Overview :Towson University journalism professor Beth A. Haller's 20 years of research into disability and mass media inform this one-of-a-kind collec... Read More
Overview :Draws on themes of the disability-rights movement to identify people with disabilities as members of a socially disadvantaged minority group... Read More
Overview :In this absorbing story of the changing life of a community, the authors of Deaf in America reveal historical events and forces that have sh... Read More
Overview :James Charlton has produced a ringing indictment of disability oppression, which, he says, is rooted in degradation, dependency, and powerle... Read More
Overview :Like The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, this is a fascinating voyage into a strange and wonderful land, a provocative meditation on com... Read More
Overview :Using original sources, this unique book focuses on the Deaf community during the nineteenth century. Largely through schools for the deaf, ... Read More
Overview :Nominated for the 2017 Hillman Prize and the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights AwardWith this Dickensian tale from America's heartland, New Yor... Read More
Overview :The deaf community in the West has endured radical changes in the past centuries. This work of history tracks the changes both in the educat... Read More
Overview :This wide-ranging book shows why Paul Longmore is one of the most respected figures in disability studies today. Understanding disability as... Read More
Overview :Images of disability pervade language and literature, yet disability is, as sex was in the Victorian world, the ubiquitous unspoken topic in... Read More
Overview :Autism - Asperger's and Sexuality is a groundbreaking, personal look at the sexual challenges of those diagnosed with autism or Asperger's S... Read More
Overview :At a time when the traditional sheltered workshop model has fallen under rightful criticism, and a new paradigm for disability programming i... Read More
Overview :The tiny town of Telluride is a Rocky Mountain jewel. Wedged in a remote box canyon high in the San Juan Mountains of southwestern Colorado,... Read More
Overview :From public transportation and education to adequate access to buildings, the social impact of disability has been felt everywhere since the... Read More