The Disability Rights Movement

by Deborah Kent

Traces the development of the disability-rights movement in fighting discrimination against the handicapped and in securing civil rights for the disabled

Genres: Disability

Paperback

First published March 1, 1996

About the author

Deborah Kent was born in Glen Ridge, New Jersey, and grew up in nearby Little Falls. She graduated from Oberlin College and received a master's degree from Smith College School for Social Work. For four years, she was a social worker at University Settlement House on New York's Lower East Side. In 1975, Ms. Kent moved to San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, where she wrote her first young-adult novel, Belonging. In San Miguel, Ms. Kent helped to found the Centro de Crecimiento, a school for children with disabilities. Ms. Kent is the author of numerous young-adult novels and nonfiction titles for children. She lives in Chicago with her husband, children's author R. Conrad Stein, and their daughter, Janna.

Reviews

[Abby doodlepants · Rating 4 out of 5]

happy this book exists. Great addition to a middle school library

[Austin Wright · Rating 5 out of 5]

Focused on the in-between period of time from the "Rehabilitation Act of 1973" to the "American Disability Act" of 1990. Recommended for all!