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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

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

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

The realities surrounding the psychological experience of disability, plus the intervention techniques used to resolve some of the problems, have changed dramatically since the publication of the first edition of this classic text. This revised edition describes changes that have come out of the Americans with Disabilities Act, as well as technological advances, new legislation, and evolving health care systems. It addresses the growing interest in racial and ethnic diversity, and includes an exploration of spirituality and disability, as well as a look at new partnerships, such as within the