What we have done
Pelka, Fred, 1954-
What we have done an oral history of the disability rights movement / [electronic resource] : fred pelka. - Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, c2012. - 1 online resource (592 p.) - UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Childhood -- Institutions -- Discrimination -- Institutions -- The University of Illinois -- Discrimination, and early advocacy -- The parents' movement -- Activists and organizers -- Institutions -- Activists and organizers -- Independent living -- The disability press -- The American coalition of citizens with disabilities -- The HEW demonstrations -- Psychiatric survivors -- Working the system -- Institutions -- Self-advocates -- DREDF and the 504 trainings -- Activists and organizers -- Adapt -- Deaf president now! -- The Americans with disabilities act; "the machinery of change" -- Drafting the bill -- Insiders -- Drafting the bill -- Lobbying and gathering support -- Mobilizing the community -- Experts -- Insiders -- Wheels of justice and the Chapman Amendment -- Lobbyists -- Senators -- Victory -- Aftermath.
9781613761908 1613761902
United States. Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.
People with disabilities--Legal status, laws, etc.--History.--United States
People with disabilities--Civil rights--History.--United States
Electronic books.
KF480 / .P45 2012
346.7301/3
What we have done an oral history of the disability rights movement / [electronic resource] : fred pelka. - Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, c2012. - 1 online resource (592 p.) - UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Childhood -- Institutions -- Discrimination -- Institutions -- The University of Illinois -- Discrimination, and early advocacy -- The parents' movement -- Activists and organizers -- Institutions -- Activists and organizers -- Independent living -- The disability press -- The American coalition of citizens with disabilities -- The HEW demonstrations -- Psychiatric survivors -- Working the system -- Institutions -- Self-advocates -- DREDF and the 504 trainings -- Activists and organizers -- Adapt -- Deaf president now! -- The Americans with disabilities act; "the machinery of change" -- Drafting the bill -- Insiders -- Drafting the bill -- Lobbying and gathering support -- Mobilizing the community -- Experts -- Insiders -- Wheels of justice and the Chapman Amendment -- Lobbyists -- Senators -- Victory -- Aftermath.
9781613761908 1613761902
United States. Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.
People with disabilities--Legal status, laws, etc.--History.--United States
People with disabilities--Civil rights--History.--United States
Electronic books.
KF480 / .P45 2012
346.7301/3