Disability in American life : an encyclopedia of concepts, policies, and controversies / Tamar Heller [and three others], editors ; foreword by Andy Imparato.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Heller, Tamar, editor.

Series:

Gale eBooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States.

People with disabilities--United States--Encyclopedias.

People with disabilities.

Medical Subjects:

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (2 volumes (xxxvi, 921 pages)) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Santa Barbara, California : ABC-CLIO, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, [2019]

Summary:

Disability - as with other marginalized topics in social policy - is at risk for exclusion from social debate. This multivolume reference work provides an overview of challenges and opportunities for people with disabilities and their families at all stages of life. • Takes an interdisciplinary approach to studying disability in America • Traces the evolution of U.S. attitudes and policies towards disability through primary documents featuring context-setting headnotes • Provides easy reference via a glossary of terms related to disability studies, including those in the areas of law, health, arts, and culture • Includes contributions from major scholars across disciplines involved in the study of disability

Contents:

Volume 1: A-L: Copyright

Foreword by Andy Imparato

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Guide to Related Topics

Chronology

Ableism

AbuseActivities of Daily Living (ADLs)

Addiction

African Americans with Disabilities

Aging

Alternative and Augmentative Communication

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

Animal-Assisted Therapy (AAT)

Anthropology

Apprenticeships

Arab Americans with Disabilities

Art Therapy

Asian-Pacific Americans (APA) with Disabilities

Assistive Technology

Assistive Technology, Use of in Minority Communities

Behavioral Interventions in the Classroom

Bioethics

Blind Education and Braille

Body Enhancement

Bullying, Youth, and Disability

Bullying and Harassment in the Workplace

Business of Disability

Campus Activism

Care Coordination and the Medical Home

Caregivers and Care Recipients

Case Management

Centers for Independent Living

Charter Schools

Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs

Citizenship

Classroom Accommodations

Coalitions and Interest Groups

Colonialism

Comedy

Comics

Communication

Community

Community Living and Community Integration

Contemporary Art

Criminal Justice System and Incarceration

Crip and Crip Culture

Critical Disability Studies

Cultural Competency and Employment

Culturally Responsive Teaching

Curriculum and Differentiated Instruction

Customized Employment

Dance

Deaf Culture

Deaf President Now Protest at Gallaudet (1988)

Deinstitutionalization

Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act

Direct Service Workforce

Disability and Performance in Everyday Life

Disability Demography

Disability Justice

Disability Oppression

Disability Protests

Disability Rights Movement (DRM)

Disability Rights Movement (DRM), History and Development of Disability Studies

Disability Studies in Higher Education

Disclosure and Self-Identification

Discrimination and Microaggressions

Diversity

Dual Eligibility

Early Childhood Interventions

Embodiment

Emergency Preparedness

Employer Attitudes

Employment, Barriers to Employment First

Ethics

Ethics of Care

Eugenics

Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)

Family Caregivers and Health

Family Support Movements

Fat Studies

Feminist Disability Theory

Fine Arts

FoodFree Appropriate Public Education (FAPE)

Friendship and the Best Buddies Program

Functional Behavioral Assessment

Gender Roles

Genetic Screening

Globalization

Group Homes

Guardianship and Capacity

Health and Fitness, Access to Health Care, Barriers to for Minorities

Health Care Provider Activism

Health Determinants

Health Disparities

Health Insurance

Health-Related Quality of Life

Hispanic and Latino Americans with Disabilities

Historical and Outdated Terminology

Identity

Immigrants and Refugees

Inclusive Education

Inclusive Language as Advocacy

Independent Living

Individualism and Independence

Individualized Education Program (IEP)

Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEIA)

(In)Exclusion in Education

International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health (ICF)

Intersectionality of Race, Gender, and Disability

Language

L’Arche

Learning Disabilities

Least Restrictive Environment

Least Restrictive Environment, Experience of People with Disabilities and Their Families

Life Expectancy

Life Writing

Volume 2: M-Y: Copyright

Contents

Madness, Mad Studies, and Psychiatric Survivors

Managed Long-Term Services and Supports (MLTSS)

Maternal and Child Health

Medicaid

Medical Education

Medical Paternalism

Medicalization

Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities

Mental Health Narratives

Mental Health Self-Help and Support Groups

Minority-Owned Businesses, Partnerships with Mobile Technology

Modernism

Mothers with Disabilities

Museums

Natural Supports

Neoliberalism

Normalization and Discipline“

Nothing about Us without Us,”

Occupational Therapy

Olmstead v. L. C. (1999)

Online Social and Professional Networks and Work

Paralympics

Paraprofessionals

Personal Care Attendant Services

Physical Therapy

Poetry

Poverty

Prenatal Testing/Selective Abortion

Preventive Health Care

Primary Care, Barriers to Public Health

Public Transportation

Quality of Life

Queer Identity and Politics

Race and Mental Health

Schoolwide Systems of Supports

Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act

Self-Advocacy and Health Literacy

Self-Advocacy Movement

Self-Determination, Concept and Policy

Self-Determination in Education

Self-Identification and Self-Diagnosis for Autism

Service Animals

Sexual Violence

Sexuality Education for People with Intellectual Disabilities

Siblings

Sign Language Interpreters

Social Capital

Social Model of Disability

Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI)

Sociology

Special Education

Special Education, Role of the Family in

Speech-Language Pathology

Spirituality

Stigma

Supported Employment

Supportive Housing

Theater

Therapeutic Recreation

Therapist, Role in Activities of Daily Living (ADLs)

Transition from High School

Transitional Experiences of Students with Disabilities

United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

Universal Design

Urban Education

U.S. International Relations

Veterans

Vocational Evaluation

Vocational Rehabilitation

Voting Rights

Welfare to Work

Wellness and Health Promotion

Workers’ Cooperatives

Youth with Disabilities, Employment of Leaders and Key Figures in Disability

Primary Documents

Glossary

Annotated Resource List

Editors and Contributors

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9798216074830

9781440834233

1440834237

OCLC:

1089607824