How Long Must We Wait? Unmet Promises of Disability Law and Policy*
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disability law, diability policy, transportation
Abstract
In “How Long Must We Wait,” Mike Oliver and I chronicle the mistreatment of people with impairments by disabling transportation systems, and how these restricting policies and services limit access to such simple freedoms as getting together with friends and colleagues. Ill-treatment of disabled people occurs so frequently as to become mundane. We learn to expect that each new day might unfold into an exercise in frustration, ignorance, or maltreatment. If we complained every time we experienced such behavior, we would exhaust ourselves. Anyway, would our grievances be heard?
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Beth Omansky, The University of Queensland, Brisbane
Beth Omansky is a Ph.D. candidate in Social Work and Applied Human Sciences at The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia. Her permanent residence is in Portland, Oregon. Beth has been involved in disability advocacy and Disability Studies for more than a decade, and is currently researching how society treats legally blind people. Her work has been published in The Washington Post, Adolescence, Disability & Society, Review of Disability Studies, and New Zealand Journal of Disability Studies, among others. Her e-mail address is [email protected].
M. J. Oliver, Professor of Disability Studies, University of Greenwich; Chair, Research Sub-Committee, British Council of Organisations of Disabled People
M. J. Oliver, Ph.D., Emeritus Professor of Disability Studies, University of Greenwich, was Professor of Disability Studies at the University of Greenwich and Chair of the Research Sub-Committee of the British Council of Organisations of Disabled People. He was also co-founder and executive editor of the international journal Disability and Society and was a member of the Social Research Advisory Panel of the National Lottery Charities Board. He is an internationally recognised academic and political commentator, who prior to his recent retirement undertook consultancy work with many health and local authorities. In 2003 he was voted 7th most famous disabled Briton. Of those still living, only Stephen Hawking and Tanni Gray-Thomson were voted higher.