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Disability, Augmentative Communication, and the American Dream is a
collaborative effort to tell the life story of Jon A. Feucht, a man
who was born with a form of cerebral palsy that left him reliant on
a wheelchair for mobility, with limited use of his arms and an
inability to speak without an assistive communication device. It is
a story about finding one's voice, about defying low expectations,
about fulfilling one's dreams, and about making a difference in the
world. Sociologist C. Wright Mills famously called for a
"sociological imagination" that grapples with the intersection of
biography and history in society and the ways in which personal
troubles are related to public issues. Disability, Augmentative
Communication, and the American Dream heeds this call through a
qualitative "mixed-methods" study that situates Feucht's life in
broader social context, understanding disability not just as an
individual experience but also as a social phenomenon. In the
tradition of disability studies, it also illuminates an experience
of disability that avoids reading it as tragic or pitiable.
Disability, Augmentative Communication, and the American Dream is
intended as an analytical and empirical contribution to both
disability studies and qualitative sociology, to be read by social
science scholars and students taking courses in disability studies
and qualitative research, as well as by professionals working in
the fields of special education and speech pathology. Written in an
accessible style, the book will also be of interest to lay readers
who want to learn more about disability issues and the disability
experience.
Disability, Augmentative Communication, and the American Dream is a
collaborative effort to tell the life story of Jon A. Feucht, a man
who was born with a form of cerebral palsy that left him reliant on
a wheelchair for mobility, with limited use of his arms and an
inability to speak without an assistive communication device. It is
a story about finding one's voice, about defying low expectations,
about fulfilling one's dreams, and about making a difference in the
world. Sociologist C. Wright Mills famously called for a
"sociological imagination" that grapples with the intersection of
biography and history in society and the ways in which personal
troubles are related to public issues. Disability, Augmentative
Communication, and the American Dream heeds this call through a
qualitative "mixed-methods" study that situates Feucht's life in
broader social context, understanding disability not just as an
individual experience but also as a social phenomenon. In the
tradition of disability studies, it also illuminates an experience
of disability that avoids reading it as tragic or pitiable.
Disability, Augmentative Communication, and the American Dream is
intended as an analytical and empirical contribution to both
disability studies and qualitative sociology, to be read by social
science scholars and students taking courses in disability studies
and qualitative research, as well as by professionals working in
the fields of special education and speech pathology. Written in an
accessible style, the book will also be of interest to lay readers
who want to learn more about disability issues and the disability
experience.
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