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Claiming disability: knowledge and identity

Simi S. Linton·1998·Choice Reviews Online
DOI 10.5860/choice.35-6303
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From public transportation and education to adequate access to buildings, the social impact of disability has been felt everywhere since the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act in 1990. And a remarkable groundswell of activism and critical literature has followed in this wake. Claiming Disability is the first comprehensive examination of Disability Studies as a field of inquiry. Disability Studies is not simply about the variations that exist in human behavior, appearance, functioning, sensory acuity, and cognitive processing but the meaning we make of those variations. With vivid imagery and numerous examples, Simi Linton explores the divisions society creates--the normal versus the pathological, the competent citizen versus the ward of the state. Map and manifesto, Claiming Disability overturns medicalized versions of disability and establishes disabled people and their allies as the rightful claimants to this territory.

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Authors
Linton, S. S.
Affiliations
City University of New York (US)
Corresponding author
Simi S. Linton
Venue
Choice Reviews Online
Publisher
American Library Association
Published
1998-07-01
Volume
35
Issue
11
Pages
35-6303-35-6303
ISSN
  • 0009-4978 (ISSN-L)
  • 1523-8253
DOI
10.5860/choice.35-6303
OpenAlex
W230540954
Cited by
1,518
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Type
book review
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Choice Reviews Online (publishedVersion)
  • Project Muse (Johns Hopkins University) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Disability Rights and Representation
  • Social Sciences › Education › Inclusion and Disability in Education and Sport
  • Social Sciences › Education › Disability Education and Employment
Keywords
disability studies, disability identity, medical model of disability, social model of disability, Americans with Disabilities Act, disability activism, people with disabilities, social impact of disability

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