Disability: social aspects

Concerto for the Left Hand is at the cutting edge of the expanding field of disability studies, offering a wide range of essays that investigate the impact of disability across various art forms---including literature, performance, photography, and film.

It is widely accepted that disabled people should be enabled to have as normal a life as possible.

In the 1980s deaf people were grossly neglected by our society, and little attempt was made, either by the public or the policy makers, to understand their needs.

While welfare has been subject to pronounced criticism throughout the twentieth century, social insurance has consistently enjoyed the overwhelming support of European policy makers and citizens.

While welfare has been subject to pronounced criticism throughout the twentieth century, social insurance has consistently enjoyed the overwhelming support of European policy makers and citizens.

In the 1980s deaf people were grossly neglected by our society, and little attempt was made, either by the public or the policy makers, to understand their needs.

It is widely accepted that disabled people should be enabled to have as normal a life as possible.

Bodies of Modernism brings a new and exciting analytical lens to modernist literature, that of critical disability studies.

Monstrous Kinds is the first book to explore textual representations of disability in the global Renaissance.

Bodies of Modernism brings a new and exciting analytical lens to modernist literature, that of critical disability studies.

Monstrous Kinds is the first book to explore textual representations of disability in the global Renaissance.

Changes are an inescapable part of life, from unexpected disruptions to our day-to-day routines to big life events.

A wonderfully witty and fiercely passionate memoir on living with a disability, and how we can redefine what it means to be disabled.

Changes are an inescapable part of life, from unexpected disruptions to our day-to-day routines to big life events.

During the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Americans with all sorts of disabilities came to be labeled as unproductive citizens.

During the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Americans with all sorts of disabilities came to be labeled as unproductive citizens.

Foucault and Feminist Philosophy of Disability is a distinctive contribution to growing discussions about how power operates within the academic field of philosophy.

Foucault and Feminist Philosophy of Disability is a distinctive contribution to growing discussions about how power operates within the academic field of philosophy.

An impassioned new collection from the Forward Prize-winning poetVolvelle, Rachael Boast's fifth poetry collection, highlights the need to remember old forms of connection in an era of fragmentation and technological acceleration.

The first book to attempt to provide a framework for analyzing disability through the ages, Henri-Jacques Stiker's now classic A History of Disability traces the history of western cultural responses to disability, from ancient times to the present.

The first book to attempt to provide a framework for analyzing disability through the ages, Henri-Jacques Stiker's now classic A History of Disability traces the history of western cultural responses to disability, from ancient times to the present.

What do independence and collectivity have to do with dis/ability performance?

What do independence and collectivity have to do with dis/ability performance?

While research on autism has sometimes focused on special talents or abilities, autism is typically characterized as impoverished or defective when it comes to language.

While research on autism has sometimes focused on special talents or abilities, autism is typically characterized as impoverished or defective when it comes to language.

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2023 im Fachbereich Gesundheit - Menschen mit Behinderung, , Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Stellen Sie sich vor, Sie betreten ein Krankenhaus – eine Welt der Heilung, aber auch der potenziellen Überforderung.

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Este libro se desarrolla un análisis hermenéutico y crítico en torno a cierta experiencia moral de la discapacidad y a sus efectos en la constitución de los horizontes morales o universos de sentido de las sociedades occidentales judeocristianas.

Eva Sala parte de un interrogante lógico para analizar los pasos necesarios que permitan transformar la dolorosa realidad de quienes viven bajo el estigma de la "diferencia".

Man muss für seine Wunder auch etwas tunHumorvolles und Aufrüttelndes, Nachdenkliches und Forderndes zum Thema Inklusion aus erster HandFranz-Joseph Huainigg führt ein erfülltes und ereignisreiches Leben: als Nationalratsabgeordneter, Journalist, Autor, Kabarettist, Inklusionsaktivist, Ehemann und Vater.

A la suite des celebrations du Centenaire des premiers Jeux internationaux silencieux de Paris de 1924, il est interessant d'interroger la place du sport dans l'histoire et la construction identitaire des sourds.

What if disability isn't a deficit to be prayed away?

Im Fokus des Heftes stehen Themen und Ansätze der Disability History aus frauen-/geschlechtergeschichtlicher Sicht.

Bachelorarbeit aus dem Jahr 2024 im Fachbereich Soziale Arbeit / Sozialarbeit, Note: 1,0, (IU Internationale Hochschule), Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Was bedeutet es, wenn das eigene Kind in einer Welt lebt, die anders wahrgenommen wird?

Neurodivergent individuals face unique challenges across various educational settings, and their experiences are often shaped by the level of support and understanding they receive.

Neurodivergent individuals face unique challenges across various educational settings, and their experiences are often shaped by the level of support and understanding they receive.

Identity-Affirming Arts Integration and Special Education introduces a transformative approach to special education by integrating identity-affirming arts into teaching practices.

Identity-Affirming Arts Integration and Special Education introduces a transformative approach to special education by integrating identity-affirming arts into teaching practices.

How do contemporary Japanese television dramas grapple with questions of diversity and inclusion-and what do their stories reveal about the society that produces them?

A la suite des celebrations du Centenaire des premiers Jeux internationaux silencieux de Paris de 1924, il est interessant d'interroger la place du sport dans l'histoire et la construction identitaire des sourds.

A Junior Library Guild SelectionIn Beep, David Wanczyk illuminates the sport of blind baseball to show us a remarkable version of America's pastime.

At a time when the traditional sheltered workshop model has fallen under rightful criticism, and a new paradigm for disability programming is not yet in place, Upcycling Sheltered Workshops offers a revolutionary alternative.

Get the Summary of Adam Marr and Andrew Marr's Tales from the Blast Factory in 20 minutes.

Defects brings together essays on the emergence of the concept of monstrosity in the eighteenth century and the ways it paralleled the emergence of notions of sexual difference.

While the loss of sight-whether in early modern Japan or now-may be understood as a disability, blind people in the Tokugawa period (1600-1868) could thrive because of disability.

This volume explores the collection and display of human, animal, and cryptid bodies from antiquity to the present.

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2022 im Fachbereich Gesundheit - Menschen mit Behinderung, Note: 1,3, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (Institut für Rehabilitationswissenschaften), Veranstaltung: Partizipation von (Förder-)Schüler:innen beim Übergang Schule-Beruf, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Die vorliegende Hausarbeit beschäftigt sich mit dem Thema der Arbeitsassistenz und ihrer Entwicklung in den letzten Jahren.

Reading Victorian Deafness is the first book to address the crucial role that deaf people, and their unique language of signs, played in Victorian culture.

While the loss of sight-whether in early modern Japan or now-may be understood as a disability, blind people in the Tokugawa period (1600-1868) could thrive because of disability.