Movement

A Memoir of Disability, Cancer, and the Holocaust

Häftad, Engelska, 2008

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Beskrivning

As William Roth was taking his first steps, members of his family were caught up in the Nazi Holocaust. At age eight, he began to manifest the symptoms of dystonia, a neurological disease characterized by severe movement disorders. And at age forty-seven, he was diagnosed with squamous cell carcinoma of the tonsil, a cancer that would prove as invasive as his genetic disease and as dreadful as his social persecution. This, his memoir, relates the three intertwined narratives and the miraculous success that one man carved from them.Today, at age 65, Roth is more than a survivor. Mobilizing his courage to spearhead the discipline of disability studies, be active in the Disability Rights Movement, influence government policy toward disability, and found the non-profit Center for Computing and Disability, Roth has used his own disability to change the life of disabled people in America.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2008-06-02
Mått:152 x 229 x 10 mm
Vikt:272 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:200
Förlag:McFarland & Co Inc
ISBN:9780786437832

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The late William Roth was on the faculty of the State University of New York, and the author of many other books, including several about the disabled. He lived in Albany, New York.

Innehållsförteckning

Table of ContentsPrologue 1. Say “Ahhh,” March 1988 2. Escape from Vienna, 1938–1945 3. The Cancer All-Stars, March 1988 4. Ashes and Dreams, 1938–1945 5. Can’t Help Glowing, March 1988 6. My Life of Crime, 1945–1950 7. Studying the Opposition, March 1988 8. The Wonder Years, 1950–1955 9. The Killing Details, March 1988 10. A Hole in the Head, 1955–1960 11. Three Days to Burn, March 1988 12. Yale, 1960–1961 13. Cancer, Present Tense, March 31, 1988 14. Sophomore Drill, 1961–1962 15. Slow Burn, April 1988 16. Biting the Big Apple, 1963–1964 17. What, Me Worry? Spring 1988 18. Berkeley: The ’60s 19. Warrior, August 1988 20. American in Paris, 1966–1967 21. Chemical Warfare, Autumn 1988–Spring 1990 22. First Person, Political, 1967–1970 23. A Radical Reunion, Spring 1989 24. A Nice Guy Like Me, 1970–1978 25. A Pain in the Neck, June 1989 26. Albany, 1978–1988 27. Dancing in the Street, June 1989 28. After the War, 1989–1990 29. Press Pause, 1990–2000 30. Return to Dystonia, 2003–2007 Index