When is separate unequal? : a disability perspective / Ruth Colker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Colker, Ruth, author.

Series:

Cambridge disability, law and policy series

Cambridge disability law and policy series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

People with disabilities--Legal status, laws, etc--United States.

People with disabilities.

People with disabilities--Legal status, laws, etc.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 280 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2009.

System Details:

text file

PDF

Summary:

This book does not start from the premise that separate is inherently unequal. Writing from an 'anti-subordination perspective', Professor Colker provides a framework for the courts and society to consider what programs or policies are most likely to lead to substantive equality for individuals with disabilities. In some contexts, she argues for more tolerance of disability-specific programs and, in other contexts, she argues for more disability-integrated programs. Her highly practical investigation includes the topics of K-12 education, higher education, employment, voting, and provision of health care. At the end of the book, she applies this perspective to the racial arena, arguing that school districts should be given latitude to implement more use of racial criteria to attain integrated schools because such environments are most likely to help attain substantive equality from an anti-subordination perspective. The book measures the attainment of equality not on the basis of worn-out mantras but instead on the basis of substantive gains.

Contents:

Introduction

Anti-subordination above all : a disability perspective

The mythic 43 million Americans with disabilities at the workplace

K-12 education

Higher education and testing accommodations

Voting

Reflections on race : the limits of formal equality.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Other Format:

Print version:

ISBN:

9780511841187

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