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Record Nr.

UNINA9910967382103321

Autore

Scotch Richard K. <1951->

Titolo

From good will to civil rights : transforming federal disability policy / / Richard K. Scotch

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Philadelphia, : Temple University Press, c2001

ISBN

9781282047204

1282047205

9781439901007

1439901007

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (230 p.)

Collana

Health Society And Policy

Disciplina

342.73/087

362.404560973

Soggetti

People with disabilities - Legal status, laws, etc - United States

People with disabilities - Government policy - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [197]-209) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 A Civil Rights Law for Disabled People; 2 From Good Will to Civil Rights; 3 The Genesis of Section 504; 4 Writing the Regulation for Section 504; 5 Advocacy and the HEW Regulation; 6 Policy Dissemination; 7 Symbolic Victories: The Evolution of Section 504; Epilogue; Appendixes; Notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Now that curb cuts, braille elevator buttons, and closed caption television are commonplace, many people assume that disabled people are now full participants in American society. This book tells a rather different story. It tells how America's disabled mobilized to effect sweeping changes in public policy, not once but twice, and it suggests that the struggle is not yet over. The first edition of From Good Will to Civil Rights traced the changes in federal disability policy, focusing on the development and implementation of Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. Ri