Images of the Disabled, Disabling Images

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Synopsis
In this collection of a dozen essays, writers with strong backgrounds in the disability rights movement examine the roots of public attitudes toward the disabled. Several essays consider portrayals of people with disabilities in literature, film, and journalism. Others explore social policy toward the disabled in education, employment, and health-care. Nat Hentoff's powerful piece, ""The Awful Privacy of Baby Doe," expresses the author's outrage over the case of a child born with spina bifida who was denied treatment because doctors persuaded her parents that she would be better off dead.
Copyright:
1987

Book Details

Book Quality:
Excellent
Book Size:
554 Pages
ISBN-13:
9780275921781
Publisher:
N/A
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
Praeger Publishers
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
Nonfiction, Disability-Related, Psychology, Social Studies
Submitted By:
Deborah Kent Stein
Proofread By:
Kathy Blackburn
Usage Restrictions:
This is a copyrighted book.

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