David Pfeiffer
Biographic Data
| ID | 4392995 |
|---|---|
| NAME | David Pfeiffer |
| GIVEN NAMES | David |
| FAMILY NAME | Pfeiffer |
| SIGNATURE | PFEIFFER D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Suffolk University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8406-8595 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 23 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 98 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 23 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1967 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Ethnic and religious perspectives on disability and the helping professions
This note looks at ethnic and religious perspectives of people who are training for and/or working in the helping professions in regard to their views of disability. The Modified Issues in Disabilities Scale (MIDS) was administered to a sample of people training for and/or working in the helping professions. A statistically significant association was found between ethnic and religious perspectives and scores on the MIDS. Department of Education …
The Disability Paradigm
The Devils are in the Details
The Icidh and the Need for its Revision
The International Classification of Impairments, Disabilities, and Handicaps (ICIDH) published and used by the World Health Organization is currently undergoing a revision. Its conceptual basis is the medical model which leads to the medicalization of disability. From this point it is a short step to eugenics and a class-based evaluation of people with disabilities using the concept of 'normal'. People with disabilities are found to be lacking an…
Activities and Appointments
The Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar Program contributes to the intellectual life of the campus by
The Americans with Disabilities Act
Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) prohibits public entities in the US from discriminating against people on the basis of a disability. The term 'public entity' includes all state, territorial, and local governments and their instrumentalities. A survey was conducted to determine the extent of compliance by public entities in the US. Based on the survey the conclusion is that the ADA is being implemented on the state, territori…
We Won't Go Back
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is a civil rights statute protecting people from discrimination based on a disability in both the private and the public sectors. Using interviews with grass roots persons with disabilities across the USA-many of whom are experienced activists-and using other sources this article describes the reaction of the disability community in the United States to the passage of the ADA and its impact. Largely peopl…
Understanding Disability Policy
Teaching Disability Studies in Canada and the USA
Using a 1993 sample (n=107) of persons who teach disability studies courses, a sample (n=27) of disability studies syllabi from the early 1980s, and an extensive bibliography the authors discuss the history and the present condition of disability studies courses in the US and Canada. They discuss the disability paradigm and the methodology used in disability studies courses. The variety and geographical spread of such courses are noted. An extens…
Eugenics and Disability Discrimination
Testimony presented during the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (P.L. 101–336) indicated the continued existence of discrimination based upon a disability. Many persons, including academics, do not believe that such discrimination exists nor do they believe that some of the most threatening discrimination in the US is based in state law. This paper details these state laws (past and present) in the area of domestic relations and pre…
The Americans with Disabilities Act
Some persons in the US view the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) as a civil rights act. Others view it as an intrusive and costly mandate imposed upon the state and local governments by the federal government. In an attempt to resolve the issue, the question of costs versus civil rights in the ADA is reviewed. The argument that the ADA is intrusive and costly is analyzed showing that it fails in terms of logic and fiscal impact. A conclusion…
Introduction
The Problem of Disability Definition
Overview of the Disability Movement
This article presents a brief history and legislative record of the disability movement, along with their political implications. Beginning with the mid‐nineteenth century efforts of Samuel Gridley Howe, the history of disability policy is reviewed. The impact of the field of eugenics is assessed. Notable achievements of the disability movement over the last two decades are presented, culminating in the Americans with Disabilities Act. The basic …
A Case for including Disability Policy Issues in Public Policy Curricula
Many graduate schools of public policy are considering how to expand their curriculum to be more inclusive of diverse elements in society. Some of the themes are familiar: how to learn from the experiences of different countries, how to bring in the perspective of women and people of different races and nationalities. Yet rarely does the debate include people with disabilities, despite the fact that there-are far more people with disabilities (as…
Student Evaluations and Faculty Members with a Disability
s of hypothetical prospective faculty members were distributed to a sample of 307 university students. They were systematically manipulated as to whether the candidate had a disability. The students were asked to rate the hypothetical prospective faculty members on the basis of teaching and professional characteristics as well as whether they would sign up for a class with them and would recommend hiring them. In terms of teaching characteristics…
The Influence of the Socio-economic Characteristics of Disabled People on Their Employment Status and Income
Most of the studies of the employment and income levels of disabled people focus on a specific disability or on severely disabled persons. A few studies are cross disability ones, but they fail to go beyond simple associations or else have extremely small sample sizes. There is a need for studies which are cross disability and which have an adequate sample size in order to determine if there are structural variables in society—like a class system…
Activities and Appointments
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. As you have access to this content, a full PDF is available via the ‘Save PDF’ action button
