Perspectives on disability : text and readings on disability / [edited by] Mark Nagler ; foreword by Evan J. Kemp, Jr.

Includes bibliographical references.

Also issued online.

Common Concerns of Disabled Americans -- Self, Identity and the Naming Questions -- The Power of Language -- The Disabled -- The Politics of Physical Differences -- Further Thoughts on Sociology of Acceptance for Disabled People -- Disability beyond Stigma -- Matters of Control -- Handicapism -- Culture, Meaning and Disability -- Religion and Disability -- Relationships with Severely Disabled People -- Women with Disabilities -- Getting in Touch -- Living with the Stigma of AIDS -- On the Situation of African-American Women with Physical Disabilities -- Expanding the Definition of Disability -- Mothers Who Care -- Counseling Parents of Children with Disabilities -- "I am this child's mother" -- Stress and Family Functioning in Parents of Girls with Rett Syndrome -- Can Disability be Beautiful? -- Sexuality and Disability -- Sexual Abuse and Exploitation of Children and Adults with Mental Retardation -- Can People with Severe Mental Retardation Consent to Mutual Sex? -- Ethical Aspects of Sexuality of Persons with Mental Retardation -- Disabled Lesbians -- Facing the Challenges of Sexual Abuse in Persons with Disabilities -- The Prevention of Sexual Abuse of People with Developmental Disabilities -- Empowerment in Rehabilitation -- "Are you Retarded?" "No, I am Catholic" -- Developmental Competence in Adolescents with an Acquired Disability -- Giving Hope to Severely Disabled People -- Thinking about Incest, Deafness, and Counseling -- Psychotherapy with Handicapped Sexually Abused Children -- Aging and Severe Physical Disability -- Aging, Chronic Illness and Disability -- Depression as a Mental Illness -- An Ecology of Prevention for the Future -- Public Integration of Students with Handicaps -- A Comprehensive State Education Agency Plan to Promote the Integration of Students with Moderate/Severe Handicaps -- "Peter? He comes and goes ..." -- Parent/Professional Partnerships in Advocacy -- Partial Participation Revisited -- Employer Agreement with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 -- Away with Barr.

Contains 55 articles by noted authorities, focusing on opportunities & challanges of the disabled in employment, education & society. Includes legal & ethical, medical & psychological, & sexual issues.