With U.S. soldiers stationed around the world and engaged in multiple conflicts, Americans will be forced for the foreseeable future to come to terms with those permanently disabled in battle. At the
In World War I America, disabled soldiers became known as ?war’s waste,” refuse left in the wake of modern warfare. Emboldened by their faith in the ability of the new social and medical sciences to s
An estimated one billion people around the globe live with a disability; this number grows exponentially when family members, friends, and care providers are included. Various countries and internatio
