RDS Volume 5, No. 4
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Item type: Item , Disability Studies Dissertation Abstracts(University of Hawaii at Manoa -- Center on Disability Studies, 2009) Erlen, JonathonThe information for this section of RDS is provided by Jonathon Erlen of the University of Pittsburgh. A full list of disability-related dissertation abstracts may be found at http://www.hsls.pitt.edu/guides/histmed/dissertations/Item type: Item , Book Review: The Human Right to Language: Communication Access for Deaf Children(University of Hawaii at Manoa -- Center on Disability Studies, 2009) Breivik, Jan-KåreAuthor: Lawrence M. Siegel Reviewer: Jan-Kåre Breivik Publisher: Washington, DC: Gallaudet University Press, 2008 ISBN: Paper 1-56368-366-0, 978-1-56368-366-4, 164 pages Cost: $49.95 USDItem type: Item , Book Review: Disabling Pedagogy Power, Politics, and Deaf Education(University of Hawaii at Manoa -- Center on Disability Studies, 2009) Breivik, Jan-KåreAuthor: Linda Komesaroff Reviewer: Jan-Kåre Breivik Publisher: Washington, DC: Gallaudet University Press, 2008 ISBN: Paper 1-56368-361-X, 978-1-56368-361-9, 139 pages Cost: $45.00 USDItem type: Item , Book Review: Waking: A Memoir of Trauma and Transcendence(University of Hawaii at Manoa -- Center on Disability Studies, 2009) Brown, Steven E.Author: Matthew Sanford Reviewed by: Steven E. Brown Published: New York: Rodale, 2006 Cost: $14.95 USD ISBN: 13-978-1594868450, 253 pagesItem type: Item , Book Review: Frontiers of Justice: Disability, Nationality, Species Membership(University of Hawaii at Manoa -- Center on Disability Studies, 2009) Basas, CarrieAuthor: Martha C. Nussbaum Reviewer: Carrie Griffin Basas, J.D. Publisher: Cambridge: Harvard, 2007 ISBN: Paper 978-0674024106, 512 pages Cost: Available at amazon.com for $17.05 USD (retail $18.95)Item type: Item , Book Review: Working and Caring for a Child with Chronic Illness: Disconnected and Doing it All(University of Hawaii at Manoa -- Center on Disability Studies, 2009) Linn, J. GaryAuthor: Margaret H. Vickers, University of Western Sydney Reviewed By: J. Gary Linn, Ph.D. Publisher: New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006 Cloth-bound only, ISBN: 1-4039-9767-5, 225 pages Cost: $55.00 USDItem type: Item , Book Review: Blindness and the Multi-Sensorial City(University of Hawaii at Manoa -- Center on Disability Studies, 2009) Dorn, MichaelEditors: Patrick Devlieger, Frank Renders, Hubert Froyen, and Kristel Wildiers Reviewer: Michael L. Dorn Publisher: Antwerp: Garant, 2006. ISBN: 90-441-1739-4, 372 pages Cost: $97.50 USD order@coronetbooks.comItem type: Item , Policy Legitimacy: A Model for Disability Policy Analysis and Change(University of Hawaii at Manoa -- Center on Disability Studies, 2009) DePoy, Elizabeth; Gilson, StephenIn this paper we present and apply Legitimacy Policy, a framework for policy analysis that applies a legitimacy lens to the examination, understanding, and illumination of directions for purposive policy change. Interrogating historical and current disability policy: (a) reveals the context-based value-foundations and continued dominance of medical explanations of disability inherent in disability-specific policy and (b) maps a direction for policy change that can advance human rights for disabled citizens.Item type: Item , Disability, the Stigma of Asexuality and Sexual Health: A Sexual Rights Perspective(University of Hawaii at Manoa -- Center on Disability Studies, 2009) Kangaude, GodfreyThis article discusses the stigma of asexuality generally attributed to persons with disabilities. It examines how this stigma posses a barrier to attainment of sexual health. It argues that health programming must treat persons with disabilities as sexual subjects who have sexual rights in order to advance their sexual health.Item type: Item , The Reasonableness of Working from Home in the Digital Age(University of Hawaii at Manoa -- Center on Disability Studies, 2009) Tennant, JenniferThe Americans with Disabilities Act states that employers must make "reasonable accommodations" to allow disabled employees to work effectively. Using summary statistics, a theoretical model and a legal history, this article will attempt to determine whether home-based work is a “reasonable accommodation” under this law.Item type: Item , A Research Study on Individuals with Disabilities in the Maasai Tribe of Tanzania(University of Hawaii at Manoa -- Center on Disability Studies, 2009) Feinstein, SherylThe purpose of this qualitative study was to investigate the life of individuals with a disability in the Maasai Tribe in Tanzania. The study consisted of 68 participants. Individuals with a disability did not engage in tribal traditions, go to school or seek modern health care.Item type: Item , Review of Disability Studies: An International Journal Volume 5 Issue 3(University of Hawaii at Manoa -- Center on Disability Studies, 2009)