International and National Perspectives
October 1, 2002
Editors: Mary Lou Breslin and Silvia Yee
Afterword: Arlene B. Mayerson
Papers conceived and Commissioned by the Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund (DREDF)
Transnational Publishers
Contents
Preface Mary Lou Breslin
Introduction Mary Lou Breslin
Part I: Disability Anti-Discrimination Law – The State of the World
A Survey of International, Comparative and Regional Disability Law Reform Teresia Degener and Gerard Quinn
Part II: Foundational Issues in the Use of Anti-Discrimination Law
Where Prejudice, Disability and “Disabilism” Meet Silvia Yee
Different Definition – Same Problems – One Way Out? Aart C. Hendricks
Tensions and Coherence in Disability Policy: The Uneasy Relationship Between Social Welfare and Civil Rights Models of Disability in American, European and International Employment Law Lisa Waddington and Matthew Diller
Part III: Focus on the Operation of Laws
The ADA and Models of Equality Arlene B. Mayerson and Silvia Yee
The Right to Community Integration for People with Disabilities Under United States and International Law Eric Rosenthal and Arlene Kanter
Part IV: Real Life – Needing, Getting and Living With Disability Anti-Discrimination Law
What is Prejudice as it Relates to Disability Anti-Discrimination Law? David Ruebain
When to Hold ‘Em and When to Fold ‘Em: Lessons Learned From Enacting The Americans With Disabilities Act Patrisha Wright and Jane West
Achieving Accessibility: How the Americans with Disabilities Act is Changing the Face and Mind of a Nation Silvia Yee and Marilyn Golden
Afterword Arlene B. Mayerson