Disabled Policy
America's Programs for the Handicapped: A Twentieth Century Fund Report

This book exposes the contradictions in America's disability policy and suggests means of remedying them.

Edward D. Berkowitz (Author)

9780521389303, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 1 September 1989

296 pages
23 x 15.2 x 2 cm, 0.437 kg

'With Disabled Policy: America's Programs for the Handicapped, Edward Berkowitz has given us a masterpiece. It is written in a clear and engaging style, superbly annotated and enriched by references to the political events of the past decades and to national figures. This book significantly elevates the level of discourse in a field that in prevailing years has become more widely recognised as representing a challenge our society cannot afford to minimize.' Gunnar Dybwad, Disability Studies Quarterly

Combining history and an analysis of policy today, this book exposes the contradictions in America's disability policy and suggests means of remedying them. Based on careful archival research and interviews with policymakers, the book illustrates the dilemmas that public policies pose for the handicapped: the present system forces too many people with physical impairments into retirement, despite the availability of constructive alternatives.

Foreword
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Part I. Income-Maintenance Programs: 1. Workers' compensation
2. The origins of Social Security Disability Insurance
3. The administration of Social Security Disability Insurance
4. The continuing debate over Social Security Disability Insurance
Part II. The Corrective Response: 5. Vocational rehabilitation
6. Toward independence
Summary and conclusion
Notes
Index.

Subject Areas: Central government policies [JPQB], Disability: social aspects [JFFG]