Allison C. Carey is professor of Sociology at Shippensburg University. She is co-author of multiple books, including Allies and Obstacles: Disability Activism and Parents of Children with Disabilities (2020). Joan M. Ostrove is Professor of Psychology at Macalester College. Ostrove has co-edited special issues of the Journal of Social Issues and Disability Studies Quarterly, and her work has been published in multiple journals, including the Journal of Applied Social Psychology. Tara Fannon is a gender and disability sociologist and interdisciplinary scholar working in disability advocacy. Her research examines the relationship between self, identities and social-structural access. Her academic work has been published in Research in Social Science and Disability and Symbolic Interaction, among others.

• Introduction. Exploring the Opportunities and Challenges of Alliances and Allyship in the Lives of People with Disabilities; Allison C. Carey, Tara Fannon, Joan M. Ostrove Part One. Structures and Systems that Shape Alliances Chapter 1. International Rights and Local Realities: Transnational Allies of the Disability Rights Movement in China; Shixin Huang Chapter 2. Allies, Enemies, or Indifferent? The Disability and Older Persons Movements under Neoliberalism in Jamaica; Stephen J. Meyers Chapter 3. Impasses of Disability Alliance-building in Bulgaria: Successful Phantom Activism and Toxic Grassroots Mobilizations; Ina Dimitrova Chapter 4. “I’ve Used My Wide Array of Skills to Create a Life for Myself”: Managing Narratives with Competing Goals in an Arts-based Disability Ally Organization; Melinda Leigh Maconi Chapter 5. Allyship Changes in American Disability Protests Over Five Decades: An Empirical Analysis; Sharon Barnartt Part Two. Relational Dynamics of Alliance-building Chapter 6. Nothing About ‘Us’ Without Whom? (Re)Cognizing Alliance Between Disabled People and Care Workers in Direct-Funded Attendant Services; Erika Katzman Chapter 7. Autistic Adult and Non-Autistic Parent Advocates: Bridging the Divide; Helen Rottier and Morton Ann Gernsbacher Chapter 8. Becoming Allies: The Transmogrification of the Role of American Sign Language/English Interpreters during the Deaf President Now Protest; Mark Halley Chapter 9. Can We Broaden the Neurodiversity Movement Without Weakening It?: Participatory Approaches as a Framework for Cross-Disability Alliance Building; Kristen Gillespie-Lynch, Patrick Dwyer, Christopher Constantino, Steven K Kapp, Emily Hotez, Ariana Riccio, Danielle DeNigris, Bella Kofner and Eric EndlichChapter 10. A Different Story: Narrative Allyship Across Ability; Nicki Pombier

Allison C. Carey is professor of Sociology at Shippensburg University. She is co-author of multiple books, including Allies and Obstacles: Disability Activism and Parents of Children with Disabilities (2020). Joan M. Ostrove is Professor of Psychology at Macalester College. Ostrove has co-edited special issues of the Journal of Social Issues and Disability Studies Quarterly, and her work has been published in multiple journals, including the Journal of Applied Social Psychology. Tara Fannon is a gender and disability sociologist and interdisciplinary scholar working in disability advocacy. Her research examines the relationship between self, identities and social-structural access. Her academic work has been published in Research in Social Science and Disability and Symbolic Interaction, among others.

