Disability as a Social Construct: Legislative Roots

By Claire H. Liachowitz

Wounded soldiers, injured workers, handicapped adults, and physically impaired children have all been affected by legislation that reduces their opportunities to live a functional life. In Disability as a Social Construct, Claire Liachowitz contends that disability is not merely a result of a handicap but can be imposed by society through devaluation and segregation of people who deviate from physical norms. She analyzes pertinent American legislation, primarily from 1770 to 1920, to provide a new perspective on the mechanisms that translate physical defects into social and civil inferiority.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812281349
• ISBN13: 9780812281347
• Release Date: October 1988
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.4" x 9.3"