ABSTRACT
This book explores the diverse ways in which disability activism and advocacy are experienced and practised by people with disabilities and their allies.
Contributors to the book explore the very different strategies and campaigns they have used to have their demands for respect, dignity and rights heard and acted upon by their communities, by national governments and the international community. The book, with its contemporary global focus, makes a significant contribution to the field of disability and social justice studies, particularly at a time of major social, political and cultural upheaval.
Global Perspectives on Disability Activism and Advocacy offers a significant intervention within the field of disability at a time of major social upheaval where actors, advocates and activists are seeking to hold onto existing claims for rights, equality and disability justice.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|1 pages
Remembering and remembrance
chapter 2|20 pages
‘We’re being treated as second-class citizens’
chapter 3|17 pages
‘Madhouse’
part II|11 pages
Movement organizations and leadership
chapter 6|14 pages
Action makes a difference
chapter 9|16 pages
Peer education
part III|1 pages
Activism across multiple identities
chapter 13|10 pages
Queer-crip.blog
part IV|1 pages
Agitating the state
chapter 15|11 pages
Advocacy in Jordan
part V|1 pages
Working transnationally