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Disability, augmentative communication, and the American dream : a qualitative inquiry / Ronald J. Berger, Jon A. Feucht, Jennifer Flad.
LIBRA HV1553 .B465 2014
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Van Pelt Library HV1553 .B465 2014
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Berger, Ronald J.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- People with disabilities--United States.
- People with disabilities.
- United States.
- American Dream.
- Physical Description:
- x, 126 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham : Lexington Books, 2014.
- Summary:
- Disability, Augmentative Communication, and the American Dream is a collaborative effort to tell the life story of Jon A. Feucht, a man who was born with a form of cerebral palsy that left him reliant on a wheelchair for mobility, with limited use of his arms and an inability to speak without an assistive communication device. Sociologist C. Wright Mills famously called for a "sociological imagination" that grapples with the intersection of biography and history in society and the ways in which personal troubles are related to public issues. Disability, Augmentative Communication, and the American Dream heeds this call through a qualitative "mixed - methods" study that situates Feucht's life in broader social context, understanding disability not just as an individual experience but also as a social phenomenon. Disability, Augmentative Communication, and the American Dream is intended as an analytical and empirical contribution to both disability studies and qualitative sociology, to be read by social science scholars and students taking courses in disability studies and qualitative research, as well as by professionals working in special education and speech pathology. Written in an accessible style, the book will also interest lay readers who want to learn more about disability issues and the disability experience. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- Preface
- Introduction
- Disability and the individual in society
- The life history
- Growing up with cerebral palsy
- Finding a voice
- Days of gloom, days of joy
- Participant observation
- Authentic voices of america: a relational ethnography
- Travels with jon and sarah: a journey through space and time
- Conclusion
- Disability, multiculturalism, and the american dream
- Index
- About the authors.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 9780739188941
- 0739188941
- OCLC:
- 864366315
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