Disability: social aspects

Presents an innovative family-based approach to rehabilitation counseling that can be put to use immediately!

Emerging disabilities are disabling conditions that are new to medical science, often medically debated, and lacking in known etiology; or those increasing in prevalence in recent years.

New updates, practices, and tips to pass the exam!

Few baseball fans are aware of the number of players with disabilities who have succeeded in the majors.

The Gothic mode, typically preoccupied by questions of difference and otherness, consistently imagines the Other as a source of grotesque horror.

The Canada Pension Plan disability benefit is a monthly payment available to disabled citizens who have contributed to the CPP and are unable to work regularly at any job.

Over the past three decades, disability theatre artists have claimed greater space on Canadian and world stages.

The Politics of Visual Language is a fascinating and unique perspective on the whole process of political socialization; unique because previous studies in this field have assumed that all participants in the process can hear.

The most current book available on rehabilitation counseling!

Revised to reflect radical changes in the field and their impact on professional practiceNow updated and substantially revised to reflect the CORE/CACREP merger and fundamental changes in the field, this comprehensive graduate-level second edition textbook articulates the complementary relationship between rehabilitation and mental health counseling and how it impacts professional practice.

A Seat at the Table documents the participation of disability activists and organizations in public policy making in Canada.

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***NOW A MAJOR FILM COMING AUTUMN 2026***A story of fighting to belong in a world that wasn't built for all of us and of one woman's activism--from the streets of Brooklyn and San Francisco to inside the halls of Washington--Being Heumann recounts Judy Heumann's lifelong battle to achieve respect, acceptance, and inclusion in society.

This book presents research on disabled children and young people in sport, physical activity and physical education settings using empirical data gathered either with or from disabled children and young people, centring their experiences and amplifying their voices, while decentralising non-disabled voices in research about them.

The second edition of this widely used text has been carefully rewritten to ensure that it is up-to-date with cutting-edge debates, evidence, and policy changes.

The unique and inspiring story of a boy born with the odds against him and the family whose love and support helped him overcome incredible hardships.

Transform Lives with Cutting-Edge AIDive into a revolutionary exploration of how artificial intelligence is reshaping the lives of people with disabilities.

Liza Long is the mother of a child who has bipolar disorder.

Deaf people have the right to read, study, pray, worship, serve, discuss, and meditate on God's word.

Bible and Bedlam first critically questions the exclusion and stereotyping of certain biblical characters and scholars perceived as 'mad', as such judgements illustrate the 'sanism' (prejudice against individuals who are diagnosed or perceived as mentally ill) perpetuated within the discipline of Western biblical studies.

Bible and Bedlam first critically questions the exclusion and stereotyping of certain biblical characters and scholars perceived as 'mad', as such judgements illustrate the 'sanism' (prejudice against individuals who are diagnosed or perceived as mentally ill) perpetuated within the discipline of Western biblical studies.

In The Poor Law of Lunacy, Peter Bartlett examines the legal and administrative regime of the 19th-century asylum, arguing that it is to be thought of as an aspect of English poor law in which the medical superintendent of the asylum has little power.

This book is a study of the pioneer early county asylums, which were intended to provide for the 'cure', and 'safe custody' of people suffering from the ravages of insanity.

This unique interdisciplinary book uses a fresh approach to explore issues of disability in the Hebrew Bible.

An American classic rediscovered by each generation, The Story of My Life is Helen Keller’s account of her triumph over deafness and blindness.

Traumatic brain injury can interrupt without warning the life story that any one of us is in the midst of creating.

Disability and Discourse applies and explains Conversation Analysis (CA), an established methodology for studying communication, to explore what happens during the everyday encounters of people with intellectual disabilities and the other people with whom they interact.

This book promotes a positive message for people with Down syndrome across the world.

Today the Paralympic Movement is recognised as a global sporting phenomenon attracting thousands of athletes from an ever-increasing number of countries.

The first international, cross-disciplinary book to explore and understand the lives of parents with intellectual disabilities, their children, and the systems and services they encounter Presents a unique, pan-disciplinary overview of this growing field of study Offers a human rights approach to disability and family life Informed by the newly adopted UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (2006) Provides comprehensive research-based knowledge from leading figures in the field of intellectual disability

Challenging behaviours, such as aggression and violence, are more common in deaf people than hearing people.

Choice and equity of access to primary and secondary health care services is a priority within all aspects of the NHS, however it must be recognised that for some people access to health care can pose difficulties.

Inclusion is primarily discussed in education.

First published in 1996.

First published in 1996.

Revisits and updates the centrality of the social construction of sexuality, especially in the age of Viagra, FSD (female sexual dysfunction) and the media saturation of sex.

Revisits and updates the centrality of the social construction of sexuality, especially in the age of Viagra, FSD (female sexual dysfunction) and the media saturation of sex.

First published in 1982.

First published in 1982.

First published in 1991.

First published in 1991.

First published in 1996.

First published in 1996.

First published in 1992.

First published in 1992.

First published in 1985.

First published in 1985.

This book sets out to understand how students with disabilities experience higher education and the transition to the workplace.

This book sets out to understand how students with disabilities experience higher education and the transition to the workplace.

First published in 1998, this volume compares disability services and strategies along with students with disabilities across various countries around the world.