Disability Rights and Religious Liberty in Education

Bruce J. Dierenfield is a professor of history and director of the all-college honors program at Canisius College. His books include the prize-winning The Battle over School Prayer: How Engel v. Vitale Changed America. David Gerber is a University at Buffalo Distinguished Professor of History Emeritus and Director Emeritus of the University at Buffalo Center for Disability Studies. He is the author of Authors of Their Lives: The Personal Correspondence of British Immigrants to North America in the Nineteenth Century and editor of Disabled Veterans in History.

"As a disability history, the book excels. . . . Disability Rights and Religious Liberty in Education achieves its goal of creating a comprehensive account of Zobrest that considers disability rights, history, and constitutional law." --Journal of Church and State "The definitive history of the landmark US Supreme Court case Zobrest v. Catalina Foothills School District 1993 . . . This is a great volume for legal scholars, families of special needs children, and school administrators. . . . Highly recommended." --Choice "An excellent job of telling the story of the Zobrests . . . Disability Rights and Religious Liberty in Education has so much to recommend it, both in its fascinating topic and its nuanced engagement with it." --H-Net Reviews