The ABC-CLIO Companion to the Disability Rights Movement.(Brief Article)

The contributing editor of Mainstream magazine has filled a niche with this work, which is intended as a basic reference tool for the nonspecialist. (In contrast, Joseph Shapiro's No Pity: People with Disabilities Forging a New Civil Rights Movement, Random, 1994), provides a comprehensive discussion of the movement's development.) An "introduction to the people and organizations that have contributed to the disability rights movement," it also summarizes the landmark laws and court cases. In addition to people and legislation, the almost 500 meticulously cross-referenced, alphabetical entries describe major concepts pertaining to disability rights (e.g., "Ableism," …