Disability: social aspects

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

Some children's 'difficulties' do not present in an obvious way, which makes diagnosis problematic, and access to help unforthcoming.

This book explores the gendered experience of disability.

Christian theology looks forward to a consummation of all things in which hope, justice, and flourishing will finally prevail.

A mainstay of modern life, the global media gives out information about disabilities that is often inaccurate or negative and perpetuates oppressive stigmas and discrimination.

What is the relevance of feminist ideas for understanding women's experiences of disability?

The Disability Bioethics Reader is the first introduction to the field of bioethics presented through the lens of critical disability studies and the philosophy of disability.

What makes a disease real?

Cette recherche sociologique explore les dynamiques complexes du handicap et du genre dans la vie quotidienne des personnes ayant une trisomie 21.

There are more opportunities than ever before for young people with disabilities to participate in sport and adapted physical education.

David Pilgrim PhD is Professor of Health & Social Policy in the Department of Sociology, Social Policy and Criminology at the University of Liverpool.

In recent years, the transitioning body has become the subject of increasing scholarly, medical, and political interest.

In The Family Fund, first published in 1980, Bradshaw discusses the introduction of The Family Fund- a grant given to families in response of the discovery of the damages caused by the Thalidomide drug.

This book examines how and why mothers with disabled children became activists.

This book brings together contributions from twenty-three world-leading scholars and commentators that address a range of contemporary and pressing international themes in mental health, disability and criminal law.

More than a century of research has sought to identify the causes of stut-tering, describe its nature, and enhance its clinical treatment.

Nach Thomas Szasz praktiziert die Psychiatrie insofern »grausames Mitleid«, als sie psychisch Erkrankte zwar versorgt, deren Freiheitsrechte aber grausam mißachtet.

Against the backdrop of the emergence of intersectionality as a dominant paradigm in feminist scholarship and activism, this book explores the genre of metacommentaries as critical responses to the development of intersectionality as a paradigm.

Geistige Behinderung hat verschiedene Ursachen und Auswirkungen.

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.

This book responds to a previously unmet need: unlocking the mysteries of Social Security disability programs and providing medical and mental health clinicians, as well as advocates, with the information necessary to act in the best interests of their clients.

In churches today, those on the autism spectrum are often at best overlooked by neurotypical church members or at worst infantilized.

Some fundamental aspects of the lived body only become evident when it breaks down through illness, weakness or pain.

This timely book explores the spatial and social injustices within our streets, malls, schools, and public institutions.

Exploring issues of disability culture, activism, and policy across the African continent, this volume argues for the recognition of African disability studies as an important and emerging interdisciplinary field.

More than a century of research has sought to identify the causes of stut-tering, describe its nature, and enhance its clinical treatment.

Len Barton's intellectual and practical contribution to the sociology of disability and education is highly significant and widely known.

First published in 1990, this book was the first informed study to focus on care within the voluntary sector.

This is the first book to explore the interplay of disability, gender and violence over the life course from researcher, practitioner and survivor perspectives.

In recent years the concept of 'diversity' has gained a leading place in academic thought, business practice and public policy worldwide.

An intimate account of an anthropologist's relationship with his non-verbal son and how it has shaped and transformed his understanding of closeness and communication.

The Psychology of Blindness and Visual Culture: Towards a New Ecological Model of Visual Impairment advances the debate regarding the inclusion and wellbeing of people with visual impairment (PVI) through looking at the psychological nature of visual culture and its effects on the lived experience.

Drawing upon vivid and harrowing life history narratives of people labelled intellectually disabled, this book examines the ways in which disabled subjects are constituted, regulated, governed, and violated through an account of abjection.

Millions of Americans experience some degree of hearing loss.

Disability is a complex multidimensional social construct where the type of disability and the level of support of individuals needs to be considered within leisure provision.

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Inclusion et participation sont deux concepts qui ont émergé de manière significative dans les politiques publiques à partir des années 2000.

The Politics of Age and Disability in Contemporary Spanish Film examines the onscreen construction of adolescent, elderly, and disabled subjects in Spanish cinema from 1992 to the present.

Parties and celebrations can be highly challenging for children and teens on the autism spectrum and they can often feel reluctant to participate.

What are the realities of 'community care' - the unpaid care given by hundreds of thousands of women, often in their own homes - for children and adults who are handicapped or chronically sick, or for frail elderly people?

Adolescent rites of passage are ubiquitous sociocultural processes that feature across all manner of social activity.

First published in 1999, this volume examines the inclusion of disabled children as a category of children in need under the Children Act 1989 and as eligible for assessments of need under the NHS and Community Care Act 1990 has drawn renewed attention to the plight of these children and their families.

Many people think that profound disability presents us with a real problem, often because it seems difficult to connect with someone who does not seem to think or act like us.

The adoption of the Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities (CPRD) by the United Nations in 2006 is the first comprehensive and binding treaty on the rights of people with disabilities.

Integrating current research with the experiences of people with cognitive disabilities, this volume examines how assistive and cognitive support technologies are being harnessed to provide assistance for thinking, remembering, and learning.