What we have done [electronic resource] : an oral history of the disability rights movement / fred pelka.

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.

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