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"To Ride The Public's Buses" chronicles the push by activists of American Disabled for Accessible Public Transportation to gain access to our cities' public bus systems, and how they built a grassroots activist disability rights movement in the process. The book, the first of The Advocado Press's "Disability Rag Readers," is an anthology of articles about the bus battle that appeared in the pages of The Disability Rag from 1983-1990. Photos by Tom Olin, Foreword by Stephanie Thomas.
About the Author
Mary Johnson founded The Disability Rag magazine in 1980 and was its editor until 1992. She now edits its successor, Ragged Edge magazine.
"To Ride The Public's Buses" chronicles the push by activists of American Disabled for Accessible Public Transportation to gain access to our cities' public bus systems, and how they built a grassroots activist disability rights movement in the process. The book, the first of The Advocado Press's "Disability Rag Readers," is an anthology of articles about the bus battle that appeared in the pages of The Disability Rag from 1983-1990. Photos by Tom Olin, Foreword by Stephanie Thomas.
About the Author
Mary Johnson founded The Disability Rag magazine in 1980 and was its editor until 1992. She now edits its successor, Ragged Edge magazine.
Barrett Shaw was editor of The Disability Rag from 1992-1994. She is president of The Advocado Press.
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Inside This Book Citations: This book cites 5 books | 1 book that cites this book Explore: Citations | Concordance | Text Stats Key Phrases - CAPs: Department of Transportation, Wade Blank, San Antonio, Los Angeles, American Public Transit Association (more) Browse Sample Pages: Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me! |
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Bob Conrad uses a wheelchair and lives in Denver. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Department of Transportation, Wade Blank, San Antonio, Los Angeles, American Public Transit Association, Disabilities Act, Chicago Transit Authority, Easter Seal, Mark Johnson, Mike Auberger, Rosa Parks, San Francisco, Transit Authority of River City, Cobb County, New York City, Diane Coleman, Martin Luther King, Bob Kafka, Court of Appeals, Long Beach, Maine Association of Handicapped Persons, San Diego, Task Force, Bob Conrad, Kansas City New!
Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
Bob Conrad uses a wheelchair and lives in Denver. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Department of Transportation, Wade Blank, San Antonio, Los Angeles, American Public Transit Association, Disabilities Act, Chicago Transit Authority, Easter Seal, Mark Johnson, Mike Auberger, Rosa Parks, San Francisco, Transit Authority of River City, Cobb County, New York City, Diane Coleman, Martin Luther King, Bob Kafka, Court of Appeals, Long Beach, Maine Association of Handicapped Persons, San Diego, Task Force, Bob Conrad, Kansas City New!
Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Americans With Disabilities (The Annals of the American Academy of Political & Social Science Series Vol 549) by Willia Johnson on 6 pages
- Public Works: Student Writing as Public Text by Emily J. Isaacs on page 53
- Rosa Parks (Trophy Chapter Book) by Eloise Greenfield on page 82
- First Aid by American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons on page 155
- Human Rights Act: A Success Story (Journal of Law and Society Special Issues) by Luke Clements on page 115