Public Transit Access for Disabled Persons in the United States
Disabled persons in the United States often lack usable public transit. The two most common solutions put forth are lift equipped buses on a fixed route and demand-response paratransit systems. Both of these programs have serious drawbacks in terms of service provided and costs, but a combination of them can begin to resolve the problem of public transit for disabled persons. The arguments for and against the use of lift buses and paratransit sys…
Government Policy Toward Handicapped Individuals
An Extension of the Linked Indices for Assessing Relevance Model
Education and Voting Turnout of Blacks in the 1968 Presidential Election
The Measurement of Inter-Party Competition and Systemic Stability
The American two-party system is a constant object of study by many political scientists, yet there exists no adequate scale by which to measure inter-party competition and the stability of our two-party system. It is the purpose of this article to present a simple index by which the condition of any two-party system (national or state or foreign) can be determined in relation to its expected behavior
The Measurement of Inter-Party Competition and Systemic Stability
The American two-party system is a constant object of study by many political scientists, yet there exists no adequate scale by which to measure inter-party competition and the stability of our two-party system. It is the purpose of this article to present a simple index by which the condition of any two-party system (national or state or foreign) can be determined in relation to its expected behavior
Overview of the Disability Movement
This article presents a brief history and legislative record of the disability movement, along with their political implications. Beginning with the mid‐nineteenth century efforts of Samuel Gridley Howe, the history of disability policy is reviewed. The impact of the field of eugenics is assessed. Notable achievements of the disability movement over the last two decades are presented, culminating in the Americans with Disabilities Act. The basic …
The Icidh and the Need for its Revision
The International Classification of Impairments, Disabilities, and Handicaps (ICIDH) published and used by the World Health Organization is currently undergoing a revision. Its conceptual basis is the medical model which leads to the medicalization of disability. From this point it is a short step to eugenics and a class-based evaluation of people with disabilities using the concept of 'normal'. People with disabilities are found to be lacking an…
Eugenics and Disability Discrimination
Testimony presented during the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (P.L. 101–336) indicated the continued existence of discrimination based upon a disability. Many persons, including academics, do not believe that such discrimination exists nor do they believe that some of the most threatening discrimination in the US is based in state law. This paper details these state laws (past and present) in the area of domestic relations and pre…
The Devils are in the Details
The Americans with Disabilities Act
Some persons in the US view the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) as a civil rights act. Others view it as an intrusive and costly mandate imposed upon the state and local governments by the federal government. In an attempt to resolve the issue, the question of costs versus civil rights in the ADA is reviewed. The argument that the ADA is intrusive and costly is analyzed showing that it fails in terms of logic and fiscal impact. A conclusion…
Government Policy Toward Handicapped Individuals
Education and Voting Turnout of Blacks in the 1968 Presidential Election
The Problem of Disability Definition
The Americans with Disabilities Act
Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) prohibits public entities in the US from discriminating against people on the basis of a disability. The term 'public entity' includes all state, territorial, and local governments and their instrumentalities. A survey was conducted to determine the extent of compliance by public entities in the US. Based on the survey the conclusion is that the ADA is being implemented on the state, territori…
We Won't Go Back
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is a civil rights statute protecting people from discrimination based on a disability in both the private and the public sectors. Using interviews with grass roots persons with disabilities across the USA-many of whom are experienced activists-and using other sources this article describes the reaction of the disability community in the United States to the passage of the ADA and its impact. Largely peopl…
Introduction
Ethnic and religious perspectives on disability and the helping professions
This note looks at ethnic and religious perspectives of people who are training for and/or working in the helping professions in regard to their views of disability. The Modified Issues in Disabilities Scale (MIDS) was administered to a sample of people training for and/or working in the helping professions. A statistically significant association was found between ethnic and religious perspectives and scores on the MIDS. Department of Education …
Understanding Disability Policy
A Case for including Disability Policy Issues in Public Policy Curricula
Many graduate schools of public policy are considering how to expand their curriculum to be more inclusive of diverse elements in society. Some of the themes are familiar: how to learn from the experiences of different countries, how to bring in the perspective of women and people of different races and nationalities. Yet rarely does the debate include people with disabilities, despite the fact that there-are far more people with disabilities (as…
The Measurement of Inter-Party Competition and Systemic Stability
The American two-party system is a constant object of study by many political scientists, yet there exists no adequate scale by which to measure inter-party competition and the stability of our two-party system. It is the purpose of this article to present a simple index by which the condition of any two-party system (national or state or foreign) can be determined in relation to its expected behavior
An Extension of the Linked Indices for Assessing Relevance Model
Education and Voting Turnout of Blacks in the 1968 Presidential Election
Government Policy Toward Handicapped Individuals
