Swain, John / French, Sally / Cameron, Colin.

Controversial Issues in a Disabling Society.

Buckingham, Philadelphia, Open University Press, 2003. 23cm x 15.2cm. XI, 198 pages. Original Softcover. Excellent, close to new condition with only minor signs of wear. [Disability, Human Rights & Society]

Includes for Example:
Controversial issues concerning, not just the meaning of disability, but the nature of society, dominant values, quality of life, and even the right to live/ debates/ fundamental challenges to policy, provision and professional practce that are directly relevant to all who work with disabled people, whether in the field of social work, health or education/ questions and debate/ Syslexia: disability or difference/ the emergence of disability studies/ disabling and enabling labels/ genetic medecine and disability/ disabled people and multiple discrimination/ celebrating disability and impairment/ disability arts/ disabled people and independence/ charity/ Connect: a new charity for people with aphasia/ theorizing the body/ inclusion, integration and education policy/ teachers’ conceptions of ‘specialness’/ what is ‘care’/ do disabled people need ‘care’/ social movements and social change/ the British Disability Discrimination Act 1995/ the impact of globalization on disabled people/ Swain is Reader in Disability Studies and Principle Lecturer in Research in Faculty of Health, Social Work and Education at the University of Northumbria, Newcastle upon Tyne/ Sally French is Senior Lecturer at the School of Social Sciences at King Alfred’s College of Higher Education, Winchester/ Colin Cameron is a freelance disability equality trainer and consultant, providing training and teaching for organizations in south east Scotland.

• Keywords: Social History – Rare · Sociology – Rare
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0335209041
• Inventory Number: 40192AB

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