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"The Struggle for Web Accessibility by Persons with Cognitive Disabilities Never before have the civil rights of people with disabilities aligned so well with developments in information and communication technology. The center of the technology revolution is the Internet's World Wide Web, which fosters unprecedented opportunities for engagement in democratic society. The Americans with Disabilities Act likewise is helping to ensure equal participation in society by people with disabilities. Globally, the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities further affirms that persons with disabilities are entitled to the full and equal enjoyment of fundamental personal freedoms. This book is about the lived struggle for disability rights, with a focus on web eQuality for people with cognitive disabilities, such as those with intellectual disabilities, autism, and print-related disabilities. The principles derived from the right to the web - freedom of speech and individual dignity - are bound to lead towards full and meaningful involvement in society for persons with cognitive and other disabilities"--

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

The psychological aftereffects of war are not just a modern-day plight. Following the Civil War, numerous soldiers returned with damaged bodies or damaged minds. Drawing on archival materials including digitized records for more than 70,000 white and African-American Union army recruits, newspaper reports, and census returns, Larry M. Logue and Peter Blanck uncover the diversity and severity of Civil War veterans' psychological distress. Their findings concerning the recognition of veterans' post-traumatic stress disorders, treatment programs, and suicide rates will inform current studies on how to effectively cope with this enduring disability in former soldiers. This compelling book brings to light the continued sacrifices of men who went to war.

To what extent are people with disabilities fully included in economic, political and social life? People with disabilities have faced a long history of exclusion, stigma and discrimination, but have made impressive gains in the past several decades. These gains include the passage of major civil rights legislation and the adoption of the 2006 UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. This book provides an overview of the progress and continuing disparities faced by people with disabilities around the world, reviewing hundreds of studies and presenting new evidence from analysis of surveys and interviews with disability leaders. It shows the connections among economic, political and social inclusion, and how the experience of disability can vary by gender, race and ethnicity. It uses a multidisciplinary approach, drawing on theoretical models and research in economics, political science, psychology, disability studies, law and sociology