Electric EDGE
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Jan/Feb 1998

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January/February 1998

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RAGGED EDGE MAGAZINE
(formerly The Disability
Rag & Resource)
Vol 19,
No. 1, Jan./Feb., 1998.
ISSN: 0749-9596
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  • COVER STORY

    Getting our vision to the people

    Reporters can't make sense of disability culture, with a sidebar on a college course in disability studies. Reporting by Mary Johnson.

    ARTICLES

    Fighting to keep 'em in

    California groups try to stop de-institutionalization. The trend's growing, says Josie Byzek.

    The Choice that Nobody's Heard of

    Two bills in Congress call for national attendant service programs. But the public hasn't heard any of this -- yet.

    POETRY

    The Stem of Jesse Taliaferro

    Poem by Edward J. Lynskey.

    COLUMNS & DEPARTMENTS

    From the Editor

    Inside a cocoon.

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    Liberals aren't "The Left;" Chicken Soup is silly, more.

    D.R. Nation

    Crips deplore Latimer decision, praise housing wins, hassle Harvard. Plus: Riding the Dog, Part II, and much more.

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    Mary Jane Owen on Oregon's suicide law.

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