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Introduction -- Tender organs, narcissism, and identity politics -- Body theory : from social construction to the new realism of the body -- Disability studies and the future of identity politics -- Disability as masquerade -- Disability experience on trial -- A sexual culture for disabled people -- Sex, shame, and disability identity : with reference to Mark O'Brien -- Disability and the right to have rights -- Conclusion

Building on the insights of both disability studies and civil rights scholars, Mark C. Weber frames his examination of disability harassment on the premise that disabled people are members of a minority group that must negotiate an artificial yet often damaging environment of physical and attitudinal barriers. The book considers courts' approaches to the problem of disability harassment, particularly the application of an analogy to race and sex harassment and the development of legal remedies and policy reforms under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). While litigation under the ADA has addressed discrimination in public accommodations, employment, and education, Weber points out that the law has done little to combat disability harassment. He recommends that arguments based on unused provisions of the ADA should be developed and new legal remedies advanced to address the problem. Disability Harassment also draws on case law to explore special problems of harassment in the public schools, and closes with an appeal to judges and lawmakers for expanded legal protection against harassment

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Series Preface -- Foreword -- Introduction -- PART I RISE OF DISABILITY RIGHTS -- 1 'Before Disability Civil Rights: Civil War Pensions and the Politics of Disability in America', Alabama Law Review, 52, pp. 1-50 -- 2 'Disability Policy and Politics: Considering Consumer Influences', Journal of Disability Policy Studies, 11, pp. 31-39 -- 3 'Disability Studies: A Historical Materialist View', Disability and Society, 12, pp. 179-202 -- 4 'The Politics of Disability', Critical Social Policy, 11, pp. 21-32 -- 5 'Uncle Tom and Tiny Tim: Some Reflections on the Cripple as Negro', American Scholar, 38, pp. 412-30 -- PART II LAW OF DISABILITY RIGHTS -- 6 'International Disability Law - A New Legal Subject on the Rise: The Interregional Experts' Meeting in Hong Kong, December 13-17, 1999', Berkeley Journal of International Law, 18, pp. 180-95 -- 7 'The Development of the Disability Rights Movement as a Social Problem Solver', electronic version (26 pp) of Disability Studies Quarterly, 23, originally pp. 33-61 -- 8 'Reassessing the Employment of People with Disabilities in Europe: From Quotas to Anti-Discrimination Laws', Comparative Labor Law Journal, 18, pp. 62-101 -- 9 'The Disability Discrimination Act 1992 (CTH): A Three-Dimensional Approach to Operationalising Human Rights', Melbourne University Law Review, 26, pp. 254-84 -- 10 'The ADA on the Road: Disability Rights in Germany', Law and Social Inquiry, 27, pp. 723-62 -- 11 'The Disability Rights Movement in Japan: Past, Present, and Future', Disability and Society, 16, pp. 855-69 -- 12 'Disability Rights in Latin America and International Cooperation', Southwestern Journal of Law and Trade in the Americas, 9, pp. 109-30 -- PART III ASSESSMENT OF DISABILITY RIGHTS

FrontMatter -- Reviewers -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Contents -- Boxes, Figures, and Tables -- Summary -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Definition and Monitoring of Disability -- 3 Disability Trends -- 4 Health Care Transitions for Young People -- 5 Secondary Conditions and Aging with Disability -- 6 The Environmental Context of Disability: The Case of Health Care Facilities -- 7 Assistive and Mainstream Technologies for People with Disabilities -- 8 Access to Health Insurance and the Role of Risk-Adjusted Payments to Health Plans -- 9 Coverage of Assistive Technologies and Personal Assistive Services -- 10 Organization and Support of Disability Research -- References -- APPENDIXES -- A Study Activities -- B Table of Contents for Workshop on Disability in America: A New Look (2006) -- C Risk Adjustment of Insurance Premiums in the United States and Implications for People with Disabilities -- D The Americans with Disabilities Act in a Health Care Context -- E The Employment Discrimination Provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act: Implementation and Impact -- F Access to Telecommunications Technology by Americans with Disabilities: Key Laws and Policies -- G Transportation Patterns and Problems of People with Disabilities -- H Committee on Disability in America Biographical Sketches -- Index.

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Part One: Technologies of Disability -- Chapter Two: Disability in Its Social Context -- Part Two: Networks of Disability -- Chapter Three: Holding the Line: Telecommunications and Disability -- Chapter Four: Disability on the Digital Margins: Convergence and the Construction of Disability -- Part Three: New Mediations of Disability -- Chapter Five: Getting the Picture on Disability: Digital Broadcasting Futures -- Chapter Six: Blind Spots on the Internet -- Chapter Seven: Cultures of Digital Disability -- Part Four: The Politics of Disabling Digitization -- Chapter Eight: Rewiring Disability -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Authors

SAGE Reference is proud to announce the five-volume Encyclopedia of Disability. This encyclopedia represents the first attempt to bring an authoritative reference resource to the many faces of disability. More than 500 world-renowned scholars have written over 1,000 entries -in a clear, accessible style-with the desire to bring all students, researchers, and interested readers closer to the daily experience of disability. Volumes 1 - 4 cover disability A to Z, including a reader's guide, comprehensive bibliography, and index. Volume 5 contains a wealth of primary source documents in the field