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Disability in Jewish Lawby Tzvi C. Marx
Routledge 2002; US$ 195.00Tzvi C. Marx answers the pressing need for insight into the position of Jewish law with respect to the rights and status of those with physical impairments, and the corresponding duties of the non-disabled. more...
Barrier-Free Travelby Candy Harrington
Demos Medical Publishing 2005; US$ 19.95Barrier Free Travel has been nominated for a 2006 Ben Franklin Award! Click here to learn more about the Ben Franklin Awards. Authored by the editor of the leading travel magazine for people with disabilities, Emerging Horizons , this second edition of Barrier Free Travel continues to be the definitive guide to accessible travel for those who use a wheelchair, walker, or cane or have any physical ailment that may slow down their gait. It is a well-researched resource that contains detailed information about the logistics of planning accessible travel by plane, train, bus, and ship. It contains resources, travel tips, and updated information about accessible travel options. Chapters include information on how to find and book an accessible room,... more...
Equality - A New Frameworkby Bob Hepple; Mary Coussey; Tufyal Choudhury
Hart 2000; US$ 62.40The need for a legislative framework for ensuring equality of opportunity is not seriously questioned in the UK. However,despite the presence on the Statute book of various significant pieces legislation dating back to the mid 1970s, there remain deep-seated structural disadvantages which blight the lives of many women, Black and Asian people, and disabled persons. The Stephen Lawrence inquiry report highlighted the presence of institutionalised racism in the police. Similar barriers can also be found in other public services and in private sector organisations. There are also insistent demands for the extension of legislation to cover discrimination on other grounds such as religion, age and sexual orientation. Discriminatory behaviour cannot... more...
Voices from the Edgeby Ruth O'Brien
Oxford University Press 2003; US$ 45.00Challenges the mindset of those who would deny equal protection to the disabled, and to provide informative analysis regarding the intent and application of the ADA for those seeking to learn more about disability rights. It gives insight into the moral reasoning behind the laws and the personal consequences to deprived of their rights. more...
Disabled People and the Right to Lifeby Luke Clements; Janet Read
Taylor & Francis 2008; US$ 45.95This book explores how disabled peoples right to life is understood in different national contexts and the ways in which they are or are not afforded protection under the law, emphasizing the social, cultural and historical forces and circumstances which have promoted disabled peoples right to life or legitimated its violation. more...
Autism, Discrimination and the Lawby James Graham
Jessica Kingsley Publishers 2008; US$ 27.95Outlines how the legal requirements of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 might be met for students and employees with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs). This book includes an overview of the knowledge of autism, and details of the changes in legislation concerning disability discrimination. more...
Win Your Social Security Disability Caseby Benjamin Berkley
Sourcebooks, Inc. 2008; US$ 22.99Win Your Social Security Disability Case provides step-by-step information to successfully obtain and keep receiving Social Security Disability benefits. more...
The Alzheimer's Advisorby Vaughn E. James
AMACOM 2008; US$ 19.95A compassionate and practical handbook for protecting loved ones who suffer from this common and debilitating disease. more...
When is Separate Unequal?by Ruth Colker
Cambridge University Press 2008; US$ 26.00The book provides a comprehensive overview of how to attain equality in the area of disability discrimination. more...
Community Care Practice and the Lawby Michael Mandelstam
Jessica Kingsley Publishers 2008; US$ 75.00This fourth edition of Community Care Practice and the Law has been fully updated to reflect the rapid and continuing legal, policy and practice changes affecting community care. It provides comprehensive and jargon-free explanations of community care legislation, as well as other areas of law directly relevant to practitioners, including the NHS, disabled facilities grants and housing adaptations, asylum and immigration, mental capacity, human rights, disability discrimination, health and safety at work and negligence - and a range of legal provisions relevant to the protection and safeguarding of adults. Apart from the burgeoning legal case law and ombudsman investigations, changes from the last edition include coverage of the Mental Capacity... more...