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Title: No Pity : People with Disabilities Forging a New Civil Rights Movement by Joseph P. Shapiro ISBN: 0-8129-2412-6 Publisher: Three Rivers Press Pub. Date: 25 October, 1994 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (8 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Response to Cindy Heilman
Comment: In regards to the review by Cindy Heilman below, it is apparent that you missed a major point of this book. When you state that "Neither the disabled, homosexuals, nor adoptees are the target of lynching, Jim Crow laws, fire engine hosing, or vicious police dogs."
You must have missed the disability history about Nazi death camps, false imprisonments in institutions, forced sterilization, abuse by caregivers, death by neglect, murder of those with mental disabilities thought to be under demonic controls, murder of disabled children in underdeveloped countries, the list goes on and on. I'm not an expert on the experiences of gays and adoptees, but as far as gays...it seems they face some of the most violent crimes that helped institute hate crime statutes. The history of African-Americans has been tragic and an embarrassment for our country, but they are certainly not alone in facing hatred and violent discrimination.
As for your statement regarding the difference in abilities justifies unequal treatment, you are missing the point that we all have differing abilities and must find ways to use our assets to contribute to society and accommodate our weaknesses. This holds true for any college student who has picked a major that accommodates their strengths while downplaying their weaknesses or any member of any sports team who picks the position that will give the team the best advantage. Disabled people are not asking for unfair advantages, they are asking for equal access. A level playing field. The same opportunities to build on their strengths and contribute to the society that has blocked them out. Even under horrendous Jim Crow Laws, African-Americans were sometimes allowed to go into the back of a restuarant and be served. People with disabilities aren't even allowed to the resturant door sometimes. Although their is a uniqueness to some of the issues surrounding disability, the civil rights aspect of amicus and access are exactly the same.
Read "Make them go away" by Mary Johnson for a more straightforward, updated essay on this situation if you still don't understand.
Rating: 5
Summary: The most influential book you could ever read.
Comment: My perception has changed in ways immeasurable in regards to people with disabilities. Now, every single day I am aware of the small and large ways in which those with disabilities are discrimated against by temporarily able-bodied individuals. I am buying several copies to lend and give out, I hope others do the same.
Rating: 5
Summary: A really good introduction to disability politics
Comment: This book is written in an easy-to-read style by a journalist who has covered disability issues for many years. It explains how he came to see that disability is a civil rights issue, just like racial or sexual discrimination. And it provides a very interesting history of the American disability movement in particular.
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Title: Reading Families: The Literate Lives of Urban Children by Catherine Compton-Lilly, Barbara Comber ISBN: 0807742767 Publisher: Teachers College Pr Pub. Date: January, 2003 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
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Title: The Light in Their Eyes: Creating Multicultural Learning Communities (Multicultural Education Series) by Sonia Nieto ISBN: 0807737828 Publisher: Teachers College Pr Pub. Date: May, 1999 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
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Title: The Art of Teaching Writing by Lucy McCormick Calkins ISBN: 0435088173 Publisher: Heinemann Pub. Date: 04 April, 1994 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
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Title: On Solid Ground : Strategies for Teaching Reading K-3 by Sharon Taberski ISBN: 0325002274 Publisher: Heinemann Pub. Date: 07 March, 2000 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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Title: Understanding by Design by Grant Wiggins, Jay McTighe ISBN: 013093058X Publisher: Prentice Hall Pub. Date: 28 December, 2000 List Price(USD): $24.80 |
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