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• Author(s): Dorothy Shrout • Publisher: Praeger • Publisher Imprint: Praeger • BISAC: Public Policy - Social Services & WelfareA wide variety of medical conditions that qualify as disabilities under the Americans with Disabilities Act are ex...

• Author(s): Susan Mezey • Publisher: Praeger • Publisher Imprint: Praeger • BISAC: Social WorkThis book focuses on the Reagan administration's broad attempt from 1980 to 1984 to strike thousands of Social Security disability recipients from gove...

• Author(s): Frank S. Bloch • Publisher: Praeger • Publisher Imprint: Praeger • BISAC: Insurance - GeneralWho determines whether persons are disabled and eligible to receive the billions of dollars that are awarded in benefits under federal disab...

• Author(s): Alan Gartner • Publisher: Praeger • Publisher Imprint: Praeger • BISAC: Public Policy - Social Services & WelfareThe first book of its kind, Images of the Disabled/Disabling Images combines an examination of the presentation of p...

• Author(s): James Randall Noblitt • Publisher: Praeger • Publisher Imprint: Praeger • BISAC: DisabilityThis book responds to a previously unmet need: unlocking the mysteries of Social Security disability programs and providing medical and mental...

• Author(s): Robert A. Weisgerber • Publisher: Praeger • Publisher Imprint: Praeger • BISAC: Labor & Industrial RelationsThis volume points out how the increasing need for scientists in this country can be lessened by utilizing a long overloo...

• Author(s): Stanley Klein • Publisher: Praeger • Publisher Imprint: Praeger • BISAC: Children with Special NeedsParenting is always a vital and challenging task. Even more vital and challenging is the task of parenting a child with a disability....

• Author(s): Stanley Klein • Publisher: Praeger • Publisher Imprint: Praeger • BISAC: Children with Special NeedsParenting is always a vital and challenging task. Even more vital and challenging is the task of parenting a child with a disability....

• Author(s): Jack a. Nelson • Publisher: Praeger • Publisher Imprint: Praeger • BISAC: Communication StudiesHow have disabled Americans been portrayed by the media through the years and how are images and the role of the handicapped changing? Jac...

• Author(s): Harilyn Rousso • Publisher: Praeger • Publisher Imprint: Praeger • BISAC: Public Policy - Social Services & WelfareWomen with disabilities face a double set of prejudices, based on gender and disability. The world too often sees ...

• Author(s): Gillian King • Publisher: Praeger • Publisher Imprint: Praeger • BISAC: Motivational & InspirationalThis volume brings to life the nature of resilience and adaptation to change by describing turning points, or critical experience...

• Author(s): Paul Jaeger • Publisher: Praeger • Publisher Imprint: Praeger • BISAC: Special Education - GeneralAuthored by a legal specialist and an education professor, this study is targeted to everyone involved in the education of students wit...

• Author(s): Don Fresh • Publisher: Praeger • Publisher Imprint: Praeger • BISAC: Management - GeneralThis unique guidebook presents a comprehensive analysis of the new Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the most significant federal civil rig...

• Author(s): Michael Gordon • Publisher: Praeger • Publisher Imprint: Praeger • BISAC: Legal HistoryIn 2006 Philadelphia, graduate student Jonathan Love sued the organization that publishes the Law School Admissions Test. Love had attained averag...

• Author(s): Bonnie M. Hodge • Publisher: Praeger • Publisher Imprint: Praeger • BISAC: Special Education - GeneralThirty-five teaching practitioners in higher education collaborated to provide this resource about the accommodation process for st...

• Author(s): Joanne Finnegan • Publisher: Praeger • Publisher Imprint: Praeger • BISAC: Adoption & FosteringDreams of pregnancy include the expectation that nine months of waiting will end with a joyous event. But, each year, a shattered drea...

• Author(s): James Carrier • Publisher: Praeger • Publisher Imprint: Praeger • BISAC: Special Education - GeneralThis book was written for sociologists concerned with education, but should be read by anyone interested in learning disability as a ...

• Author(s): Joseph Kwok • Publisher: Praeger • Publisher Imprint: Praeger • BISAC: Public Policy - Social Services & WelfareThis is a comparative analysis of the micro and macro characteristics of self-help organizations of people with disab...

• Author(s): Nathan D. Ainspan • Publisher: Praeger • Publisher Imprint: Praeger • BISAC: Military - GeneralThousands of American service members are returning from their tours of duty with physical and/or psychological disabilities. Many--if not...

• Author(s): Courtney Wilder • Publisher: Praeger • Publisher Imprint: Praeger • BISAC: Christian Living - Social IssuesIncluding both theoretical discussions and practical information for congregational use or pastoral use, this rich, accessible...

• Author(s): James Paul • Publisher: Praeger • Publisher Imprint: Praeger • BISAC: Special Education - GeneralSpecial educators are facing new challenges at the beginning of the 21st century as public education is being reformed by a vision focus...

• Author(s): Marc J. Tasse • Publisher: Praeger • Publisher Imprint: Praeger • BISAC: Cognitive Psychology & CognitionProviding key information for students or professionals in the fields of criminology, education, psychology, law, and law en...

• Author(s): Lillian Comas-Diaz • Publisher: Praeger • Publisher Imprint: Praeger • BISAC: Cultural & Ethnic Studies - GeneralThis work serves to celebrate the strengths of women of color, identify unique opportunities, and examine the specif...

• Author(s): Jon D. Bible • Publisher: Praeger • Publisher Imprint: Praeger • BISAC: Government & BusinessJust a few years ago, the concept of job-related privacy was barely recognized by the law and virtually unknown to most employers. Under...

• Author(s): Harry G. Lang • Publisher: Praeger • Publisher Imprint: Praeger • BISAC: Popular CulturePrior to the publication of this book, there has been a complete absence of literature on the contributions of deaf men and women in science. Wri...

• Author(s): Bruce W. Speck • Publisher: Praeger • Publisher Imprint: Praeger • BISAC: Bibliographies & IndexesTeaching Revising and Editing is devoted to the many facets of the writing, revising, and publication process. It provides a compre...