People with Disabilities Sidelined or Mainstreamed?

• Main Authors: Schur, Lisa, Kruse, Douglas, Blanck, Peter
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York Cambridge University Press 10.06.2013
• Edition: 1
• Series: Cambridge Disability Law and Policy Series
• Subjects: Disabilities; People with disabilities; Social aspects; Social medicine

To what extent are people with disabilities fully included in economic, political and social life? People with disabilities have faced a long history of exclusion, stigma and discrimination, but have made impressive gains in the past several decades. These gains include the passage of major civil ri...

Table of Contents:

• dummy_cover.pdf -- People with Disabilities -- Series -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction -- A. Changing Views of Disability -- B. Plan of the Book -- C. Models of Disability -- 1. Medical Model -- 2. Social Model -- 3. Universalist Model -- D. Measuring Disability -- 1. Issues in Measuring Disability -- 2. Estimates of Disability -- 2 Economic Inclusion -- A. Introduction -- B. Economic Resources -- 1. Income and Poverty Levels -- 2. Costs of Disability -- 3. Disability Income -- C. Employment Levels -- 1. Why the Lower Employment? -- 2. What Are the Prospects for Higher Employment Levels? -- 3 A Closer Look at Employment -- A. Introduction -- B. Alternative Work Arrangements -- 1. Part-Time Work -- 2. Telecommuting and Other Home-Based Work -- 3. Temporary Employment -- 4. Flexible Schedules -- 5. Self-Employment -- C. Pay, Job Characteristics, and Employee Attitudes -- D. Discrimination Models and Evidence -- E. Corporate Culture -- F. Workplace Accommodations -- G. Policies to Increase Employment Opportunities -- 4 Political Inclusion -- A. Introduction -- B. Civil Rights Protections -- C. Responses to Disability and Their Political Implications -- D. Disability Models and Political Activism -- E. Evidence on Disability Activism -- F. Political Participation in General -- G. Political Interest and Views -- H. Conclusion -- 5 Social Inclusion -- A. Social Stigma -- B. Institutional versus Community-Based Independent Living -- C. Living Arrangements and Marriage -- D. Social Contact -- E. Transportation -- F. Computers, Internet, and Assistive Technology -- G. Accessibility and Universal Design -- H. Education -- 6 Gender, Race, Ethnicity, and Disability -- A. Introduction -- B. Gender -- 1. Prevalence of Disability -- 2. Economic Inclusion -- 3. Political Inclusion
• 4. Social Inclusion -- Social Isolation -- Education -- Social Roles -- C. Race and Ethnicity -- 1. Prevalence of Disability -- 2. Economic Inclusion -- 3. Political Inclusion -- 4. Social Inclusion -- Social Isolation -- Education -- Access to Services and Equipment -- 7 Conclusion -- A. Progress and Prospects: Key Findings -- 1. Prevalence of Disability -- 2. Economic Inclusion -- 3. Political Inclusion -- 4. Social Inclusion -- 5. Gender, Race, and Ethnicity -- B. Connections and a Holistic Approach in the UN Convention -- C. Progress and Prospects: Views from the Disability Community -- 1. Access to the Built Environment -- 2. Technology -- 3. Attitudes -- 4. Education -- 5. Culture and Sports -- 6. Employment -- 7. Poverty and Inequality -- 8. Policy and Political Action -- 9. Prospects for the Next Few Decades -- D. Final Words -- Appendix Interviewees and Affiliations -- Bibliography -- Index