James Charlton
Encyclopedia
James I. Charlton is an American author
, disability rights activist, and Executive Vice President of Access Living in Chicago.
He holds that disability is socially constructed
.
He created a model of the disability rights movement
that differentiates between a number of different kinds of organizations.
. Charlton has been Director of Programs, Executive Vice President and Acting President of Access Living since 1985. Charlton is an assistant professor in the Department of Disability and Human Development at the University of Illinois at Chicago
. He is a member of the Chicago Transit Authority
's Board of Directors.
His book Nothing about us without us: disability oppression and empowerment has been described as "A defining document in the literature of disability culture."
Charlton authored the journal article Peripheral Everywhere about disabled persons as
"double outcast".
Author
An author is broadly defined as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created. Narrowly defined, an author is the originator of any written work.-Legal significance:...
, disability rights activist, and Executive Vice President of Access Living in Chicago.
He holds that disability is socially constructed
Social model of disability
The social model of disability is a reaction to the dominant medical model of disability which in itself is a Cartesian functional analysis of the body as machine to be fixed in order to conform with normative values...
.
He created a model of the disability rights movement
Disability rights movement
The disability rights movement is the movement to secure equal opportunities and equal rights for people with disabilities. The specific goals and demands of the movement are: accessibility and safety in transportation, architecture, and the physical environment, equal opportunities in independent...
that differentiates between a number of different kinds of organizations.
Career
He has a graduate degree from the University of ChicagoUniversity of Chicago
The University of Chicago is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It was founded by the American Baptist Education Society with a donation from oil magnate and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller and incorporated in 1890...
. Charlton has been Director of Programs, Executive Vice President and Acting President of Access Living since 1985. Charlton is an assistant professor in the Department of Disability and Human Development at the University of Illinois at Chicago
University of Illinois at Chicago
The University of Illinois at Chicago, or UIC, is a state-funded public research university located in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Its campus is in the Near West Side community area, near the Chicago Loop...
. He is a member of the Chicago Transit Authority
Chicago Transit Authority
Chicago Transit Authority, also known as CTA, is the operator of mass transit within the City of Chicago, Illinois and some of its surrounding suburbs....
's Board of Directors.
His book Nothing about us without us: disability oppression and empowerment has been described as "A defining document in the literature of disability culture."
Charlton authored the journal article Peripheral Everywhere about disabled persons as
"double outcast".