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Abstract / Summary

This book does not start from the premise that separate is inherently unequal. Writing from an “anti-subordination perspective,” Professor Colker provides a framework for the courts and society to consider what programs or policies are most likely to lead to substantive equality for individuals with disabilities. In some contexts, she argues for more tolerance of disability-specific programs and, in other contexts, she argues for more disability-integrated programs. Her highly practical investigation includes the topics of K-12 education, higher education, employment, voting, and provision of health care. At the end of the book, she applies this perspective to the racial arena, arguing that school districts should be given latitude to implement more use of racial criteria to attain integrated schools because such environments are most likely to help attain substantive equality from an anti-subordination perspective. The book measures the attainment of equality not on the basis of worn-out mantras but instead on the basis of substantive gains.

Field of Interest

Disability Studies

Author

Ruth Colker, 1956-

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Copyright Message

Copyright © 2009 Ruth Colker

Content Type

Book

Duration

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Format

Text

Page Count

296

Publication Year

2009

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Place Published / Released

New York, NY

Subject

Disability Studies, Diversity, Advocacy and Rights, Theory, Equality, Laws and legislation, Disabled persons, Rights and advocacy, Social movements, Abogacía y Derechos, Advocacia e Direitos, Theoretical Perspectives, History and Theory, Teoría, Teoria, Early 21st Century United States (2001– )

Series / Program

Cambridge Disability Law and Policy Series

Keywords and Translated Subjects

Rights and advocacy, Social movements, Abogacía y Derechos, Advocacia e Direitos, Theoretical Perspectives, History and Theory, Teoría, Teoria