CALL FOR CONTRIBUTORS: Encyclopedia of American Disability History (Facts on File)
Facts On File and the advisors for the Encyclopedia of American Disability History are looking for contributors.
• This three-volume reference work will cover basic information on important events, issues, developments, laws, biographies, and related topics in American Disability History. Entries on significant historical themes and concepts—including civil rights, war, public policy, citizenship, media, institutions, education, and technology—will examine both practical and theoretical factors, as well as demonstrate the deeper meaning of the lived experience of disability. Each entry will illustrate the subject within an historical context, and show that while disability has existed throughout American History, disability is neither a fixed nor static concept but one whose definition and understanding have changed markedly from era to era.
• Because accessibility is a major issue in Disability History, the entries in this reference will accommodate a broad, diverse audience, from high school students to general readers, to individuals who assist people with disabilities. Clear language, accessible prose, and coherent, balanced, jargon-free interpretations are essential for every article.
The editors of this encyclopedia are currently seeking contributors for a wide range of entries.
The following is a sample list of available entries:
Adoption
Aesthetic surgery
Camps
Children’s Bureau
Discrimination
Easter Seals
Environment
Family
Folklore
Homelessness
Identity
Industrialization
Gilbreth, Frank and Lillian
Gulf War
Little People of America
Mann, Horace
National Association of Psychiatric Survivors
National Paraplegia Foundation
Optical Recognition Scanner
Poster art
Public welfare
Rare Disorders
Representation
September 11, 2001
Staring
Stereotypes
Thalidomide
Transportation
Violence
War
Zola, Irving
• Authors interested in contributing to this important project should contact Dr. Susan Burch for further information and details regarding the full list of entries: susan.burch@gallaudet.edu
Fax: 202 651 5652
Dr. Susan Burch
History and Government Dept.
Gallaudet University
800 Florida Ave NE
Washington DC 20002
Email: susan.burch@gallaudet.edu
