Acknowledgments Introduction Linda J. Rogers and Beth Blue Swadener PART I. Theoretical and Cultural Framing 1. Engaging Anthropology in Disability Studies Devva Kasnitz and Russell P. Shuttleworth 2. Searching for the Cure: Virtual Disability and Collective Action in an Electronic Support Group Gerald Gold 3. View From the Ivory Tower: Academics Constructing Disability Robin M. Smith 4. Symbolic Contexts, Embodied Sensitivities, and the Lived Experience of Sexually Relevant Interpersonal Encounters for a Man with Severe Cerebral Palsy Russell P. Shuttleworth Shareholder Commentary John C. Rossiter PART II. Personal Narratives of Confronting Disability: Insider/Outsider Embedding and Disembedding 5. Semiotics of Accessibility and the Culture of Disability N. Kagendo Mutua 6. A Mother's Construction of the Semiotic Self Nancy Stockall 7. Advocating for Full Inclusion: Mother's Narratives Asha Saini Shareholder Commentary Mara Sapon-Shevin PART III. The Semiosis of Engagement: At/In/About and With 8. Personal Assistance Service and Youth in Transition Marissa Nicole Shaw 9. Both Emic and Etic: A View of the World Through the Lens of the Ugly Duckling Robertta Thoryk, Patricia Roberts, and Angela M. Battistone 10. The Miller Method: An Early Intervention Program to Help Young Children with Autism Make Meaning in Their Lives Christine E. Cook 11. The Meaning of Disability for Grandparents of Young Children with Special Needs Elizabeth Lane Brennan and Philip L. Safford Shareholder Commentary Tim P. Karash Epilogue: After and Into the Narrative Frame Linda J. Rogers, Beth Blue Swadener, and Tembinkosi Nyangiwe End Notes: Semiotically Digesting Dis/ability Floyd Merrell and Myrdene Anderson Contributors Index