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  • Window Shopping with Helen Keller

    Architecture and Disability in Modern Culture

    by David Serlin ...
    A particular history of how encounters between architects and people with disabilities transformed modern culture.Window Shopping with Helen Keller recovers a series of influential moments when architects and designers engaged the embodied experiences of people with disabilities. David Serlin reveals how people with sensory and physical impairments navigated urban spaces and helped to shape modern ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Artificial Parts, Practical Lives

    Modern Histories of Prosthetics

    Edited by Katherine Ott, David Serlin, Stephen Mihm ...
    From the wooden teeth of George Washington to the Bly prosthesis, popular in the 1860s and boasting easy uniform motions of the limb, to today's lifelike approximations, prosthetic devices reveal the extent to which the evolution and design of technologies of the body are intertwined with both the practical and subjective needs of human beings.The peculiar history of prosthetic devices sheds light ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • The Routledge History of American Sexuality

    Edited by Jason Ruiz, David Serlin, Kevin Murphy ...
    Series series Routledge Histories
    The Routledge History of American Sexuality brings together contributions from leading scholars in history and related fields to provide a far-reaching but concrete history of sexuality in the United States.This interdisciplinary group of authors explores a wide variety of case studies and concepts to provide an innovative approach to the history of sexual practices and identities over several ... Read more

    $63.99 USD

  • Baby Monkey, Private Eye

    by Brian Selznick, Brian Selznick, Mr. David Serlin ...
    Illustrated by Brian Selznick ...
    Caldecott Medalist Brian Selznick and debut children's book author David Serlin create a dazzling new format especially for young children!A New York Times Bestselling BookAn Amazon Best Book of the YearA Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the YearParents Magazine Best Early Reader of the Year"A marvel." --The New York Times... ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • 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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  • Disabled People and the Right to Life

    The Protection and Violation of Disabled People’s Most Basic Human Rights

    Edited by Luke Clements, Janet Read ...
    The most basic of human rights, the right to life, is the focus of this book.'Human rights' has increasingly come to be seen as a significant framework, both to aid understanding of the experiences of those who face oppression, and to underpin social, legal and political measures to counter it. Disabled People and the Right to Life uses this framework to explore how disabled people’s right to life ... Read more

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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

    $72.99 USD

  • Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Social Security Disability Law

    by Matthew Famiglietti ...
    Applying for Social Security disability benefits can be an overwhelming experience. For those who have never been exposed to the system, it can be confusing and discouraging, exactly what you don't need when you are getting used to being disabled, or having a child or spouse who is disabled. If that describes you, then this eBook is for you.Lawyers who are used to handling claims against insurance ... Read more

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  • Community Care Practice and the Law

    Fourth Edition

    by Michael Mandelstam ...
    This fourth edition of Community Care Practice and the Law has been fully updated to reflect the rapid and continuing legal, policy and practice changes affecting community care.It provides comprehensive and jargon-free explanations of community care legislation, as well as other areas of law directly relevant to practitioners, including the NHS, disabled facilities grants and housing adaptations, ... Read more

    $69.99 USD

  • 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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  • The Development of Disability Rights Under International Law

    From Charity to Human Rights

    by Arlene S. Kanter ...
    The adoption of the Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities (CPRD) by the United Nations in 2006 is the first comprehensive and binding treaty on the rights of people with disabilities. It establishes the right of people with disabilities to equality, dignity, autonomy, full participation, as well as the right to live in the community, and the right to supported decision-making and ... Read more

    $67.99 USD

  • Disabled Education

    A Critical Analysis of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act

    by Ruth Colker ...
    “For the first time, this book tells the stories of the families who set key precedents for children with special needs. It also gives a novel and in-depth description of the political and legislative process of the landmark Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. In so doing, Colker offers an unprecedented historical account of this law, while also offering a timely critique and suggestions ... Read more

    $35.99 USD