Why I Burned My Book and Other Essays on Disability (American Subjects).

AuthorWolfe, Kathi
PositionBrief Article - Book Review

Why I Burned My Book and Other Essays on Disability (American Subjects) By Paul K. Longmore Temple University Press. 278 pages. $22.95.

The latest work by historian and activist Paul K. Longmore reveals the hidden history of disabled people in America and traces the disability rights movement up to the present.

Along the way, Longmore--who acquired his own disability from polio demonstrates how the perspective of disability rights advocates often conflicts with the views of nondisabled...

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