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Crip Authorship

Disability as Method

Edited by Mara Mills, Rebecca Sanchez ...

2024 Daniel E. Griffiths Research Award Winner2024 Outstanding Academic Title, given by Choice ReviewsAn expansive volume presenting crip approaches to writing, research, and publishing.Crip Authorship: Disability as Method is an expansive volume presenting the multidisciplinary methods brought into being by disability studies and activism. Mara Mills and Rebecca Sanchez have convened lead... ... Read more

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2024 Daniel E. Griffiths Research Award Winner2024 Outstanding Academic Title, given by Choice ReviewsAn expansive volume presenting crip approaches to writing, research, and publishing.Crip Authorship: Disability as Method is an expansive volume presenting the multidisciplinary methods brought into being by disability studies and activism. Mara Mills and Rebecca Sanchez have convened lead...
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Crip Times

Disability, Globalization, and Resistance

by Robert McRuer ...

Series Book 1 - Crip
Contends that disability is a central but misunderstood element of global austerity politics.Broadly attentive to the political and economic shifts of the last several decades, Robert McRuer asks how disability activists, artists and social movements generate change and resist the dominant forms of globalization in an age of austerity, or “crip times.”Throughout Crip Times, McRuer considers how ... Read more

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Contends that disability is a central but misunderstood element of global austerity politics.Broadly attentive to the political and economic shifts of the last several decades, Robert McRuer asks how disability activists, artists and social movements generate change and resist the dominant forms of globalization in an age of austerity, or “crip times.”Throughout Crip Times, McRuer considers how
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How to Be Disabled in a Pandemic

by Judith Heumann ...

A chronicle of ableism and disability activism in New York City during the COVID-19 pandemicHow to Be Disabled in a Pandemic documents the pivotal experiences of disabled people living in an early epicenter of COVID-19: New York City. Among those hardest hit by the pandemic, disability communities across the five boroughs have been disproportionately impacted by city and national policies, work ... Read more

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A chronicle of ableism and disability activism in New York City during the COVID-19 pandemicHow to Be Disabled in a Pandemic documents the pivotal experiences of disabled people living in an early epicenter of COVID-19: New York City. Among those hardest hit by the pandemic, disability communities across the five boroughs have been disproportionately impacted by city and national policies, work
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Words Made Flesh

Nineteenth-Century Deaf Education and the Growth of Deaf Culture

by R. A. R. Edwards ...

Series Book 4 - The History of Disability
During the early nineteenth century, schools for the deaf appeared in the United States for the first time. These schools were committed to the use of the sign language to educate deaf students. Manual education made the growth of the deaf community possible, for it gathered deaf people together in sizable numbers for the first time in American history. It also fueled the emergence of Deaf culture ... Read more

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During the early nineteenth century, schools for the deaf appeared in the United States for the first time. These schools were committed to the use of the sign language to educate deaf students. Manual education made the growth of the deaf community possible, for it gathered deaf people together in sizable numbers for the first time in American history. It also fueled the emergence of Deaf culture
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The Bloomsbury Guide to Philosophy of Disability

by Dr Shelley Lynn Tremain ...

The Bloomsbury Guide to Philosophy of Disability is a revolutionary collection encompassing the most innovative and insurgent work in philosophy of disability. Edited and anthologized by disabled philosopher Shelley Lynn Tremain, this book challenges how disability has historically been represented and understood in philosophy: it critically undermines the detrimental assumptions that various ... Read more

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The Bloomsbury Guide to Philosophy of Disability is a revolutionary collection encompassing the most innovative and insurgent work in philosophy of disability. Edited and anthologized by disabled philosopher Shelley Lynn Tremain, this book challenges how disability has historically been represented and understood in philosophy: it critically undermines the detrimental assumptions that various
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Global Perspectives on Legal Capacity Reform

Our Voices, Our Stories

Edited by Eilionóir Flynn, Anna Arstein-Kerslake, Clíona de Bhailís, Maria Laura Serra ...

Series series Routledge Research in Human Rights Law
This edited collection is the result of the Voices of Individuals: Collectively Exploring Self-determination (VOICES) based at the Centre for Disability Law and Policy, National University of Ireland Galway. Focusing on the exercise of legal capacity under Article 12 of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, the stories of people with disabilities are combined with responses ... Read more

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This edited collection is the result of the Voices of Individuals: Collectively Exploring Self-determination (VOICES) based at the Centre for Disability Law and Policy, National University of Ireland Galway. Focusing on the exercise of legal capacity under Article 12 of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, the stories of people with disabilities are combined with responses
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Keywords for Disability Studies

Edited by Rachel Adams, Benjamin Reiss, David Serlin ...

