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On Becoming Scholars and Activists for Disability Rights
Author(s) -
Balcazar Fabricio E.,
SuarezBalcazar Yolanda
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
american journal of community psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.113
H-Index - 112
eISSN - 1573-2770
pISSN - 0091-0562
DOI - 10.1002/ajcp.12064
Subject(s) - nexus (standard) , community psychology , health psychology , field (mathematics) , sociology , legal psychology , history of psychology , disability studies , public health , psychology , public relations , political science , social psychology , gender studies , medicine , nursing , mathematics , computer science , pure mathematics , cognitive psychology , embedded system
In this paper, the authors discussed the nexus between the Americans with Disabilities Act and the founding of the field of Community Psychology. Contributions of the latter and future areas of research are reviewed here in three areas of importance to both fields: Community living and participation, employment, and transition from high school. Community psychology can make potential contributions to advancing research in these three areas. Implications for future research are discussed.