Adult-directed utopian fiction has historically rejected depictions of persons with disabilities, underrepresenting a community that comprises an estimated 15% of the world's population.
Mit den beiden Begriffen der "Emotion" und "Persönlichkeit" im Zentrum eröffnet der Band einen vielschichtigen Zugang zu den einfachsten Formen psychischen Erlebens, aber auch Einblicke in die komplexen Strukturen der Persönlichkeit.
Adult-directed utopian fiction has historically rejected depictions of persons with disabilities, underrepresenting a community that comprises an estimated 15% of the world's population.
This book is a critical disability studies examination of the lived experience of chronic pain, engaging with and making a significant contribution to crip theory and the concept of 'crip time'.
This book is a critical disability studies examination of the lived experience of chronic pain, engaging with and making a significant contribution to crip theory and the concept of 'crip time'.
Contemporary Literature and the Body: a Critical Introduction introduces readers to key theorists and shifting critical trends in the field from 1940 to the present and examines these in relation to close readings of texts from a range of different genres.
This volume offers a rare mix of interpretive chapters and primary sources that will be of value to anyone interested in learning about important disability-related issues and exploring the perspectives of disabled people.
Drawing on recent theoretical frameworks from critical disability studies and art education including normalcy, ableism, disability and Crip theory, this book offers an analysis of the conceptualisation of ability in art education and its relationship with disability.
Based on research focusing on the experience of having confused speech and being with confused speakers, this book begins with everyday, commonly understood ideas such as "e;talking too much"e; and examines how confused speech is "e;brought off"e; as a collaborative activity by the people involved.
Based on research focusing on the experience of having confused speech and being with confused speakers, this book begins with everyday, commonly understood ideas such as "e;talking too much"e; and examines how confused speech is "e;brought off"e; as a collaborative activity by the people involved.
Mit "queer" bezeichnen sich inzwischen weltweit Menschen, die ihre geschlechtliche Identität und/oder sexuelle Orientierung als außerhalb der zweigeschlechtlichen und heterosexuellen gesellschaftlichen Norm ansehen.
This case study of transportation policy for disabled people illustrates the flaws in policymaking that lead many Americans to believe government is not working as it should.
Drawing on recent theoretical frameworks from critical disability studies and art education including normalcy, ableism, disability and Crip theory, this book offers an analysis of the conceptualisation of ability in art education and its relationship with disability.
Contemporary Literature and the Body: a Critical Introduction introduces readers to key theorists and shifting critical trends in the field from 1940 to the present and examines these in relation to close readings of texts from a range of different genres.
Das Buch befasst sich mit autistischen Personen mit Lernschwierigkeiten und komplexen Beeinträchtigungen und nicht nur – wie in der Fachliteratur der letzten Jahre häufig üblich – sogenannten hochfunktionalen oder Asperger Autist*innen.
Over the last three decades, a number of reforms have taken place in European social policy with an impact on the opportunities for persons with disabilities to be full and active members of society.
This is the only text to provide comprehensive coverage of human growth and development, a requirement mandated by the Council of Rehabilitation Education (CORE) for a master's degree in rehabilitation counseling and for Licensed Professional Counselor certification.
This succinct and engaging text examines the complex relationship between theatre and disability, bringing together a wide variety of performance examples in order to explore theatrical disability through the conceptual frameworks of disability as spectacle, narrative, and experience.
Bohemian composer Bohuslav Martinu (1890-1959) was exceptionally prolific, composing over 400 imaginative, well-crafted, and diverse pieces, including symphonies, operas, ballet scores, and other orchestral works.
One of the great prophetic figures of our time was Jean Vanier, founder of the L'Arche communities, where those with and without disabilities share life together.
This book is about the social condition of Deaf people, told through a Deaf woman's autobiography and a series of essays investigating how hearing societies relate to Deaf people.
Personalisation in mental health services is a subject that encompasses many areas and meanings, from social inclusion principles through to a simple direct payment, and as such this handbook aims ot assist service users, carers and professionals to work through the themes and issues as related to recovery based mental health care and support.
This handbook comprises contributions from key staff working with In Control as well as from colleagues drawn from other leading organisations, partners and allies.
In Delicious Conversations Phoebe Caldwell offers us her personal insights into how we can experience intimacy with those on the autistic spectrum, based on years of experience working in the field.
This handbook focuses on intervention strategies for anxiety and depression in people with learning disabilities and explores the full range of anxiety and depressive illnesses, capturing manifestation, assessment and biopsychosocial models.