Series Book 7 - Keywords
Introduces key terms, concepts, debates, and histories for Disability StudiesKeywords for Disability Studies aims to broaden and define the conceptual framework of disability studies for readers and practitioners in the field and beyond. The volume engages some of the most pressing debates of our time, such as prenatal testing, euthanasia, accessibility in public transportation and the workplace, ... Read more

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Introduces key terms, concepts, debates, and histories for Disability StudiesKeywords for Disability Studies aims to broaden and define the conceptual framework of disability studies for readers and practitioners in the field and beyond. The volume engages some of the most pressing debates of our time, such as prenatal testing, euthanasia, accessibility in public transportation and the workplace,
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Mother Magistrate

Negress Of Saturn's Deeds, #17

by Zisa Aziza ...

Series Book 17 - Negress Of Saturn's Deeds
Love is Destiny. We burning the mis-signed contract of entropy. ... Read more

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Love is Destiny. We burning the mis-signed contract of entropy.
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Understanding Accessibility

by Dr. Kalyan C. Kankanala ...

Understanding what accessibility means, why it is important, and how it can be implemented is essential to facilitating full and equal participation of everyone in all walks of life. This book introduces accessibility, and explains its dimensions in simple and easy to understand language. It includes relatable examples from daily life to help illustrate the key topics.The book can be read in about ... Read more

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Understanding what accessibility means, why it is important, and how it can be implemented is essential to facilitating full and equal participation of everyone in all walks of life. This book introduces accessibility, and explains its dimensions in simple and easy to understand language. It includes relatable examples from daily life to help illustrate the key topics.The book can be read in about
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Lectura fácil

by Cristina Morales ...

Son cuatro: Nati, Patri, Marga y Àngels. Son parientas, tienen diversos grados de lo que la Administración y la medicina consideran «discapacidad intelectual» y comparten un piso tutelado. Han pasado buena parte de sus vidas en RUDIS y CRUDIS (residencias urbanas y rurales para personas con discapacidad intelectual). Pero ante todo son mujeres con una extraordinaria capacidad para enfrentarse a ... Read more

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Son cuatro: Nati, Patri, Marga y Àngels. Son parientas, tienen diversos grados de lo que la Administración y la medicina consideran «discapacidad intelectual» y comparten un piso tutelado. Han pasado buena parte de sus vidas en RUDIS y CRUDIS (residencias urbanas y rurales para personas con discapacidad intelectual). Pero ante todo son mujeres con una extraordinaria capacidad para enfrentarse a
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Human Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Achieving Inclusivity for the World’s Largest Minority Group

by Alan S. Gutterman ...

In Human Rights of Persons with Disabilities, renowned legal scholar Alan S. Gutterman offers a profound and comprehensive exploration of one of the most urgent and often overlooked dimensions of global human rights. This essential volume traces the evolution of the disability rights movement, critically examines the international legal frameworks that underpin protections for disabled persons, ... Read more

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In Human Rights of Persons with Disabilities, renowned legal scholar Alan S. Gutterman offers a profound and comprehensive exploration of one of the most urgent and often overlooked dimensions of global human rights. This essential volume traces the evolution of the disability rights movement, critically examines the international legal frameworks that underpin protections for disabled persons,
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Betreuungsrecht

Edited by Hoffmann ...

Einführungsgesetz zum Bürgerlichen Gesetzbuche Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch (BGB) Einführungsgesetz zum Gerichtsverfassungsgesetz Gerichtsverfassungsgesetz (GVG) Gesetz über die Vergütung von Vormündern und Betreuern (Vormünder- und Betreuervergütungsgesetz - VBVG) Gesetz über die Wahrnehmung behördlicher Aufgaben bei der Betreuung Volljähriger (Betreuungsbehördengesetz - BtBG) Gesetz über Finanzhilfen ... Read more

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Einführungsgesetz zum Bürgerlichen Gesetzbuche Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch (BGB) Einführungsgesetz zum Gerichtsverfassungsgesetz Gerichtsverfassungsgesetz (GVG) Gesetz über die Vergütung von Vormündern und Betreuern (Vormünder- und Betreuervergütungsgesetz - VBVG) Gesetz über die Wahrnehmung behördlicher Aufgaben bei der Betreuung Volljähriger (Betreuungsbehördengesetz - BtBG) Gesetz über Finanzhilfen
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Explaining The ADA

by Tony K Boatright ...

