RDS Volume 3, No. 1 & 2

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    Book Review: Handbook of Inclusive Education for Educators, Administrators, and Planners: Within Walls, Without Boundaries
    (University of Hawaii at Manoa -- Center on Disability Studies, 2007) Su, Christine
    Editors: Madhumita Puri and George Abraham Reviewer: Christine Su Publisher: Sage Publications, 2004 Paper, ISBN: 0-7619-3266-6, 309 pages Cost: Paper, $51.95 USD
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    Book Review: The Disability Pendulum: The First Decade of the Americans with Disabilities Act
    (University of Hawaii at Manoa -- Center on Disability Studies, 2007) Heyer, Katharina
    Author: Ruth Colker Reviewer: Katharina Heyer Publisher: New York University Press, 2005 ISBN: 0814716458, 280 pages Cost: $45.00 USD
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    Book Review: Human Oddities: Stories
    (University of Hawaii at Manoa -- Center on Disability Studies, 2007) Brown, Steven E.
    Author: Noria Jablonski Reviewer: Steven E. Brown Publisher: Shoemaker and Hoard, 2005 ISBN: 1-59376-084-1 ISBN: 978-1-59376-084-7 Cost: Paper $15.00 USD
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    Book Review: Bodies in Commotion: Disability and Performance
    (University of Hawaii at Manoa -- Center on Disability Studies, 2007) Basas, Carrie Griffin
    Editors: Carrie Sandahl and Philip Auslander Reviewer: Carrie Griffin Basas, J.D. Publisher: University of Michigan Press, 2005 Cloth, ISBN: 0-472-09891, 352 pp. Paper, ISBN: 0-472-06891-1 Cost: Cloth $75.00 USD, Paper $26.95 USD
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    Book Review: Crip Theory: Cultural Signs of Queerness and Disability
    (University of Hawaii at Manoa -- Center on Disability Studies, 2007) Basas, Carrie Griffin
    Author: Robert McRuer Reviewer: Carrie Griffin Basas, J.D. Publisher: New York University Press, 2006 Cloth, ISBN: 081475712X, 299 pages Paper, ISBN: 0814757138 Cost: Cloth $70.00 USD, Paper $22.00 USD
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    Assistive Technology Supports for Self Determination and Community Inclusion
    (University of Hawaii at Manoa -- Center on Disability Studies, 2007) Skouge, James R.
    A description of media techniques that “give voice” to people with disabilities to engage in assistive technology problem solving, including video collages, interviews, walk-abouts and “how to” demonstrations. Ethical considerations related to publication and dissemination are addressed.
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    Hearing Impairment and Identity
    (University of Hawaii at Manoa -- Center on Disability Studies, 2007) Hourula, Robert
    This study examines the identity of persons with hearing impairments. Participants were solicited from a support group for persons with hearing impairments. An interview methodology was used to qualitatively explore communication and identity. Analysis of data revealed: persons with hearing impairments often minimize hearing loss until adulthood, use various compensatory communication strategies, work hard at receiving and processing information, and are often misunderstood by educators. Implications for researchers, educators and persons with hidden/invisible disabilities are discussed.
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    Disability and Youth Suicide: A Focus Group Study of Disabled University Students
    (University of Hawaii at Manoa -- Center on Disability Studies, 2007) Burcu, Esra
    For young people thoughts of suicide are based on various social factors. The research literature in this area reveals that there are two important interrelated factors that correlate with suicide rates: being young and being disabled. This study was undertaken in order to explore possible reasons for this increased tendency for young disabled people to commit suicide. The study was carried out at a university in Turkey with a group of disabled students. All the members of the focus group had thoughts of suicide and felt that their disability played an important role in creating these thoughts. The basic premise of the research was that physical disability increases the young person’s isolation and social loneliness and this can generate ideas of suicide in the young person’s mind that may be acted upon.
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    Inclusive Education in the United States and Internationally: Challenges and Response
    (University of Hawaii at Manoa -- Center on Disability Studies, 2007) Weber, Mark C.
    Achieving inclusion of children with disabilities in general education remains a challenge. This article discusses United States and international legal developments and relates educational inclusion to controversies within the disability studies movement. It considers questions that have been raised about integrated education and concludes that inclusion should remain the goal, but that more attention must be devoted to making educational inclusion work.
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    Social Change and the Disability Rights Movement in Taiwan 1981-2002
    (University of Hawaii at Manoa -- Center on Disability Studies, 2007) Chang, Heng-hao
    This paper provides a historical overview of the disability rights movement in Taiwan from 1981 to 2002. It shows the major events in Taiwanese disability history, legislation, and development of disability rights organizations, with a focus on two influential advocacy associations: the Parents’ Association for Persons with Intellectual Disabilities (PAPID) and the League of Enabling Associations (LEAs). It also demonstrates that the disability movement has developed in concert with Taiwan’s democratic transition.