Disabling America: A book review

Few books have made me think so hard, consider so long, or want to rail at someone somewhere. I still don't know what I think precisely. The book is interesting, provocative even, but I'm not sure that the author has all the answers or understands where the blind fit into the picture. Or are we as different as some advocates, blind and not, have told me. Should blind people be subsumed into the disability soup along with others? Should emotional, trans-gender, or addictive behaviors be styled "dis-abilities"? What can be done to stop frivolous legal actions from giving the legislation a bad name. (Ex. A dentist sued under ADA because his fondling of patients, was he said, a disability. A doctor said his alcoholism was a disability needing special treatment and requirements.) And so it goes. Read the book, it's only a little over 200 pages. Make up your own mind!

Addendum: I've learned that in Spain, unemployment of the blind runs about 30%. Their leading consumer organization, ONCE, an acronym that translates as the National Organization of the Spanish Blind, was given charge by Franco of the lottery. From this base, the "Blind Mafia" as they have been called branched out. Perhaps, we should study the Spanish model???