Introducing Developmental Disability Through a Disability Studies Perspective

by Emily Brooks and Mariette Bates

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Publisher
City University of New York
Subjects
Social Sciences, Disability Studies
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, as LibreTexts states it. Non-commercial use only.
Who can read
Teens profiles and older, judged from its title and subjects

Contents

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  1. Front Matter
  2. TitlePage
  3. InfoPage
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Licensing
  6. 1: Disability is Complicated!
  7. 1.1: Introduction
  8. 1.2: Legal Issues, Legal Rights, and Disability
  9. 2: Developmental Disability as a Social Construct
  10. 2.1: Introduction
  11. 2.2: Historical Perspectives on Developmental Disability
  12. 2.3: IQ as Eugenics
  13. 2.4: Modern-Day Eugenics
  14. 3: Self-Advocacy and Advocacy
  15. 3.1: The History of the Self-Advocacy Movement
  16. 3.2: Self-Advocacy and the Neurodiversity Movement
  17. 3.3: Evolving Language- Language and the Self-Advocacy Movement
  18. 3.4: Language and Developmental Disability
  19. 3.5: Putting the Social Model of Disability into Practice
  20. 3.6: Conclusion- Advocacy in the Future
  21. Back Matter
  22. Index
  23. Glossary
  24. References
  25. Detailed Licensing
  26. Detailed Licensing