A  matter of dignity
Subtitle: changing the lives of the disabled
By: by Andrew Potok.
Publisher: Bantam Books
Published: 2002
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 305
Subjects: People with disabilities -- Rehabilitation -- Biography.; People with disabilities -- Services for.; People with disabilities -- Rehabilitation -- Technological innovations.; People with disabilities -- Attitudes.; Disability studies.; Quality of life.
Genres: Biography.
Description: In a powerful and moving book about everyday heroes, Potok creates extraordinary portraits of men and women who are changing the world for those with disabilities.
Notes: Dogs : Pete Lang, guide dog school manager of instruction and training -- Rights : Mary Lou Breslin and Chai Feldblum, teachers, activists, and social-policy thinkers -- Bodies : Dave Loney, prosthetist; John Fago, photographer, teacher, prosthetist -- Jaws : Ted Henter, computer engineer and entrepreneur -- Scholars : Adrienne Asch, professor of bioethics; Rosemarie Garland Thomas, professor of English; Paul K. Longmore, professor of history -- Internal music : Connie Tomaino, music therapist -- Neighbors : David Werner, biologist, health educator -- Brothers and sons : Jay Neugeboren, writer; Mona Wasow and Ann Larkin, teachers; Sam Tsemberis, agency head.