Green River LibGuides: Dis/Ability & Ableism Research Guide: Disability Rights Movements

Sample Resources: Disability Rights

Sample Articles

Reference & Introductory Reports

Disability History: The Disability-Rights Movement
in ProQuest eBooks. from Disability Rights, Benefits, and Support Services Sourcebook
Autism in America
CQ Researcher report 2024
Disability Rights Movement
from Gale eBooks, Civil Rights Movements: Past and Present

Scholarship

Acting as if: the Utopian Political Thought and Actions of the US Disability Rights Movement
This article studies the response of the US disability community to the prevalent
assumption that disabled people do not have a future, in the form of the disability
rights movement. It provides an exploratory discussion of the key role played by
utopianism in the response. In doing so, the article adds to critical theorizing on the
importance of utopia to the oppression of non-dominant groups and to transcending
that oppression.
Disablism, Identity and Self: Discrimination as a Traumatic Assault on Subjectivity

Sample Books

What We Have Done : An Oral History of the Disability Rights Movement by Fred Pelka
Call Number: Ebook. Click on title, above, for link.
ISBN: 1558499180
Publication Date: 2012
In ProQuest and Ebsco eBooks. Nothing about us without us has been a core principle of American disability rights activists for more than half a century. It represents a response by people with disabilities to being treated with scorn and abuse or as objects of pity.
Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha
Call Number: eBook
ISBN: 9781551527390
Publication Date: 2018-10-01
In Ebsco and ProQuest eBooks. In this collection of essays, Lambda Literary Award-winning writer and longtime activist and performance artist Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha explores the politics and realities of disability justice
Crip Negativity by J. Logan Smilges
Call Number: eBook
ISBN: 9781452969695
Publication Date: 2023-05-30
In JSTOR and DOAB. Imagining anti-ableist liberation beyond the rubrics of access and inclusion.
Tackling Disability Discrimination and Disability Hate Crime by Paul Giannasi (Editor); Catherine White (Contribution by); Sylvia Lancaster (Contribution by); Bob Munn (Contribution by); Paul Frederick (Contribution by); Melanie Giannasi (Contribution by); Matt Houghton (Contribution by); Syed Mohammed Musa Naqvi (Contribution by); Nigel Crisp (Contribution by); Sheila Hollins (Foreword by); Robina Shah (Editor); Jemma Tyson (Contribution by); Mike Smith (Contribution by); Nathan Hall (Contribution by); Mark Brookes (Contribution by); David Cain (Contribution by); Phillipa Russell (Contribution by); Kathryn Stone (Contribution by)
Call Number: eBook
ISBN: 0857009419
Publication Date: 2015-03-21
In Ebsco eBooks. Placing the experiences of victims at its heart, this book provides an authoritative overview of disability hate crime
Accessibility Denied. Understanding Inaccessibility and Everyday Resistance to Inclusion for Persons with Disabilities by Hanna Egard (Editor); Kristofer Hansson (Editor); David Wästerfors (Editor)
Call Number: eBook
ISBN: 9781000512380
Publication Date: 2021-11-09
This book explores the societal resistance to accessibility for persons with disabilities, and tries to set an example of how to study exclusion in a time when numerous policies promise inclusion.
The Disability Studies Reader by Lennard J. Davis (Editor)
Call Number: eBook
ISBN: 9780415630528
Publication Date: 2013-02-08
Proquest eBooks. New histories of the legal, social, and cultural give a broader picture of disability than ever before.
Disability Pride: Dispatches from a Post-ADA World by Ben Mattlin
Call Number: Main Collection 323.37 M444d 2022
ISBN: 9780807036457
Publication Date: 2022-11-29
An eye-opening portrait of the diverse disability community as it is today, and how disability attitudes, activism, and representation have evolved since the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

Sample Multimedia

Disability Denied
In 1973, Congress passed the Rehabilitation Act, requiring access to federally funded programs and facilities for those with disabilities. In 1977, activists, including Judy Heumann, confronted officials in the longest demonstration takeover of a federal building in history. In 1990, the Americans with Disabilities Act was passed.
Lives Worth Living
Video - 362.4 L785 2011 DVD

Sample Organizations

Alliance of People with Disabilities
The Alliance of People with disAbilities serves "the residents of King county, and has offices’ located in Seattle and Redmond. Our staff strives to provide empowering opportunities to individuals with disAbilities through resource referrals and private independent living plans."
American Association of People with Disabilities
"The American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD) is a convener, connector, and catalyst for change, increasing the political and economic power of people with disabilities."
Disability Rights Washington
Disability Rights Washington is a private non-profit organization that protects the rights of people with disabilities statewide. Our mission is to advance the dignity, equality, and self-determination of people with disabilities. We work to pursue justice on matters related to human and legal rights.
International Disability Alliance
"An Alliance of 14 global and regional organisations of persons with disabilities. We advocate at the United Nations for a more inclusive global environment for everyone."
Mobility International USA
A disability-led non-profit organization headquartered in Eugene, Oregon, USA advancing disability rights and leadership globally
Northwest ADA Center
"Our mission is to ensure that individuals and organizations have the resources they need to understand the spirit and guidelines of the ADA, promoting equal opportunities and accessibility for all."
U.S. International Council on Disabilities
the United States International Council on Disabilities’ (USICD) serves as both a technical resource and a relationship builder to people with disabilities for National Grassroots Organizations (NGOs), government, and corporate partners.

Holman Library

Dis/Ability & Ableism Research Guide

Sample Resources: Disability Rights

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Reference & Introductory Reports

Scholarship

Sample Books

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Sample Organizations

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Dreaming Disability Justice into our Future