People with Disabilities

by Hayley Mitchell Haugen (Editor)

Overview

This volume provides an overview the rights of people with disabilities in the United States, a chronology of important events, an annotated bibliography, and other resources for conducting further research. The author illuminates this often-neglected human side of these problems by presenting a collection of personal narratives of people who have had personal experience with physical and mental disabilities as participants, witnesses, or involved professionals.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780737747980
Publisher:	Greenhaven Publishing LLC
Publication date:	05/07/2011
Series:	Social Issues Firsthand Series
Pages:	112
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.50(d)
Age Range:	13 - 17 Years

About the Author

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Table of Contents

Foreword 9

Introduction 12

Chapter 1 Living with a Disability

1 Learning How to Be Disabled Simi Linton 17

2 Reflections on Pain, Illness, and Memory Leonard Kriegel 29

3 Managing a Mental Illness Wendy Braun 41

Chapter 2 Living with People with Disabilities

1 Living in the Shadow of an Autistic Brother Karl Taro Greenfeld 54

2 Losing My Mother to Schizophrenia Laura M. Flynn 62

3 Adventures in Caring for My Mentally Disabled Sister Terrell Harris Dougan 74

4 I Never Expected to Become a Caregiver in My Marriage George Mairs 80

Chapter 3 Society and People with Disabilities

1 The Deaf Community Is Diverse Jane K. Fernandes 87

2 So-Called Accessible Accommodations Are Sometimes Not So for the Disabled Bruce Mumford 91

3 Disabled People's Lives Are Worth Saving Ben Mattlin 95

Organizations to Contact 99

For Further Research 105

Index 109

Editorial Reviews

Review: People with Disabilities "...this series focuses on the human side of society's pressing problems. These books provide a unique perspective to today's social issues."—ARBA, March 2009

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