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Main Title No pity : people with disabilities forging a new civil rights movement /
Author Shapiro, Joseph P.
Publisher Times Books,
Year Published 1994
OCLC Number 31394393
ISBN 0812924126 :
Subjects Handicapped--Civil rights--United States ; Discrimination against the handicapped--United States--History ; Handicapped--Government policy--United States--History ; Civil Rights--United States ; Disabled ; Prejudice
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ERAM  HV1553.S52 1994 Region 9 Library/San Francisco,CA 11/07/1997
Edition 1st pbk. ed.
Collation xi, 382 p. ; 21 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. 363-368) and index.
Contents Notes
Tiny Tims, supercrips, and the end of pity -- From charity to independent living -- The deaf celebration of separate culture -- A hidden army for civil rights -- Integration: out of shadowland -- People first -- The screaming neon wheelchair -- Up from the nursing home -- No less worthy a life -- Crossing the luck line.