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Hi all,

I recently published an article to the Journal of Policy Practice entitled:
"(Re)conceptualizing Disability Policy Frameworks". It is one of the few
articles that addresses the new amendments to the ADA in America.  In this
piece, I question the longevity of the ADA as a civil rights law. Below is
an abstract.

"
American disability policy is often framed as a health, economic,
technical, and/or safety issue. This is a critical issue because this
specific framework of disability is based upon narrow statutory
interpretations of a policy sciences framework rather than a civil rights
or social construction framework. This article addresses the critical
interpretations of disability policy, notably the Americans with
Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) and the unintended consequences of the ADA
through several court cases. Using these court cases as a starting point,
the article examines the implications of disability policy from two
different models: the policy sciences and social construction model. The
article concludes with a discussion addressing disability using the two
policy models to better serve the needs and expectations of Americans with
disabilities.
"

Full article can be accessed here:
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/15588742.2013.739081

-- 
Thomas P. Horejes, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Sociology
Gallaudet University
Hall Memorial Building S 135
800 Florida Ave, NE, Washington DC  20002
ASL:  202.250.2315 / Voice:  202.448.6918
http://sociology.gallaudet.edu/
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"When others speak for you, you lose."
-Ed Roberts

"I am myself plus my circumstance and if I do not save it, I cannot save
myself."
- Jose Ortega Y Gasset (Meditations on Quixote, 1914).

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