• Introduction. Exploring the Opportunities and Challenges of Alliances and Allyship in the Lives of People with Disabilities; Allison C. Carey, Tara Fannon, Joan M. Ostrove Part One. Structures and Systems that Shape Alliances Chapter 1. International Rights and Local Realities: Transnational Allies of the Disability Rights Movement in China; Shixin Huang Chapter 2. Allies, Enemies, or Indifferent? The Disability and Older Persons Movements under Neoliberalism in Jamaica; Stephen J. Meyers Chapter 3. Impasses of Disability Alliance-building in Bulgaria: Successful Phantom Activism and Toxic Grassroots Mobilizations; Ina Dimitrova Chapter 4. “I’ve Used My Wide Array of Skills to Create a Life for Myself”: Managing Narratives with Competing Goals in an Arts-based Disability Ally Organization; Melinda Leigh Maconi Chapter 5. Allyship Changes in American Disability Protests Over Five Decades: An Empirical Analysis; Sharon Barnartt Part Two. Relational Dynamics of Alliance-building Chapter 6. Nothing About ‘Us’ Without Whom? (Re)Cognizing Alliance Between Disabled People and Care Workers in Direct-Funded Attendant Services; Erika Katzman Chapter 7. Autistic Adult and Non-Autistic Parent Advocates: Bridging the Divide; Helen Rottier and Morton Ann Gernsbacher Chapter 8. Becoming Allies: The Transmogrification of the Role of American Sign Language/English Interpreters during the Deaf President Now Protest; Mark Halley Chapter 9. Can We Broaden the Neurodiversity Movement Without Weakening It?: Participatory Approaches as a Framework for Cross-Disability Alliance Building; Kristen Gillespie-Lynch, Patrick Dwyer, Christopher Constantino, Steven K Kapp, Emily Hotez, Ariana Riccio, Danielle DeNigris, Bella Kofner and Eric EndlichChapter 10. A Different Story: Narrative Allyship Across Ability; Nicki Pombier

Allison C. Carey is professor of Sociology at Shippensburg University. She is co-author of multiple books, including Allies and Obstacles: Disability Activism and Parents of Children with Disabilities (2020). Joan M. Ostrove is Professor of Psychology at Macalester College. Ostrove has co-edited special issues of the Journal of Social Issues and Disability Studies Quarterly, and her work has been published in multiple journals, including the Journal of Applied Social Psychology. Tara Fannon is a gender and disability sociologist and interdisciplinary scholar working in disability advocacy. Her research examines the relationship between self, identities and social-structural access. Her academic work has been published in Research in Social Science and Disability and Symbolic Interaction, among others.

• Introduction. Exploring the Opportunities and Challenges of Alliances and Allyship in the Lives of People with Disabilities; Allison C. Carey, Tara Fannon, Joan M. Ostrove Part One. Structures and Systems that Shape Alliances Chapter 1. International Rights and Local Realities: Transnational Allies of the Disability Rights Movement in China; Shixin Huang Chapter 2. Allies, Enemies, or Indifferent? The Disability and Older Persons Movements under Neoliberalism in Jamaica; Stephen J. Meyers Chapter 3. Impasses of Disability Alliance-building in Bulgaria: Successful Phantom Activism and Toxic Grassroots Mobilizations; Ina Dimitrova Chapter 4. “I’ve Used My Wide Array of Skills to Create a Life for Myself”: Managing Narratives with Competing Goals in an Arts-based Disability Ally Organization; Melinda Leigh Maconi Chapter 5. Allyship Changes in American Disability Protests Over Five Decades: An Empirical Analysis; Sharon Barnartt Part Two. Relational Dynamics of Alliance-building Chapter 6. Nothing About ‘Us’ Without Whom? (Re)Cognizing Alliance Between Disabled People and Care Workers in Direct-Funded Attendant Services; Erika Katzman Chapter 7. Autistic Adult and Non-Autistic Parent Advocates: Bridging the Divide; Helen Rottier and Morton Ann Gernsbacher Chapter 8. Becoming Allies: The Transmogrification of the Role of American Sign Language/English Interpreters during the Deaf President Now Protest; Mark Halley Chapter 9. Can We Broaden the Neurodiversity Movement Without Weakening It?: Participatory Approaches as a Framework for Cross-Disability Alliance Building; Kristen Gillespie-Lynch, Patrick Dwyer, Christopher Constantino, Steven K Kapp, Emily Hotez, Ariana Riccio, Danielle DeNigris, Bella Kofner and Eric EndlichChapter 10. A Different Story: Narrative Allyship Across Ability; Nicki Pombier