Another academic book in quar. I really enjoyed this. It was a shorter read than the length of the text made it look (7 chapters with a lengthy bibliography). As someone born pretty much at the dawn of ADA, life prior to the Americans with Disabilities Act didn't really occur to me. The book put into sharp focus the long 20th-century history of disability activism and how it continues today. I would recommend this book for anyone who is looking to get a 101 on accessible design in America. It should be noted that the text focused mainly on physical disability. But, as an intro to the concept, I think it would be hard to squeeze all disability into a singular book. Plus, it should be noted that physical disability was a real driver of the ADA, so focusing on the activism surrounding that access specifically made sense to me.