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Title Significant disability : issues affecting people with significant disabilities from a historical, policy, leadership, and systems perspective / edited by E. Davis Martin, Jr. ; with a foreword by John S. Oehler
Published Springfield, Ill. : Charles C Thomas, 2001

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Description 225 pages ; 26 cm
Contents Foreword / John S. Oehler -- Pt. 1. Historical, Philosophical, and Public Policy Issues. Ch. 1. Significant Disability: An Overview of the Issues / E. Davis Martin, Jr. Ch. 2. Disability in America: A History of Policies and Trends / Steven J. Taylor and Stanford J. Searl. Ch. 3. Disability in America: Controversy, Debate, and Backlash / Steven J. Taylor and Stanford J. Searl. Ch. 4. Disability in America: The Legislative Response / E. Davis Martin, Jr. -- Pt. 2. Portraits of Leadership. Ch. 5. Patrick's Metamorphosis / J. Dewey Brown and Patricia Johnson Brown. Ch. 6. How I Got Here / John P. Coates. Ch. 7. A Voice of Heed / Ann Tucker Durden. Ch. 8. I'm Blind: What About It! / Robin Fischer Hoerber. Ch. 9. Richard's Journey / Ruth Mackey Martin and E. Davis Martin, Jr. Ch. 10. My Big Brother / Michele Martin Murmer. Ch. 11. My Invisible Disability: Chronic Pain / Michael D. Payne. Ch. 12. Leadership and Advocacy: A Political Primer / James A. Rothrock. Ch. 13. Adaptation to Disability / Justin S. Rybacki. Ch. 14. To Make a Difference / Charles C. Wakefield, Jr. -- Pt. 3. Leadership and Systems Change. Ch. 15. Lessons Learned: Implications for Systems Change / E. Davis Martin, Jr
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject People with disabilities -- Rehabilitation -- United States.
People with disabilities -- Mental health -- United States.
People with disabilities -- Government policy -- United States.
Social work with people with disabilities -- United States.
Sociology of disability -- United States.
Author Martin, E. Davis.
LC no. 2001027143
ISBN 0398071934 paperback
0398071926 cloth