ISBN-13: 9780849303517 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 244 str.
Enabling Lives provides a look at the disability civil rights movement through an intimate portrayal of the lives of several of its key lead ers. Each of the chapters of this book is a separate authorized biogra phy of such prominent figures as Frank Bowe, Tony Coelho, Justin Dart, Judy Heumann, Evan Kemp, and Harold Russell. Enabling Lives provides not only an accurate historical record of key moments in the developm ent of civil rights for individuals with disabilities, but also invite s the reader to become acquainted with the individuals who helped to s hape the movement and to view history in the making through the eyes o f those who were helping to create it. Each of the book's subjects ha s provided countless hours of interviews, recollections and "war stori es" into the making of this important work, helping to create a legacy that hopefully will be carried on by the current and future leaders o f the movement.