Shapiro, Joseph P. No pity : : people with disabilities forging a new civil rights movement / [electronic resource] / Joseph P. Shapiro.. — 1st ed.. — New York : : Times Books,, c1993.. — ix, 372 p. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 355-360) and index.

Tiny Tims, supercrips, and the end of pity -- From charity to independent living -- The deaf celebration of separate culture -- A hidden army for civil rights -- Integration: out of shadowland -- People first -- The screaming neon wheelchair -- Up from the nursing home -- No less worthy a life -- Crossing the luck line.





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People with disabilities--Civil rights--United States.
Discrimination against people with disabilities--History.--United States
People with disabilities--Government policy--History.--United States

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