Disability: The Social, Political, and Ethical DebateRobert M. Baird, Stuart E. Rosenbaum What is it like to experience disability? What are the prevailing cultural attitudes toward those who experience disability? How do social norms and public policies affect those experiencing disability? This book provides a vivid and concrete introduction to the wealth of social, political and ethical debates that surround the experience of disability.Beginning with an exploration of the perspective of persons with disabilities, the essays demonstrate the extent to which the disability experience is affected by social and cultural values, attitudes, and policies. In addition to these first-person reflections, there are essays relating to such issues as: -The disability rights movement-Disability studies-Social policy relating to disabilityPhysician-assisted suicide, genetic testing, selective abortion, the moral status of handicapped newborns, and living and dying with dignityWritten in an engaging style with a focus on the concrete, this collection of essays includes contributions by John Hockenberry, Oiver Sacks, Peter Singer, and others. It is a marvelous resource for enabling the reader to comprehend the experience of disability and to explore contemporary issues involving the disability community |
Contents
Preface | 9 |
EXPERIENCING DISABILITY | 18 |
Walking the Edge | 41 |
Young and Disabled | 57 |
An Experience of Blindness | 71 |
Expecting Adam | 83 |
Jamie | 95 |
More Than an Inspiration | 117 |
Models of Disability and the Americans with Disabilities Act | 171 |
Who Lost the ADA? | 195 |
Citizenship and Disability | 205 |
DISABILITY AND PHYSICIANASSISTED SUICIDE | 217 |
Freeing Choices | 271 |
Unspeakable Conversations | 291 |
Shopping at the Genetic Supermarket | 309 |
The Uncertain Rationale for Prenatal Disability Screening | 333 |
19522004 | 131 |
A Brief History | 137 |
A Journey into the World of the Deaf | 151 |
A Psychological View of Disability Culture | 163 |
Living and Dying with Dignity | 339 |
A Prolegomenon | 355 |
Contributors | 377 |
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Disability: The Social, Political, and Ethical Debate Robert M. Baird,Stuart E. Rosenbaum,S. Kay Toombs No preview available - 2009 |
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