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Australian Bureau of
Statistics, Catalogue no. 4198.1 - Facts on
disability in NSW, October 1995.
Joan Hume, Media
Guidelines, Disability Council of NSW,
Castlereagh Street Sydney, 1996.
Legal Aid and Family
Services, Section 2 “How discrimination is
experienced” in Acting against Disability
Discrimination - A practical manual for using the
Disability Discrimination Act, Commonwealth
Attorney General’s Department, National
Circuit Barton ACT, 1994.
Helen McAuley, Numbers and
needs: data on people with disabilities and
transport, July 1994
Nothing
About Us Without Us:
Disability Oppression and Empowerment
by James I.
Charlton
197 pages
University of California Press; (August, 2000)
ISBN 0520224817
Charlton,
executive vice president of Chicago's Access
Living, one of the largest centers for
independent living in the United States, has
lectured extensively on the disability rights
movement. Here, he analyzes the many factors
including political and economic power
structures that collectively contribute to
disability oppression in both developed and
developing countries. He also examines what the
Civil Rights and feminist movements have taught
disability rights advocates. He supports his
ideas by extensively quoting and discussing the
works of philosophers, economists, sociologists,
and political activists.
Disability/Postmodernity:
Embodying Disability Theory
by Mairian
Corker, Tom Shakespeare
249 pages
Continuum International Publishing Group; (June,
2002)
ISBN 0826450555
With
contributions from leading scholars in the USA,
Canada, the UK, Switzerland, Japan, India,
Australia and Jordan, this text looks at the
study of disablity within the context of the
"postmodern" world of the 21st century.
Working
the System - A guide for citizens, consumers and
communities
by Bev Duffy
(Ed.).
Public
Interest Advocacy Centre;
The
Law and Justice Foundation
109 pages
Public Interest Advocacy Centre; (2003)
ISBN 0958669457
Working
the System is a vital tool for individuals,
organisations and communities seeking to 'work
the system' to achieve individual and collective
justice. It's available from PIAC for $27.50
(including GST)
— Tel (02) 9299 7833
The
Disability Rights
Movement: From
Charity to Confrontation
by Doris Zames
Fleischer, Frieda Zames
278 pages
Temple University Press; (March, 2001)
ISBN 1566398126
The
book takes a historical look at the social
context of the rights of the vast number of
Americans who are disabled and the ever-evolving
attitude toward them, from the time of Franklin
Roosevelt to today. Also addressed are the
multiple aspects of disability, with updated
information about the 1990 Americans with
Disabilities Act and a detailed chronology
dating back to 1817.
Make
Them Go Away:
Clint Eastwood, Christopher Reeve and the Case
Against Disability Rights
by Mary
Johnson
296 pages
Advocado Press; (January, 2003)
ISBN 097211890X
In
"Make Them Go Away: Clint Eastwood, Christopher
Reeve & The Case Against Disability Rights,"
longtime disability-rights journalist Mary
Johnson sheds rare light on this issue by
examining the case against disability rights in
depth. What are its main arguments? Where do
they come from? And what is the other side? Can
a valid -- strong -- case be made FOR disability
rights? It can, says Johnson.
Encounters
With Strangers: Feminism and
Disability
by Jenny
Morris
234 pages
Women's Press, Ltd. (UK); (February, 1999)
ISBN 0704344009
"In
the past, both non-disabled feminists and the
the men who dominate the disabled people's
movement have been strangers to the concerns of
disabled women... This book invites these
strangers to enter our world, on our terms, and
to commence a dialogue on the basis of respect
and equality."
Perspectives
on Disability: Text and Readings
by Mark
Nagler
460 pages
Health Markets Research; (October, 1993)
ISBN 0962764035
This
comprehensive book contains essays on some of
the current concerns being raised by people with
a disability. The first section of the book
focuses on what it means to have a disability in
a predominantly able?bodied society. Other
sections include essays on women, the family,
sexuality, medical and psychological issues,
education, employment, legal and ethical
issues.
Understanding
disability: from theory to
practice
by Michael
Oliver
204 pages
St. Martin's Press; (February, 1996)
ISBN 0312158033
Michael
Oliver takes issue with the idea that disability
is personal., In his book, Oliver argues
cogently for the "social model" of disability --
that disability is produced in society through a
complex web of attitudes, values and structures.
The result is a society where people with a
disability are disregarded and excluded.
Beyond
Ramps: Disability at the End of the Social
Contract
by Marta
Russell
256 pages
Consortium Book Sales & Dist; (June, 1998)
ISBN 1567511066
"Normal"
is a label the powerful use to choose those who
should overcome their disabilities. Wrong,
Russell explains: It's society's obligation to
overcome its prejudice against the disabled by
removing physical and psychological barriers.
She argues against "physicalism," or basing an
individual's social value on able-bodied
standards. We should demand, she adds, that
elected officials mend and strengthen
"government's contract with its citizenry to
promote and not destroy human life and
happiness." Russell questions the motives of the
right to die movement, sayng the mindset that
drives it is akin to pseudo-scientific Social
Darvinist policies used by Nazis to sterilize,
kill and torture those whom nature selected as
inferior. She links capitalism with Social
Darwinisn, which marked the beginning of the
need for people with disabilities to prove their
worth.
Self-determination
across the life span: independence and choice for
people with disabilities
Deanna J. Sands
and Michael L. Wehmeyer (Eds).
384 pages
Paul H Brookes Pub Co; (March , 1996)
ASIN 155766238X
This
book is aimed particularly at parents, educators
and public policy makers. It argues for the
importance of teaching "self-determination
skills" to children and young people with a
disability so that they learn that they have a
right to make their own decisions about their
lives. The book also explores how families,
schools and workplaces are vital partners in
this process.
The
sexual politics of disability: untold
desires
Tom
Shakespeare, Kath
Gillespie-Sells and Dominic
Davies.
Continuum Intl Pub Group; (March, 1997)
ISBN 0304333298
This
book, based on first-hand accounts, takes a
close look at questions of identity,
relationships, sex, love, parenting and abuse
and demolishes the taboo around disability and
sex. It explores barriers to sexual expression
and shows how these obstacles are being
challenged by people with a disability. The book
covers a range of sexual preferences.
Controversial
Issues In A Disabling
Society
(Disability Human Rights and Society)
by John Swain,
Sally French, Colin Cameron
224 pages
Open University Press; (January, 2003)
ISBN 0335209041
The
author does an okay job revealing some
controversy but it hardly goes far enough. Mr.
Swain is so blinded by disability rights that he
doesn't see he's creating discrimination towards
them at every turn. As a non-disabled person but
the neighbor of someone who is, I have learned
how destructive the Americans with Disabilities
Act truly is to the truly handicapped and it
saddens me. Books such as Mr. Swain's here do
not help the matter... and they don't help the
truly disabled.
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