The Role of Non-Profits in Shaping Civil Rights: Understanding of Disability in Families of Children with Autism
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Keywords
Autism, nonprofits, families
Abstract
Challenges associated with disability are increasingly linked to civil rights oriented policy solutions. Nevertheless, public policy theory suggests that issue definition includes competitive promotion of preferred linkages of problem definitions to policy solutions among stakeholders. In this article, we use the case of autism to examine the role of nonprofits in shaping understandings of disability.
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gender. Social Behavior & Personality: An International Journal, 28(1), 61-71.
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Political Science Review, 96(4), 697-712.
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with Asperger’s syndrome and nonverbal learning disabilities. Issues in Comprehensive Pediatric
Nursing, 25, 43-57.
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politics? (2nd ed.). Chicago: Rand McNally College Publications.
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Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
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Reports. Sept-Oct, 118.
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minority Americans: Implications for a changing health system. Medical Care Research &
Review, 57(3), 236-259.
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Publishers.
Sheingate, A. D. (2000). Agricultural retrenchment revisited: Issue definition and venue change in the
United States and European Union. Governance, 13(3), 335-364.
Tarry, S. E. (2001). Issue definition, conflict expansion, and tort reform: Lessons from the American
general aviation industry. Policy Studies Journal, 29(4), 571-587.
Valente, S., & Bullough, V. (2004). Sexual harassment of nurses in the workplace. Journal of Nursing
Care Quality, 19(3), 234-241.
Waldren, N. L. (1996). Child abuse and disability: The school's role in prevention and intervention.
Preventing School Failure, 40(4), 164-168.
Ward, M. J., & Meyer, R. N. (1999). Self-determination for people with developmental disabilities and
autism: Two self-advocates' perspectives. Focus on Autism & Other Developmental Disabilities,
14(3), 133-139.
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disability issue images and policy. Policy Studies Journal, 29(2), 215-231.
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Author Biographies
Dana Lee Baker, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science and Criminal Justice, Washington State University
Dana Lee Baker, Ph.D., is an assistant professor in the Department of Political Science and Criminal Justice at Washington State University. Dr. Baker and Dr. Keiser share a research interest in the connection between disability policy development and social institutions.