Getting It: Persuading Organizations and Individuals to Be More Comfortable with People with Disabilities

by Stanley Klein and Melissa Marshall

Book Overview

Changing attitudes about disability requires equal parts art, science and magic. In Getting It, Melissa Marshall chronicles the development of her formula for presenting disability diversity training.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0595212530
• ISBN13: 9780595212538
• Release Date: January 2002
• Publisher: iUniverse
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.4" x 8.6"

Customer Reviews

Unique, Fabulous Resource

This book is an exceptional resource for any trainer who needs to learn more about disability,

An Important Resource for Organizations and People who Care

This book is a unique resource for organizations, employers, and people who care about the diversity in their midst. Melissa Marshall's approach to helping people understand why they should care if they're physically and programatically accessible is...well...accessible. As one of the people she trains says, "You mean it's fair!" Marshall is funny and creative, and is clear that she isn't interested in having people feel guilty. She talks about her adventures navigating a wheelchair through Chicago's O'Hare airport, hotel fires, offering fabulous prizes (like finger puppets)to button-down corporate types, and using masks to help people "get it" about what it means to be disabled today. This is a book that should be on the shelf of anyone who trains around issues of diversity, all human resources staff, and executives of for-profit and not-for-profit corporations alike. Get it!