Expanding the scope of social science research on disability

• Other Authors: Altman, Barbara Mandell, Barnartt, Sharon N.
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Stamford, Conn. : JAI Press, c2000.
• Series: Research in social science and disability ; v. 1.
• Subjects: People with disabilities > Research > United States.; Social sciences > Research.; Disability: social aspects.; Social research & statistics.; Social Science > People with Disabilities.

The first volume presents a collection of exciting papers exploring several new areas of disability research. The contributions include: examination of the media representation of disability and coverage of disability policy issues which gives an understanding of the far reaching impact of the fourt...

Table of Contents:

• Introducing research in social science and disability: an invitation to social science to "get it" / Barbara M. Altman and Sharon N. Barnartt
• Idiot into ape / Chris Borthwick
• How the news frames disability: print media coverage of the Americans with Disabilities Act / Beth Haller
• Gender contradictions and status dilemmas in disability / Judith Lorber
• Successful labor market transitions for persons with disabilities: factors affecting the probability of entering and maintaining employment / Edward Yelin and Laura Trupin
• Research on health care experiences of people with disabilities: exploring the social organization of service delivery / Marie L. Campbell
• Disability-related intentional injury hospitalizations: a multi-state analysis / Llewellyn J. Cornelius
• Disenfranchised: people with disabilities in American electoral politics / Todd G. Shields ... [et al.]
• Stadium sightlines and wheelchair patrons: case studies in implementation of the ADA / Sanjoy Mazumdar and Gilbert Geis.