Encyclopedia of American Disability History

By Susan Burch

Subjects: People with disabilities, English, Disabled Persons, Disabilities, History, Encyclopedias

Description: This work focuses on the importance of disability in American history, the need to explain disability in historical rather than medical terms, and the varieties and similarities of the historical experiences among those with disabilities. It thus succeeds in bringing to the forefront something that has typically gone unnoticed, allowing us to understand America in new ways by looking at it through a specific lens.