Disability: social aspects

In the decades following the collapse of state socialism at the end of 1980s, disabled people in Central and Eastern Europe endured economic marginalisation, cultural devaluation and political disempowerment.

This comprehensive ground-breaking southern African-centred collection spans the breadth of disability research and practice.

This comprehensive ground-breaking southern African-centred collection spans the breadth of disability research and practice.

The strange and surprising history of the so-called epidemic of bad posture in modern Americafrom eugenics and posture pageants to today's promoters of ';paleo posture'In 1995, a scandal erupted when the New York Times revealed that the Smithsonian possessed a century's worth of nude ';posture' photos of college students.

American Christianity tends to view disabled persons as problems to be solved rather than people with experiences and gifts that enrich the church.

Exploring Doctor Who Fandom Through Screenwriting Practice As Research: Otherness, Intersectionality and Fan Studies explores the diversity of fans and how they form and express their identity within fandom.

This book is the first on the history of both physical and mental disabilities in the Middle East and North Africa during Ottoman rule.

This book is the first on the history of both physical and mental disabilities in the Middle East and North Africa during Ottoman rule.

Provides an international comparative study of the implementation of disability rights law and policy focused on the emerging principles of self-determination and personalisation.

Provides an international comparative study of the implementation of disability rights law and policy focused on the emerging principles of self-determination and personalisation.

Redefining Neurodiversity is a transformative exploration of neurodiversity, redefining how we perceive and engage with cognitive differences.

This book highlights and responds to core questions related to social inclusion of people with disabilities nationally and internationally.

This book highlights and responds to core questions related to social inclusion of people with disabilities nationally and internationally.

This book contains a global comparative study of implementation and monitoring mechanisms for national disability strategies.

This book contains a global comparative study of implementation and monitoring mechanisms for national disability strategies.

This book provides the tools for understanding the concerns, fears and biases people with disabilities and bioethicists have.

This book provides the tools for understanding the concerns, fears and biases people with disabilities and bioethicists have.

Explores how disability activists in the UK and Canada have transformed aspirations into legal claims in their quest for equality.

Explores how disability activists in the UK and Canada have transformed aspirations into legal claims in their quest for equality.

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.

This concise, integrated introduction to the complex relationship between disability and the media offers a roadmap to the key areas of participation, access and representation.

If you are looking for an incisive overview of current thinking and practice in the field of learning disabilities, then this is the book for you.

Read this book to gain an understanding of the knowledge, values and skills required for effective practice in the field of intellectual disability and the opportunities which this work offers for multidisciplinary collaboration for social change.

This book critically compares conflicting perspectives and overlapping themes within the study of disability and illness across recent decades.

This text is a critical and empirically-based introduction to disability studies.

This text is a critical and empirically-based introduction to disability studies.

Disability and New Media examines how digital design is triggering disability when it could be a solution.

Disability and New Media examines how digital design is triggering disability when it could be a solution.

Because of the individual and varying symptoms of chronic fatigue syndrome, medical guidelines encompassing the needs of every patient simply do not exist.

Because of the individual and varying symptoms of chronic fatigue syndrome, medical guidelines encompassing the needs of every patient simply do not exist.

What was it like to be disabled in the Middle Ages?

What was it like to be disabled in the Middle Ages?

This college-level handbook offers a comprehensive and accessible overview of sociological and cultural perspectives on the human body.

This college-level handbook offers a comprehensive and accessible overview of sociological and cultural perspectives on the human body.

Disability and chronic illness represents a special kind of cultural diversity, the "e;other"e; to "e;normal"e; able-bodiedness.

Disability and chronic illness represents a special kind of cultural diversity, the "e;other"e; to "e;normal"e; able-bodiedness.

This text provides an overview of vocational rehabilitation (VR) practice, making it the perfect companion for students and practitioners with an interest in supporting people back to work and improving their sense of health and well-being.

This text provides an overview of vocational rehabilitation (VR) practice, making it the perfect companion for students and practitioners with an interest in supporting people back to work and improving their sense of health and well-being.

Re-Presenting Disability addresses issues surrounding disability representation in museums and galleries, a topic which is receiving much academic attention and is becoming an increasingly pressing issue for practitioners working in wide-ranging museums and related cultural organisations.

Re-Presenting Disability addresses issues surrounding disability representation in museums and galleries, a topic which is receiving much academic attention and is becoming an increasingly pressing issue for practitioners working in wide-ranging museums and related cultural organisations.

Individuals with disabilities are often "e;desexualized"e; in our society, yet they have the same need for intimacy, self-worth, and social belonging as people without disabilities.

Individuals with disabilities are often "e;desexualized"e; in our society, yet they have the same need for intimacy, self-worth, and social belonging as people without disabilities.

Educational Outcomes for Students With Disabilities provides readers with the most current perspectives on outcomes that are certain to have an influence on the services they provide.

Educational Outcomes for Students With Disabilities provides readers with the most current perspectives on outcomes that are certain to have an influence on the services they provide.

Learn how to effectively plan and deliver activities for the growing number of older people with developmental disabilities.

Learn how to effectively plan and deliver activities for the growing number of older people with developmental disabilities.

This valuable book deals with the recreation activities for the disabled, including skiing, horseback riding, running, camping, water sports, and team sports.

This valuable book deals with the recreation activities for the disabled, including skiing, horseback riding, running, camping, water sports, and team sports.

This significant volume provides broad coverage of the spectrum of problems confronted by patients with developmental disabilities and the many kinds of occupational therapy services these individuals need.

This significant volume provides broad coverage of the spectrum of problems confronted by patients with developmental disabilities and the many kinds of occupational therapy services these individuals need.