This volume offers a rare mix of interpretive chapters and primary sources that will be of value to anyone interested in learning about important disability-related issues from the perspective of disabled people themselves.

• Collects key primary documents and important analyses, provided by one of the leading scholars in the field of disability studies

• Weaves together decades of disability studies and disability history research in a well-rounded manner

• Reflects the author's expertise and gives readers access to important voices in perspectives chapters

• Arms readers with knowledge about what issues concern people with disabilities in the 21st century