The Americans with Disabilities Act is a fundamental civil rights law.This book looks at the law from two perspectives: Rights and Responsibilities.The rights grant protections and puts the United States on a path towards accessibility. The overview presented here shows who is covered and what basic rights they receive.The overall responsibilities of businesses are covered in the second half. A ... Read more

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The Americans with Disabilities Act is a fundamental civil rights law.This book looks at the law from two perspectives: Rights and Responsibilities.The rights grant protections and puts the United States on a path towards accessibility. The overview presented here shows who is covered and what basic rights they receive.The overall responsibilities of businesses are covered in the second half. A
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Twenty-Two Cents an Hour

Disability Rights and the Fight to End Subminimum Wages

by Doug Crandell ...

In Twenty-Two Cents an Hour**, Doug Crandell uncovers the harsh reality of people with disabilities in the United States who are forced to work in unethical conditions for subminimum wages with little or no opportunity to advocate for themselves, while wealthy CEOs grow even wealthier as a direct result.**As recently as 2016, the United States Congress enacted bipartisan legislation which ... Read more

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In Twenty-Two Cents an Hour**, Doug Crandell uncovers the harsh reality of people with disabilities in the United States who are forced to work in unethical conditions for subminimum wages with little or no opportunity to advocate for themselves, while wealthy CEOs grow even wealthier as a direct result.**As recently as 2016, the United States Congress enacted bipartisan legislation which
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La Communication Multiculturelle en Millieu Maritime

by Dua Roland KOFFI ...

La Communication Multiculturelle en Milieu Maritime est un ouvrage incontournable pour quiconque navigue, forme ou dirige dans des environnements multiculturels, dans un secteur maritime de plus en plus mondialisé. Les malentendus culturels à bord d'un navire ne sont jamais négligeables, car ils peuvent mettre en péril l'unité de l'équipage, compromettre la sécurité et nuire aux performances ... Read more

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La Communication Multiculturelle en Milieu Maritime est un ouvrage incontournable pour quiconque navigue, forme ou dirige dans des environnements multiculturels, dans un secteur maritime de plus en plus mondialisé. Les malentendus culturels à bord d'un navire ne sont jamais négligeables, car ils peuvent mettre en péril l'unité de l'équipage, compromettre la sécurité et nuire aux performances
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Businesses' Contributions to Achievement of the SDGs for People with Disabilities

by Alan S. Gutterman ...

Everyone, including people with disabilities, has the right to a basic standard of living adequate for their own health and well-being and for their families including access to employment and decent work, financial services and economic resources, adequate food (freedom from hunger and access to nutritious food), clothing, clean water and sanitation (essential for health and hygiene), secure ... Read more

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Everyone, including people with disabilities, has the right to a basic standard of living adequate for their own health and well-being and for their families including access to employment and decent work, financial services and economic resources, adequate food (freedom from hunger and access to nutritious food), clothing, clean water and sanitation (essential for health and hygiene), secure
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The Deaf Legal Dilemma

Challenging Equality Law

by Rob Wilks ...

Equality law is audist. Deaf communities around the world continue to encounter Deaf Legal Exclusion through legal frameworks that define them narrowly and restrict their rights.The Deaf Legal Dilemma: Challenging Equality Law examines why these frameworks have not delivered equality in practice. It argues that the core issue is structural misrecognition: law protects deaf people only when they ... Read more

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Equality law is audist. Deaf communities around the world continue to encounter Deaf Legal Exclusion through legal frameworks that define them narrowly and restrict their rights.The Deaf Legal Dilemma: Challenging Equality Law examines why these frameworks have not delivered equality in practice. It argues that the core issue is structural misrecognition: law protects deaf people only when they
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Blackstone's Guide to the Equality Act 2010

Edited by John Wadham, David Ruebain, Anthony Robinson, Susie Uppal ...

Series series Blackstone's Guides
The Equality Act 2010 was an extremely significant reform of UK discrimination law, consolidating the existing complex mass of statutory provisions into one statute. The Act brought new rights against discrimination and imposed new duties on employers, service providers and public authorities, and also introduced a new socio-economic duty on public authorities to reduce the inequalities of outcome ... Read more

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The Equality Act 2010 was an extremely significant reform of UK discrimination law, consolidating the existing complex mass of statutory provisions into one statute. The Act brought new rights against discrimination and imposed new duties on employers, service providers and public authorities, and also introduced a new socio-economic duty on public authorities to reduce the inequalities of outcome
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Genetic Discrimination

Transatlantic Perspectives on the Case for a European Level Legal Response

Edited by Gerard Quinn, Aisling de Paor, Peter Blanck ...

