| Description |
xxi, 354 pages ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
An historical overview -- Disability and impairment / Carol Thomas -- Disability, disability studies and the academy / Colin Barnes -- Developing an affirmative model of disability and impairment / Colin Cameron -- Dependence, independence and normality / Colin Goble -- Reflections on doing emancipatory disability research / Colin Barnes -- International perspectives on disability / John Swain and Sally French -- Disability and the body / Bill Hughes -- Disability and psychology / Dan Goodley -- Women and disability / Alison Sheldon -- Men, masculinities and disability / Steve Robertson and Brett Smith -- Lying down anyhow : disability and the rebel body / Liz Crow -- Psycho-emotional disablism and internalised oppression / Donna Reeve -- Generating debates : why we need a life-course approach to disability issues / Mark Priestley -- Representation of disabled people in the news media / Robert Williams-Findlay -- Disability culture : the story so far / Alison Wilde -- 'Race', ethnicity and disability / Yasmin Hussain -- Who is disabled? Exploring the scope of the social model of disability / Dan Goodley -- Disabled people, disability and sexuality / Selina Bonnie -- Challenging barriers and enabling inclusion : the role of families / Dawn Benson and Sarah Keyes -- Disability and childhood : a journey towards inclusion / John M. Davis -- Housing and independent living / Laura Hemingway -- Changing technology / Alison Sheldon -- Communication barriers : building access and inclusive relationships / Alan Hewitt and Carole Pound -- Controlling exclusion in education / Michele Moore -- User involvement in services for disabled people / Sally French -- User-led organisations : facilitating independent living? / Hannah Morgan -- Accessing social and leisure activities : barriers to inclusion experienced by visually impaired people / Donna Maria Brown, Pauline Gertig and Maureen Gillman, with Joyce Anderson, Cathy Clarke and Simon Powell -- Disability, sport and exercising bodies / Brett Smith and Anthony Papathomas -- Disability and aging / Ann Macfarlane -- Disabled people, work and welfare / Alan Roulstone -- Care : controlling and personalising services / Sarah Woodin -- Counselling and disabled people : help or hindrance? / Donna Reeve -- Developments in mental health policy and practice : service user critiques / Peter Beresford -- Global economy of 'care' / Maria Berghs -- Disability and social inclusion in the information society / Sally French and John Swain -- Designing inclusive environments and the significance of universal design / Rob Imrie -- Genetics, disability and bioethics / Alice Maynard -- Disability, death and dying : a rights-based discussion of the ultimate barrier facing disabled people / Bill Armer -- Hate crime and the criminal justice system / Pam Thomas -- Human rights in context : making rights count / Marcia Rioux and Bonita Heath -- Future of disability studies / Alison Sheldon |
| Summary |
This text has established itself as essential reading for anyone coming to the subject of disability studies. The book tackles a wide range of issues in numerous succinct chapters written by contributing authors, many of whom are disabled themselves. From the outset, the chapters take a multidisciplinary and international approach. This edition is made up of 42 chapters, 15 of which are completely new to this edition, including: Early seminal writings in disabled studies ; Death and dying ; Psychology ; Hate crime and the criminal justice system ; Sport ; Psycho-emotional disablism and internal oppression. This textbook conveys the continuing developments in the lives and experiences of disabled people. It is valuable reading for students and professionals in the fields of social work, sociology, social policy, health and nursing as well as disabled people |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Discrimination against people with disabilities.
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People with disabilities -- Psychology.
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People with disabilities -- Services for.
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People with disabilities.
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| Author |
Barnes, Colin, 1946- editor
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French, Sally, editor
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Swain, John, 1948- editor
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Thomas, Carol, 1958- editor
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| LC no. |
2013934995 |
| ISBN |
144625898X |
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1446258998 |
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9781446258989 |
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9781446258996 |
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(PDF ebook) |
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