The ABC-CLIO Companion to the Disability Rights Movement

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Since the nineteenth century, Americans with disabilities have fought for a range of personal and civil rights. The ABC-CLIO Companion to the Disability Rights Movement chronicles this struggle during the last 150 years. It presents biographies of pivotal individuals and groups in the movement, including Justin Dart, Judy Heumann, Ed Roberts, Frank Bowe, and such organizations as the American Coalition of Citizens with Disabilities and Americans for Disabled Attendant Programs Today. Other entries, many of them illustrated, cover legislation, programs, litigation, historic events, and concepts.

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"...it is the only source of its kind for information on the history and state of rights for the disabled in the United States." - Rettig on Reference (Gale.com) "Pelka has compiled an excellent general introduction to people, events, and organizations that shaped the American disability rights movement...Recommended for undergraduates, general readers, graduate students, and faculty." - Choice "Recommended for large public libraries, general academic reference collections, and social sciences reference collections." - Library Journal

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Fred Pelka is a professional writer based in Northampton, MA and a contributing editor to On the Issues.