As genetic technologies advance, genetic testing may well offer the prospect of detecting the onset of future disabilities. Some research also forwards that certain behavioural profiles may have a strong genetic basis, such as the determination to succeed, or the propensity for risk-taking. As this technology becomes more prevalent, there is a danger that genetic information may be misused by ... Read more

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As genetic technologies advance, genetic testing may well offer the prospect of detecting the onset of future disabilities. Some research also forwards that certain behavioural profiles may have a strong genetic basis, such as the determination to succeed, or the propensity for risk-taking. As this technology becomes more prevalent, there is a danger that genetic information may be misused by
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Human Rights and Disability Advocacy

Edited by Maya Sabatello, Marianne Schulze ...

Series series Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights
The United Nations adoption of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) constituted a paradigm shift in attitudes and approaches to disability rights, marking the first time in law-making history that persons with disabilities participated as civil society representatives and contributed to the drafting of an international treaty. On the way, they brought a new kind of ... Read more

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The United Nations adoption of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) constituted a paradigm shift in attitudes and approaches to disability rights, marking the first time in law-making history that persons with disabilities participated as civil society representatives and contributed to the drafting of an international treaty. On the way, they brought a new kind of
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The Future of Disability Law in India

A Critical Analysis of the Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act 1995

by Jayna Kothari ...

According to some estimates, there are around 20 to 60 million people with disability in India. For long this invisible minority went without any kind of protection or even legislation aimed at recognizing their basic rights. It was only in 1995 that the government passed the Persons with Disabilities (PWD) Act, which addressed the issues of non-discrimination, right to equal opportunity, and ... Read more

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According to some estimates, there are around 20 to 60 million people with disability in India. For long this invisible minority went without any kind of protection or even legislation aimed at recognizing their basic rights. It was only in 1995 that the government passed the Persons with Disabilities (PWD) Act, which addressed the issues of non-discrimination, right to equal opportunity, and
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Eine Geschichte der Menschen mit Behinderung Dis/abled in 500-1620

by Robert Ralf Keintzel ...

Eine Geschichte der Menschen mit Behinderung Dis/abled in 500 - 1620 Im Jahr 2013 waren in Mitteleuropa 12,7% der deutschsprachigen Bevölkerung Menschen mit sogenannter Behinderung, also mehr als jede zehnte Person. Dennoch wurden diese Menschen lange Zeit von der Geschichtsschreibung vergessen. Menschen mit Behinderung haben aber sehr wohl eine lange Geschichte, die sich auf ihre Gegenwart und ... Read more

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Eine Geschichte der Menschen mit Behinderung Dis/abled in 500 - 1620 Im Jahr 2013 waren in Mitteleuropa 12,7% der deutschsprachigen Bevölkerung Menschen mit sogenannter Behinderung, also mehr als jede zehnte Person. Dennoch wurden diese Menschen lange Zeit von der Geschichtsschreibung vergessen. Menschen mit Behinderung haben aber sehr wohl eine lange Geschichte, die sich auf ihre Gegenwart und
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As Dirt Clods Collide: Poetry by Dave Dave

by Marie Rothenberg ...

Poetry by Dave Dave (June 18, 1976 – July 15, 2018), collected by his mother Marie Rothenberg Hafdahl. Born David Charles Rothenberg and later Dave Dave was an American conceptual artist. He was badly burned as a child. He was posthumously awarded a Hollywood F.A.M.E. award in 2018 for artistic merit.The betrayal by his father seared deeper than the flames that almost killed him. His survival was ... Read more

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Poetry by Dave Dave (June 18, 1976 – July 15, 2018), collected by his mother Marie Rothenberg Hafdahl. Born David Charles Rothenberg and later Dave Dave was an American conceptual artist. He was badly burned as a child. He was posthumously awarded a Hollywood F.A.M.E. award in 2018 for artistic merit.The betrayal by his father seared deeper than the flames that almost killed him. His survival was
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Disability, Criminal Justice and Law

Reconsidering Court Diversion

by Linda Steele ...

Series series Social Justice
Through theoretical and empirical examination of legal frameworks for court diversion, this book interrogates law’s complicity in the debilitation of disabled people.In a post-deinstitutionalisation era, diverting disabled people from criminal justice systems and into mental health and disability services is considered therapeutic, humane and socially just. Yet, by drawing on Foucauldian theory of ... Read more

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Through theoretical and empirical examination of legal frameworks for court diversion, this book interrogates law’s complicity in the debilitation of disabled people.In a post-deinstitutionalisation era, diverting disabled people from criminal justice systems and into mental health and disability services is considered therapeutic, humane and socially just. Yet, by drawing on Foucauldian theory of
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