From good will to civil rights : transforming federal disability policy /

Now that curb cuts, braille elevator buttons, and closed caption television are commonplace, many people assume that disabled people are now full participants in American society. This book tells a rather different story. It tells how America's disabled mobilized to effect sweeping changes in p...

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Gespeichert in:
1. Verfasser:
Scotch, Richard K.
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Philadelphia : Temple University Press, c2001.
Ausgabe:
2nd ed.
Zusammenfassung:
Now that curb cuts, braille elevator buttons, and closed caption television are commonplace, many people assume that disabled people are now full participants in American society. This book tells a rather different story. It tells how America's disabled mobilized to effect sweeping changes in public policy, not once but twice, and it suggests that the struggle is not yet over. The first edition of From Good Will to Civil Rights traced the changes in federal disability policy, focusing on the development and implementation of Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. Ri
Umfang:
1 online resource (230 p.)
Anmerkungen:
Description based upon print version of record.
Anmerkungen:
English
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [197]-209) and index.
ISBN:
9781282047204
1282047205
9781439901007
1439901007
Schlagworte:
People with disabilities > Legal status, laws, etc. > United States.
People with disabilities > Government policy > United States.
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