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Pride Against Prejudice: A Personal Politics of Disability

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This is the best general guide to the ideas of the disability rights movement that I have read. It takes the better parts of disability rights and feminism and merges them, additionally addressing both how feminism has failed disabled people and the disability movement has failed women. It addresses a wide variety of topics, from everyday attitudes to institutionalization. It talks about disability in a broad political sense while not forgetting or disregarding the personal experiences of disabled people within that context. Unlike many other books I have found on the topic, it is not boring, overly abstract, or dense. It is clear and easier to read than most. When I'm recommending books to people, if I recommend only one book about disability rights it is this one.

Thinking on the subject of Disability has evolved relatively fast within the last thirty or so years. If you are new to Disability Studies it may be good to read a different book like Claiming Disability or No Pity because Pride Against Prejudice is a little older (1989) and it was not written for the purpose of introducing Disability Studies.

For those who are more well read in Disability literature this book has something important to say and it provides a different perspective on social issues which are as relevant today as they were when the book was written. For example: the author places disability issues within the context of the Women's movement and does not shy away from explaining how the Women's movement has failed the Disability movement!

It is written by a British author but the issues addressed in the book are relevant in America.

Pride Against Prejudice is an empowering book.