ABSTRACT

In this groundbreaking work, leading philosophers, legal theorists, bioethicists, and policy makers offer incisive looks into the philosophical and moral foundations of disability law and policy.

part |86 pages

Foundations

chapter |15 pages

Positively Disabled

The Relationship between the Definition of Disability and Rights under the ADA

chapter |20 pages

Justice for People with Disabilities

The Semiconsequentialist Approach

part |76 pages

Definitions

chapter |20 pages

The Unprotected

Constructing Disability in the Context of Antidiscrimination Law

chapter |17 pages

Stigma without Impairment

Demedicalizing Disability Discrimination

part |3 pages

Practical Applications

part |72 pages

Congress and the Courts

chapter |6 pages

Disputing the Doctrine of Benign Neglect

A Challenge to the Disparate Treatment of Americans with Disabilities

chapter |8 pages

Making Change

The ADA as an Instrument of Social Reform

chapter |10 pages

Ten Years Later

The ADA and the Future of Disability Policy

chapter |25 pages

ADA Title III

A Fragile Compromise

chapter |13 pages

Courts and Wrongful Birth

Can Disability Itself Be Viewed as a Legal Wrong?

chapter |8 pages

Go to the Margins of the Class

Hate Crimes and Disability

part |48 pages

Viewing U.S. Law from Elsewhere

chapter |15 pages

The ADA v. the Canadian Charter of Rights

Disability Rights and the Social Model of Disability

chapter |14 pages

The U.K. Disability Discrimination Act

Disabling Language, Justifying Inequitable Social Participation

chapter |16 pages

A Bright New Era of Equality, Independence and Freedom

Casting an Australian Gaze on the ADA