Movement: A Memoir of a Disabled Cancer, and the Holocaust - Couverture souple

Roth, William

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0786437839 ISBN 13 : 9780786437832

Editeur : McFarland & Co Inc, 2008

Synopsis

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.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

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.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: McFarland & Co Inc
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0786437839
• ISBN 13: 9780786437832
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 200
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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