Disability as a Social Construct: Legislative Roots, (Hardcover)

Wounded soldiers, injured workers, handicapped adults, and physically impaired children have all been affected by legislation that reduces their opportunities to live a functional life. In <i>Disability as a Social Construct</i>, Claire Liachowitz contends that disability is not merely a result of a handicap but can be imposed by society through devaluation and segregation of people who deviate from physical norms. She analyzes pertinent American legislation, primarily from 1770 to 1920, to provide a new perspective on the mechanisms that translate physical defects into social and civil inferiority.

• Disability as a Social Construct: Legislative Roots, (Hardcover)
• Author: University of Pennsylvania Press
• ISBN: 9780812281347
• Format: Hardcover
• Publication Date: 1988-10-29
• Page Count: 192