Their Time Has Come
Their Time Has Come
Youth with Disabilities on the Cusp of Adulthood
In Their Time Has Come, Valerie Leiter argues that there are crucial missing links between federal disability policies and the lives of young people. Youth and their parents struggle to gather information about the resources that disability policies have created, and youth are not typically prepared to use their disability rights effectively. Her argument is based on thorough examination of federal disability policy and interviews with young people with disabilities, their parents, and rehabilitation professionals. Attention is given to the diversity of expectations, the resources available to them, and the impact of federal policy and public and private attitudes on their transition to adulthood.
Leiter’s insights into the experiences and challenges of adolescents with disabilities transitioning to adulthood highlight the difficult choices we face in an era of limited public resources.
The focus and quality of Their Time Has Come is unmatched. Leiter provides a compelling and innovative account of the ongoing social changes in the treatment of children with disabilities.
Highly recommended.
Leiter’s insights into the experiences and challenges of adolescents with disabilities transitioning to adulthood highlight the difficult choices we face in an era of limited public resources.
The focus and quality of Their Time Has Come is unmatched. Leiter provides a compelling and innovative account of the ongoing social changes in the treatment of children with disabilities.
Highly recommended.
VALERIE LEITER is an associate professor of sociology and the chair of the department of sociology at Simmons College. She is the coeditor of Health and Health Care as Social Problems and The Sociology of Health & Illness: Critical Perspectives, ninth edition.
1. A Crisis Situation?
2. The Rules Have Changed
3. Participation and Voice
4. Making Their Own Maps
5. College, Rights, and Goodness of Fit
6. The End of Entitlement
7. (Im)permanent Markers of Adulthood
8. Missing Links
Appendix: Research Methods
Notes
References
Index
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