No pity : people with disabilities forging a new civil rights movement /
by Shapiro, Joseph P.
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BookPublisher: New York : Times Books, c1994Edition: 1st pbk. ed.Description: xi, 382 p. ; 21 cm.ISBN: 0812924126.Subject(s): People with disabilities -- Civil rights -- United States | Discrimination against people with disabilities -- United States -- History | People with disabilities -- Government policy -- United States -- History
Contents:
1. Tiny Tims, Superscripts, and the End of Pity -- 2. From Charity to Independent Living -- 3. The Deaf Celebration of Separate Culture -- 4. A Hidden Army for Civil Rights -- 5. Integration: Out of Shadowland -- 6. People First -- 7. The Screaming Neon Wheelchair -- 8. Up from the Nursing Home -- 9. No Less Worthy a Life -- 10. Crossing the Luck Line -- Epilogue: How the Disability Rights Movement Is Changing America.
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Dhaka University Library American Studies Corner | Reference | 323.3 SHN (Browse shelf) | Not For Loan | 365720 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 363-368) and index.
1. Tiny Tims, Superscripts, and the End of Pity -- 2. From Charity to Independent Living -- 3. The Deaf Celebration of Separate Culture -- 4. A Hidden Army for Civil Rights -- 5. Integration: Out of Shadowland -- 6. People First -- 7. The Screaming Neon Wheelchair -- 8. Up from the Nursing Home -- 9. No Less Worthy a Life -- 10. Crossing the Luck Line -- Epilogue: How the Disability Rights Movement Is Changing America.
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