Disability: social aspects

This path-breaking book analyses the experiences of young sporting women with physical impairments.

This handbook provides a comprehensive and authoritative state-of-the-art review of the current and emerging research and policy on disability law.

This handbook provides a comprehensive and authoritative state-of-the-art review of the current and emerging research and policy on disability law.

The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities is the only UN treaty to date in which the people who are its target, that is disabled people, were actively involved in its drafting and the only one which requires the active participation of disabled people in its implementation.

The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities is the only UN treaty to date in which the people who are its target, that is disabled people, were actively involved in its drafting and the only one which requires the active participation of disabled people in its implementation.

What are the unconscious fantasies circulating in representations of disability?

What are the unconscious fantasies circulating in representations of disability?

This book is a case study which narrates the history of the National Organization of the Spanish Blind (ONCE), established in 1937 during the Spanish Civil War.

This book is a case study which narrates the history of the National Organization of the Spanish Blind (ONCE), established in 1937 during the Spanish Civil War.

The Christian gospel compels humanity to embrace deeper ways of being human together that will overcome false divisions and exclusions in search of flourishing and graced communities.

The Christian gospel compels humanity to embrace deeper ways of being human together that will overcome false divisions and exclusions in search of flourishing and graced communities.

How do you become an 'amputee', 'war-wounded', 'victim' or 'disabled' person?

How do you become an 'amputee', 'war-wounded', 'victim' or 'disabled' person?

Explores in detail an important section of the population of the Roman world which has too often been neglected.

A groundbreaking volume from leading scholars exploring disability studies using a political theory approach.

A groundbreaking volume from leading scholars exploring disability studies using a political theory approach.

This book explores the struggle for disability rights, with a focus on Web equality for people with cognitive disabilities.

This book explores the struggle for disability rights, with a focus on Web equality for people with cognitive disabilities.

As much as we may like to evade them, illness and disability inescapably attend human embodiment - we are all vulnerable subjects.

As much as we may like to evade them, illness and disability inescapably attend human embodiment - we are all vulnerable subjects.

Understanding Oscar Wilde's characteristically unique approach to writing difference Over the course of his remarkable career, Oscar Wilde published two volumes of fairy tales: The Happy Prince and Other Tales and A House of Pomegranates.

Debbie and Judy are twinsbut Judy was born with cerebral palsy, and Debbie was not.

Native Americans suffer disproportionately from many social and health disparities.

Native Americans suffer disproportionately from many social and health disparities.

In the twenty-first century there is increasing global recognition of pain relief as a basic human right.

In the twenty-first century there is increasing global recognition of pain relief as a basic human right.

Many critical analyses of disability address important 'macro' concerns, but are often far removed from an interactional and micro-level focus.

Many critical analyses of disability address important 'macro' concerns, but are often far removed from an interactional and micro-level focus.

This is the first book of its kind to feature interdisciplinary art history and disability studies scholarship.

This is the first book of its kind to feature interdisciplinary art history and disability studies scholarship.

Technology has attracted an increasing level of attention within studies of disability and disability rights.

Technology has attracted an increasing level of attention within studies of disability and disability rights.

Research has long substantiated the fact that living with a disability creates significant and complex challenges to identity negotiation, the practice of communication, and the development of interpersonal relationships.

Research has long substantiated the fact that living with a disability creates significant and complex challenges to identity negotiation, the practice of communication, and the development of interpersonal relationships.

This book provides a concise overview of sexuality and gender identity in clients with intellectual disabilities for therapists, social workers, educators, and healthcare providers.

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.

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.