TABLE OF CONTENTS
Acknowledgements 1
Chapter 1 Introduction 4
Part I: Disability Activist Communities 42
Chapter 2 Intellectual Disability and Parent Activism 43
Chapter 3 Psychiatric Diagnosis, Disability, and Parent Activism 82
Chapter 4 Autistic Identity and Parent Activism 114
Chapter 5 Physical Disability and Parent Activism 147
Part II: Cross-Disability Analysis 179
Chapter 6 Timing: Factors Affecting the Emergence of Parent Led Organizations 180
Chapter 7 Frames and Positions within the Field of Disability Activism 203
Chapter 8 Social Movement Strategies and Public Policy 248
Chapter 9 Narratives of Rights 270
Chapter 10 Parents, Children, and Advocacy across Life Transitions 316
Chapter 11 Conclusion 340
Appendix A: A Note on Methods 358
Endnotes 360
Bibliography 386