Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. One History of Disability in America: How Collective Action Became Possible
2. Collective Consciousness and a Profile of Issues
3. The Social Basis for Movement Formation and Mobilization
4. A Profile of Contentious Actions: How Success Became Possible
5. Cross-Disability and Impairment-Specific Protests: Social Movement Unity and Disunity
6. Changes in Protests over Time: Increased Heterogeneity, Decreased Societal Attention
7. The Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Act: The Effects of Cross-Disability Successes
8. The Deaf President Now Protest: The Effect of an Impairment-Specific Success
9. Looking to the New Millenium
10. Conclusion: Against All Odds and Contrary to the Conventional Wisdom
Appendix A: List of Acronyms
Appendix B: Methodology
References
Index