ISBN:
9780739188958
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073918895X
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource
Parallel Title:
Print version Disability, augmentative communication, and the American dream
DDC:
305.9080973
Keywords:
People with disabilities United States
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American Dream United States
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American Dream
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People with disabilities
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People with disabilities
;
American Dream
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Minority Studies
;
American Dream
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People with disabilities
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Discrimination & Race Relations
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United States
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Electronic books
Abstract:
In Disability, Augmentative Communication, and the American Dream the authors use a qualitative "mixed methods" study framed by analytical insights from disability studies to show how disability is not just an individual experience but a social phenomenon. The book focuses on the life story of Jon Feucht, a man who was born with a form of cerebral palsy that left him impaired in his lower and upper body and unable to speak without the use of an assistive communication device. He eventually overcame all odds and achieved academi
Description / Table of Contents:
PrefaceIntroduction -- Disability and the individual in society -- The life history -- Growing up with cerebral palsy -- Finding a voice -- Days of gloom, days of joy -- Participant observation -- Authentic voices of america: a relational ethnography -- Travels with jon and sarah: a journey through space and time -- Conclusion -- Disability, multiculturalism, and the american dream -- Index -- About the authors.
Note:
Includes index. - Print version record
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