Nothing About Us Without Us: Disability Oppression and Empowerment

James I. Charlton

Published by University of California Press 1998

Nothing About Us Without Us

Disability Oppression and Empowerment

James I. Charlton

https://doi.org/10.1525/9780520925441

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About this book

James Charlton has produced a ringing indictment of disability oppression, which, he says, is rooted in degradation, dependency, and powerlessness and is experienced in some form by five hundred million persons throughout the world who have physical, sensory, cognitive, or developmental disabilities. Nothing About Us Without Us is the first book in the literature on disability to provide a theoretical overview of disability oppression that shows its similarities to, and differences from, racism, sexism, and colonialism. Charlton's analysis is illuminated by interviews he conducted over a ten-year period with disability rights activists throughout the Third World, Europe, and the United States.

Charlton finds an antidote for dependency and powerlessness in the resistance to disability oppression that is emerging worldwide. His interviews contain striking stories of self-reliance and empowerment evoking the new consciousness of disability rights activists. As a latecomer among the world's liberation movements, the disability rights movement will gain visibility and momentum from Charlton's elucidation of its history and its political philosophy of self-determination, which is captured in the title of his book.

Nothing About Us Without Us expresses the conviction of people with disabilities that they know what is best for them. Charlton's combination of personal involvement and theoretical awareness assures greater understanding of the disability rights movement.

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Charlton James I. :

James I. Charlton, Executive Vice President of Access Living in Chicago, is a frequent lecturer in the United States and abroad on many aspects of disability and the disability rights movement.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
The Argument Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
People Interviewed Publicly Available Download PDF	xiii
Part I. Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Part II. Disability Oppression and Everyday Life Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	19
Part III. Empowerment and Organization Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	113
Part IV. Conclusion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	151
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	169
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	179
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Language: English
Publisher: University of California Press
Pages
- Main content: 213

eBook

Published: March 27, 1998
ISBN: 9780520925441