Sociopolitical Aspects of Disabilities
Subtitle: The Social Perspectives and Political History of Disabilities and Rehabilitation in the United States
Publisher: Charles C. Thomas Publisher
Published: March 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 260
ISBN-13: 9780398072391
Subjects: Physical Impairments; History & Theory - General; Public Policy - Social Policy; Political Science; Consumer Health; Legal status, laws, etc; Legal status, laws, etc.; People with disabilities; Social conditions; Sociology of disability; United States; Politics/International Relations
First sentence: No matter where or what time, persons with disabilities have always been treated as special people; in too many instances they have been treated as deviants and freaks.