No Pity

People with Disabilities Forging a New Civil Rights Movement

Author Joseph P. Shapiro

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On sale Oct 25, 1994 | 400 Pages | 9780812924121

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"Joseph Shapiro has crafted an interesting book from which everyone can benefit. For those wanting to understand the background against which the Americans with Disabilities Act was framed, this is an excellent primer. At the same time, seasoned veterans of the movement will find within a refreshing review of the personalities and activities of the Disabilities Civil Rights Movement. And for parents seeking a glimpse of possibilities for their child, this book cannot fail to inspire."
--I. King Jordan, president, Gallaudet University

"A quick-paced, informative series of reports from the most recent civil rights front: the campaign to insure that the estimated 43 million disabled Americans have the help and opportunity they need to deal with physical, mental or emotional impairments."
--The New York Times Book Review

Joseph P. Shapiro is an award-winning journalist who is an NPR news investigations correspondent. Before joining NPR, he spent 19 years at U.S. News & World Report as a senior writer on social policy, and served as the magazine’s Rome bureau chief, White House correspondent, and congressional reporter. For his investigative work, Shapiro received a duPont Award, a George Foster Peabody Award, a Robert F. Kennedy Award, and the Edward R. Murrow Award. He is the author of No Pity: People with Disabilities Forging a New Civil Rights Movement. View titles by Joseph P. Shapiro

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December 1 2025

Books for Universal Human Rights Month

For Universal Human Rights Month in December, we are sharing a collection of books that educate on the importance of the fundamental rights and freedoms of all people. Find the full collection of titles here.

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Book covers for True Biz by Sara Novic, Year of the Tiger by Alice Wong, Being Heumann by Judith Heumann, and The Country of the Blind by Andrew Leland against a gray background. True Biz book cover shows a colorful hand signing against a peach background. In red letters at the top it says "New York Times Bestseller" The title is below that in larger letters, of all different colors, purple, green, blue, red. "Sara Novic" is in black letters below that and below the author name there is also a quote in black letters: "Tender, beautiful and radiantly outraged." -- New York Times Book Review Next to that, there is the Year of the Tiger book cover by Alice Wong, which has a red stencil tiger across the right side of the cover. Beside the tiger to the left it says "Year of the Tiger" in black letters. And below that in red letters it says "An Activist's Life" Below that in black letters it says "Alice Wong." To the right of the tiger in red letters at the top right corner of the book it says "Alice Wong provides deep truths. Required reading." —Selma Blair, author of Mean Baby. At the bottom right corner it says in red letters, "Editor of Disability Visibility." Next to Year of the Tiger to the right, is Being Heumann by Judith Heumann. The cover has a gold background and has a photo of Judith Heumann at its center, with her fist pressed against her chin. There are red and purple flowers around her. In black letters at the top it says "Being Heumann." Just below the image of Judith Heumann in two blocks of white horizontal lines, it says in black letters "An Unrepentant Memoir of a Disability Rights Activist" Below these lines in black letters it says "Judith Heumann with" and then in red letters it says "Kristin Joiner." At the very bottom there is a quote in black letters "Her life story as an activist will enlighten readers everywhere." and in white letters beside that it says "Gloria Steinem. The final book on the image to the right is "The Country of the Blind" by Andrew Leland. It's a white book cover with images of different people, one with a service animal, a few holding canes, one in a wheelchair, another person with a walker, two people holding hands on rollerblades. Black text across the cover says "The Country of the Blind." Below that in much smaller letters it reads "A Memoir at the End of Sight" and Below that in larger black letters again, it says "Andrew Leland."

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