Enabling Acts : The Hidden Story of How the Americans with Disabilities Act Gave the Largest US Minority Its Rights (Hardcover)

from mabith

I was slow in starting this book, in part because of feeling generally depressed about how the ADA has failed in enforcement, particularly when it comes to employment protections. This is particularly rich since the Republican justification for it was always "then more disabled people will be emp...

from henrycalphinjr

Lennard Davis has weaved together a plethora of interviews into an amazing and intimate story on the process, politics, and emotions of the ADA. Davis provides a human element of the ADA without excessive dramatization. I've conducted similar qualitative research and can personally attest to the ...

from kristinhwilson

I was hoping to learn about the politics behind the ADA and this book did not disappoint. The book was easy to read and kept my attention. This was a bipartisan effort with a productive outcome. I learned a lot about the different players in the formation of the ADA. It was hard to put this book ...

from Bidwell-Glaze

I have read a number of the "hero stories"and "hero biographies" about the ADA, and am even old enough to have marched in one of the events noted in the book, the one from the NCIL conference in 1990 (p. 134). This book, Enabling Acts: The Hidden Story of How the Americans with Disabilities Act G...

from waltzmn

Discrimination can cut both ways. I have autism, so theoretically I am covered under the Americans with Disabilities Act. (I say "theoretically" because I am functional enough that I rarely need accommodations, and the handful of times I did, I didn't know how to ask.) I requested this book becau...