card Number: 2005013007
LCC Class: HV1553
Dewey Class: 305
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