{"product_id":"an-independent-man-ed-roberts-and-the-fight-for-disability-rights-hardcover","title":"An Independent Man: Ed Roberts and the Fight for Disability Rights - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eScot Danforth\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe first biography of one of the founders of the disability rights movement, \u003ci\u003eAn Independent Man\u003c\/i\u003e chronicles the life of an activist who reimagined the meaning of equality and inspired generations of reformers.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Before Jonas Salk's vaccine, polio was a social death sentence. The disabled were expected to disappear into their limitations, pitied by those around them. This might have been the story of Ed Roberts, paralyzed and consigned to sleep in an iron lung. But Roberts insisted on what all people deserve: a full life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Scot Danforth deftly captures Roberts's adventurous personality and radical vision, chronicling his life from his student activist days at the University of California, Berkeley, in the early 1960s to his career highlights of establishing the pioneering Center for Independent Living and directing California's Department of Rehabilitation. By insisting that disabled persons are valuable members of society, and by translating his ideas into action, Roberts laid the ground for the Americans with Disabilities Act and the ongoing movement for equality.\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eEd Roberts once said, 'The only limits we have are the ones we place on ourselves.' In \u003ci\u003eAn Independent Man\u003c\/i\u003e, Scot Danforth shares the manifold and crucial stories behind Roberts's personal growth. What influenced the Rolling Quads, and how did they become such a vital force in what developed into a disability rights revolution? This is an important and necessary book for anyone interested in human rights.--Stephen Kuusisto, author of \u003ci\u003ePlanet of the Blind\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"\u003ci\u003eAn Independent Man \u003c\/i\u003eexplores the history of a seminal figure in the disability rights movement. In situating Ed Roberts in the politics and culture of 1970s Berkeley, Danforth offers an important window into the life and worldview of a disability rights pioneer and fills a long overdue gap.\"--Ari Ne'eman, cofounder of the Autistic Self Advocacy Network and Assistant Professor of Health Policy and Management, Harvard University \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"This essential book shows how Ed Roberts and his collaborators cocreated a movement and generated systems and structures of access that changed the world. Groundbreaking.\"--Susan Schweik, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Ugly Laws: Disability in Public\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eScot Danforth\u003c\/b\u003e is the Jack H. and Paula A. Hassinger Chair in Education and Professor of Disability Studies at Chapman University. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 432\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.5 x 9.06 x 6.06 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 14, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51987488014637,"sku":"9780520412644","price":28.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/BSMcRz3Z3c9780520412644.webp?v=1776179006","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/an-independent-man-ed-roberts-and-the-fight-for-disability-rights-hardcover","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}