Public Transit Access for Disabled Persons in the United States
Disabled persons in the United States often lack usable public transit. The two most common solutions put forth are lift equipped buses on a fixed route and demand-response paratransit systems. Both of these programs have serious drawbacks in terms of service provided and costs, but a combination of them can begin to resolve the problem of public transit for disabled persons. The arguments for and against the use of lift buses and paratransit sys…
Student Evaluations and Faculty Members with a Disability
s of hypothetical prospective faculty members were distributed to a sample of 307 university students. They were systematically manipulated as to whether the candidate had a disability. The students were asked to rate the hypothetical prospective faculty members on the basis of teaching and professional characteristics as well as whether they would sign up for a class with them and would recommend hiring them. In terms of teaching characteristics…
The Influence of the Socio-economic Characteristics of Disabled People on Their Employment Status and Income
Most of the studies of the employment and income levels of disabled people focus on a specific disability or on severely disabled persons. A few studies are cross disability ones, but they fail to go beyond simple associations or else have extremely small sample sizes. There is a need for studies which are cross disability and which have an adequate sample size in order to determine if there are structural variables in society—like a class system…
Activities and Appointments
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. As you have access to this content, a full PDF is available via the ‘Save PDF’ action button
A Case for including Disability Policy Issues in Public Policy Curricula
Many graduate schools of public policy are considering how to expand their curriculum to be more inclusive of diverse elements in society. Some of the themes are familiar: how to learn from the experiences of different countries, how to bring in the perspective of women and people of different races and nationalities. Yet rarely does the debate include people with disabilities, despite the fact that there-are far more people with disabilities (as…
The Problem of Disability Definition
Overview of the Disability Movement
This article presents a brief history and legislative record of the disability movement, along with their political implications. Beginning with the mid‐nineteenth century efforts of Samuel Gridley Howe, the history of disability policy is reviewed. The impact of the field of eugenics is assessed. Notable achievements of the disability movement over the last two decades are presented, culminating in the Americans with Disabilities Act. The basic …
Eugenics and Disability Discrimination
Testimony presented during the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (P.L. 101–336) indicated the continued existence of discrimination based upon a disability. Many persons, including academics, do not believe that such discrimination exists nor do they believe that some of the most threatening discrimination in the US is based in state law. This paper details these state laws (past and present) in the area of domestic relations and pre…
The Americans with Disabilities Act
Some persons in the US view the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) as a civil rights act. Others view it as an intrusive and costly mandate imposed upon the state and local governments by the federal government. In an attempt to resolve the issue, the question of costs versus civil rights in the ADA is reviewed. The argument that the ADA is intrusive and costly is analyzed showing that it fails in terms of logic and fiscal impact. A conclusion…
Introduction
Teaching Disability Studies in Canada and the USA
Using a 1993 sample (n=107) of persons who teach disability studies courses, a sample (n=27) of disability studies syllabi from the early 1980s, and an extensive bibliography the authors discuss the history and the present condition of disability studies courses in the US and Canada. They discuss the disability paradigm and the methodology used in disability studies courses. The variety and geographical spread of such courses are noted. An extens…
We Won't Go Back
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is a civil rights statute protecting people from discrimination based on a disability in both the private and the public sectors. Using interviews with grass roots persons with disabilities across the USA-many of whom are experienced activists-and using other sources this article describes the reaction of the disability community in the United States to the passage of the ADA and its impact. Largely peopl…
Understanding Disability Policy
Activities and Appointments
The Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar Program contributes to the intellectual life of the campus by
The Americans with Disabilities Act
Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) prohibits public entities in the US from discriminating against people on the basis of a disability. The term 'public entity' includes all state, territorial, and local governments and their instrumentalities. A survey was conducted to determine the extent of compliance by public entities in the US. Based on the survey the conclusion is that the ADA is being implemented on the state, territori…
The Icidh and the Need for its Revision
The International Classification of Impairments, Disabilities, and Handicaps (ICIDH) published and used by the World Health Organization is currently undergoing a revision. Its conceptual basis is the medical model which leads to the medicalization of disability. From this point it is a short step to eugenics and a class-based evaluation of people with disabilities using the concept of 'normal'. People with disabilities are found to be lacking an…
The Disability Paradigm
The Devils are in the Details
Ethnic and religious perspectives on disability and the helping professions
This note looks at ethnic and religious perspectives of people who are training for and/or working in the helping professions in regard to their views of disability. The Modified Issues in Disabilities Scale (MIDS) was administered to a sample of people training for and/or working in the helping professions. A statistically significant association was found between ethnic and religious perspectives and scores on the MIDS. Department of Education …
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