Voices from the Edge Narratives about the Americans with Disabilities Act |
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| Editor:
| O'Brien, Ruth |
| Foreword by:
| Smith, Rogers M. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-515687-4 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2004 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $75.00 |
Book Description:
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The stories in this collection give readers a chance to visualize and perhaps resolve these questions for themselves. Using the techniques of both fiction and creative non-fiction, the contributors bring to life the everyday problems that people with disabilities face. Rather than analyzing the law, the writers dramatize the complex set of issues underlying the ADA as it is practiced and interpreted around the country: at a small Southern college, in the Library ofCongress, on a New...
More DescriptionThe stories in this collection give readers a chance to visualize and perhaps resolve these questions for themselves. Using the techniques of both fiction and creative non-fiction, the contributors bring to life the everyday problems that people with disabilities face. Rather than analyzing the law, the writers dramatize the complex set of issues underlying the ADA as it is practiced and interpreted around the country: at a small Southern college, in the Library ofCongress, on a New York City sidewalk. The stories from these local battlegrounds form a unique portrait of a continuing struggle.