Allies and Obstacles - 9781439916339

Allies and ObstaclesDisability Activism and Parents of Children with Disabilities\nAuthor(s): Allison C. Carey, Pamela Block, Richard Scotch\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Temple University Press,U.S., United States\nImprint: Temple University Press,U.S.\nISBN-13: 9781439916339, 978-1439916339\nSynopsis\nParents of children with disabilities often situate their activism as a means of improving the world for their child. However, some disabled activists perceive parental activism as working against the independence and dignity of people with disabilities. This thorny relationship is at the heart of the groundbreaking Allies and Obstacles.\n\nThe authors chronicle parents path-breaking advocacy in arenas such as the right to education and to liberty via deinstitutionalization as well as how they engaged in legal and political advocacy. Allies and Obstacles provides a macro analysis of parent activism using a social movement perspective to reveal and analyze the complex-and often tense-.