This provocative and groundbreaking book is the first of its kind to propose the concept of Eco-ability: the intersectionality of the ecological world, persons with disabilities, and nonhuman animals. This book calls for a social justice theory and movement that dismantles constructed "normalcy", ableism, speciesism, and ecological destruction.

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Anthony J. Nocella II, PhD, is Visiting Professor in the School of Education at Hamline University, and co-founder and Executive Director of the Institute for Critical Animal Studies.
Judy K. C. Bentley, PhD, is Associate Professor in the Department of Foundations and Social Advocacy at the State University of New York and founding Editor-In-Chief of the peer-reviewed journal Social Advocacy and Systems Change.
Janet M. Duncan, PhD, is Associate Professor in the Department of Foundations and Social Advocacy at the State University of New York. She is widely published on international human rights and disability studies.

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Contents: Julie Andrzejewski: Foreword - Anthony J. Nocella II/Judy K. C. Bentley/Janet M. Duncan: Introduction: The Rise of Eco-Ability - Anthony J. Nocella II: Defining Eco-Ability: Social Justice and the Intersectionality of Disability, Nonhuman Animals, and Ecology - Judy K. C. Bentley: Human Disabilities, Nonhuman Animals, and Nature: Toxic Constructs and Transformative Technologies - Janet M. Duncan: Interdependence, Capability, and Competence as a Framework for Eco-Ability - Robin M. Smith/Jack P. Manno: Critical Perspectives on Disability Studies and Social Constructions of Environments: Commoditization and Its Effect on Society and Nature - Amber E. George: Disney's Little «Freak» Show of Animals in Nature: A Dis-Ability. Pedagogical Perspective on the Disney Industrial Complex - Sarat Colling: Transnational Feminism and Eco-Ability: Transgressing the Borders of Normalcy and Nation - A. J. Withers: Disableism Within Animal Advocacy and Environmentalism - Bill Lindquist/Anna Grimm: Therapeutic Relationships Within the Biotic Community - Alessandro Arrigoni: Institutional and Common Oppression of People with Disabilities, Nonhuman Species, and the Environment in Italy - Deanna Adams/Kimberly Socha: Shocking Into Submission: Suppressive Practices and Use of Behavior Modification on Nonhuman Animals, People with Disabilities, and the Environment - Lynn Anderson/Vicki Wilkins/Laurie Penney-McGee: Eco-Ability: Putting Theory into Action - Carrie Griffin Basas: Private, Public, or Compassionate: Animal Rights and Disability Rights Laws - Norm Phelps: Infinite Ethics: An Inclusive Vision for a Diverse World - David Nibert: Developmental Disability, Animal Oppression, and the Environment - Anthony J. Nocella II: Eco-Ability Theory in Action: A Challenge to Ableism in the Environmental Movement.