
Disability Pride
Description
Alles über E-Books | Antworten auf Fragen rund um E-Books, Kopierschutz und Dateiformate finden Sie in unserem Info- & Hilfebereich.
Weaving together interviews with reportage, Disability Pride traces the evolution of societal attitudes and activist agendas around disability from a fight for civil rights to a celebration of identity and heritage.
Since the American with Disabilities Act (ADA) passed over thirty years ago, changes can be seen everywhere-wheelchair ramps, braille signs and menus, public transit lifts, closed captioning on TVs, "reasonable accommodations" by employers such as flextime and telecommuting, and myriad other measures. People under 30 have not lived in a world without the expectation that disabled people should fully participate in society. Journalist Ben Mattlin demonstrates how a new generation of young people and disabled activists have made diversity and inclusiveness hallmarks of today's social justice movements and modern media. From a giant Times Square billboard featuring disabled model Jillian Mercado to paraplegic actor and singer Ali Stroker becoming the first wheelchair-using performer ever to win a Tony, the world is ready to see, even to celebrate, nontraditional images of beauty.
Mattlin explores how this new wave of disability visibility and pride is furthering the cause of disability justice. Today, activists are fighting for long-term personal-assistance services and for mental-health support systems and it's coming from a broad spectrum of disability perspectives. Although this new generation of activism may be different from the protest actions of previous generations, Disability Pride demonstrates how to fearlessly push the movement forward.
More details
Other editions
Additional editions


Person
Content
Too Defiant?
PART I: THE ADA GENERATION GROWS UP
CHAPTER 1
Creating Rights
CHAPTER 2
Successes, Disappointments, and Shortcomings
CHAPTER 3
What Is Pride-And Why Does It Matter?
CHAPTER 4
Disability Studies and the Afterlife of Cultural Icons
PART II: PRESENTATION AND REPRESENTATION
CHAPTER 5
Neurodiversity and Autistic Self-Advocacy
CHAPTER 6
Disability Justice
CHAPTER 7
Visibility, Community, and Context
CHAPTER 8
The Politics of Beauty
CHAPTER 9
Casting and Miscasting
CHAPTER 10
What's So Funny About Disability?
PART III: THE CONTINUING EVOLUTION OF DISABILITY ACTIVISM
CHAPTER 11
Health-Care Disparities: Lessons of COVID-19
CHAPTER 12
Not Dead Yet vs. the Right to Die
CHAPTER 13
"Easy to Get In [but] Impossible to Get Out": The Struggle for Deinstitutionalization and Medicaid Dollars
CHAPTER 14
Sparks of Activism Everywhere
EPILOGUE
Trending or Truly Empowering?
Acknowledgments
Notes
Indes
System requirements
File format: ePUB
Copy protection: Adobe-DRM (Digital Rights Management)
System requirements:
- Computer (Windows; MacOS X; Linux): Install the free reader Adobe Digital Editions prior to download (see eBook Help).
- Tablet/smartphone (Android; iOS): Install the free app Adobe Digital Editions or the app PocketBook before downloading (see eBook Help).
- E-reader: Bookeen, Kobo, Pocketbook, Sony, Tolino and many more (not Kindle).
The file format ePub works well for novels and non-fiction books – i.e., „flowing” text without complex layout. On an e-reader or smartphone, line and page breaks automatically adjust to fit the small displays.
This eBook uses Adobe-DRM, a „hard” copy protection. If the necessary requirements are not met, unfortunately you will not be able to open the eBook. You will therefore need to prepare your reading hardware before downloading.
Please note: We strongly recommend that you authorise using your personal Adobe ID after installation of any reading software.
For more information, see our ebook Help page.