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Disability: A Reference Handbook (Contemporary World Issues) by Rembis, Michael.; is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Disability: A Reference Handbook (Contemporary World Issues) about?
This volume offers a rare mix of interpretive chapters and primary sources that will be of value to anyone interested in learning about important disability-related issues and exploring the perspectives of disabled people.Disability has become a human rights and social justice issue that should concern all Americans. Access to safe, affordable, and effective health care, access to safe and affordable housing, access to reliable and efficient public transportation, and the ability to work and participate freely in the community are central to disability justice movements. Unlike encyclopedias or biographical dictionaries that only offer brief accounts of key topics, people, events, and organizations, Disability: A Reference Handbook provides important interpretive and analytical frameworks and meaningful primary evidence. The book opens with a chapter dedicated to the history of disability in the United States, placing 21st-century issues and concerns within their contexts. The next chapter explores important controversies and questions related to disability. The third chapter brings diverse voices to the topic, and the fourth chapter offers valuable profiles of key people and organ
Who reads Disability: A Reference Handbook (Contemporary World Issues)?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Rembis, Michael.;
- Publisher
- Abc-Clio, LLC, Gn
- Published
- 2019
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781440862304
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Law, Family & Relationships, Literary Fiction