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PAC: No Pity - People with Disabilities Forging a New Civil Rights Movement Shapiro, Joseph P. Three Rivers Press, 1994. A chronicle of the ways that both society and self-perceptions have changed for America's largest minority the 54 million people with disabilities. Shapiro looks at the concerns of people who are deaf, blind, autistic, or mentally retarded. He examines the impact of technology on aid for the disabled, the need for nursing home reform, and the potential for backlash as the public becomes aware of the costs of implementing disability laws. Shapiro interviewed hundreds of people for this report, and his conversations with them bring life to his pages, reducing the distance between the disabled and others. |