Disabled Rights: American Disability Policy and the Fight for Equality

Disabled Rights: American Disability Policy and the Fight for Equality by Vaughn, Jacqueline. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780878408986.

Links to Nongovernmental Disability Organizations The following links are from Appendix C of Disabled Rights Adaptive Environments Center Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf Alliance for Technology Access American Association of People with Disabilities American Association for the Deaf-Blind American Association on Mental Retardation American Bar Association Commission on Mental and Physical Disability Law American Council of the Blind American Diabetes Foundation American Disabled for Attendant Programs Today (ADAPT) American Foundation for the Blind American Institute of Architects American Society for Deaf Children Arthritis Foundation Association of Programs for Rural Independent Living Association of Higher Education and Disability (AHEAD) Attention Deficit Information Network Autism Society of America Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law Center for Universal Design Cochlear Implant Association Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities Council for Disability Rights Council for Exceptional Children Disability Resources, Inc. Disability Rights Advocates Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund, Inc. Disabled Peoples International Eastern Paralyzed Veterans Association Epilepsy Foundation International Dyslexia Association Job Accomodation Network (JAN) Justice for All League for the Hard of Hearing Learning Disabilities Association of America Leukemia and Lymphoma Society of America Little People of America Lupus Foundation of America MadNation Mainstream, Inc. Mental Disability Rights International Mobility International USA Muscular Dystrophy Association National Alliance for the Mentally Ill National Association for the Visually Handicapped National Association of the Deaf National Association of Homebuilders Research Center Natioal Association of Protection and Advocacy Systems National Center for Dissemination of Disability Research National Council on Independent Living National Disability Party National Down Syndrome Society National Easter Seals Society National Federation of the Blind National Hemophilia Foundation National Mental Health Association National Multiple Sclerosis Society National Organization on Disability National Osteoporosis Foundation National Spinal Cord Injury Association Not Dead Yet Paralyzed Veterans of America Parkinsons Disease Foundation Rehabilitation International Self Help for Hard of Hearing People Society for Disability Studies Spina Bifida Association of America TASH United Cerebral Palsy Association Very Special Arts Western Law Center for Disability Rights World Institute on Disability Links to Selected Disability Periodicals and Media The following links are from Appendix B of Disabled Rights Abilities ABILITY Magazine AccessWorld American Council of the Blind Radio AnAurora Magazine for Women Braille Forum Braille Monitor Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Electronic Newsletter Closing the Gap Council for Exceptional Children Online Dialogue Magazine Disability Resources Monthly Disability Studies Online Magazine Disability Studies Quarterly Disability Times Disability World Eastern Paralyzed Veterans Association Action Enabled Online iCAN Online Inclusion Daily Express Justice for All E-Network Little People of America Online Mainstream Magazine Online Mouth National Alliance for the Mentally Ill E-News National Organization on Disability E-Newsletter New Mobility Magazine On A Roll Radio Ragged Edge Magazine Reach Out Magazine Volta Review/Volta Voices WE Magazine "Freedom and Justice for all" is a phrase that can have a hollow ring for many members of the disability community in the United States. Jacqueline Vaughn Switzer gives us a comprehensive introduction to and overview of U.S. disability policy in all facets of society, including education, the workplace, and social integration. Disabled Rights provides an interdisciplinary approach to the history and politics of the disability rights movement and assesses the creation and implementation, successes and failures of the 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by federal, state and local governments. Disabled Rights explains how people with disabilities have been treated from a social, legal, and political perspective in the United States. With an objective and straightforward approach, Switzer identifies the programs and laws that have been enacted in the past fifty years and how they have affected the lives of people with disabilities. She raises questions about Congressional intent in passing the ADA, the evolution and fragmentation of the disability rights movement, and the current status of disabled people in the U.S. Illustrating the shift of disability issues from a medical focus to civil rights, the author clearly defines the contemporary role of persons with disabilities in American culture, and comprehensively outlines the public and private programs designed to integrate disa