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This book documents the life histories of nine adults who have lived independently in the community for 30 years or more. The editors and other anthropologists who contributed to the book based their study on unobtrusive observation, conversation and frequent personal contact with the nine people.
Read MoreThis book is about integration policies.
Read MoreIt has only recently been discovered that the conceptual revolution that moved people from terrible institutions to community based settings is also flawed (although there is absolutely no doubt that it represented a tremendous improvement in the lives of people with disabilities).
Read MoreThis book describes the experience of physical disability through detailed interviews with women of different ages, races and socioeconomic backgrounds, and explores the impact of gender on the process of being or becoming disabled.
Read MoreTwelve women with disabilities (physical, intellectual and psychiatric) talk about growing up and living in a world where their disabilities mean that they have to fight to be accepted.
Read MoreThis book is designed for workers with young women and women's groups, who are concerned about raising the status of women; and for those working with men and boys to increase their awareness about women's role in society.
Read MoreThis book is a companion to Greater Expectations (File No. 3096) and includes many new approaches and covers new subject matter not included in the previous book.
Read MoreRich with personal testimonies, this book shares the joys and sorrows so familiar to families in which there is a person with a disability.
Read MoreThis article describes a woman's move from an institution (described as her "liberation") to university and family life. It is also about friendship and commitment, about how professionals can work in a truly supportive role.
Read MoreIn this article, this young woman says that she feels really good about herself, that she is a human being, and asks "Who better to give advice about Down Syndrome than people with Down Syndrome?" (This is why she is involved in forming an advocacy group).
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