Disability: Social Aspects

Independent, confident, and not held back by her disability, Winnifred McNulty has been determined to prove to herself and others that she can do a...

With a variety of case examples and contributions from experienced clinicians, this book introduces Cognitive Analytic Therapy (CAT) in practical, ...

We often think of music in terms of sounds intentionally organized into patterns, but music performed in signed languages poses considerable challe...

Discover how entrepreneurship can dismantle the structural, social, cultural, and internalized stigma of disability in this compelling book. Journe...

Disability is not always central to claims about diversity and inclusion in higher education, but should be. This collection reveals the pervasiven...

This book investigates the interplay between disability and religion in Africa, and what this means in the context of the Sustainable Development G...

'Highly informative, told with warmth and humour' - Adam Kay, author of This is Going to Hurt'Heartfelt and hilarious - deaf awareness beautifully ...

Dementia is one of the greatest challenges facing humanity in the 21st century. Responding to the global dementia challenge, however, affects more ...

South Asian Disability and Deaf Theatres investigates translocal intimacies in relation to 21st century transnational South Asian disability theatr...

This book offers the first ever critical history of dementia studies.Focusing on the emergence of dementia studies as a discrete area of academic i...

Exploring the disability history of slavery Time and again, antebellum Americans justified slavery and white supremacy by linking blackness to disa...

Drawing on recent theoretical frameworks from critical disability studies and art education including normalcy, ableism, disability and Crip theory...

Desde improbables inconformistas hasta líderes y promotoresEn Chasing The Impossible, Rachelle Rutherford, directora ejecutiva de Kids on the Move,...

This book brings together contributions from twenty-three world-leading scholars and commentators that address a range of contemporary and pressing...

Intersectionality is one of the most popular theoretical paradigms in gender studies and feminist theory today. Initially developed to explore how ...

This book introduces experiential knowledge of the intersectionality of disability, sexuality, and gender equality issues. Scholars and disabled pe...

Embodied VulnerAbilities in Literature and Film includes a collection of essays exploring the ways in which recent literary and filmic representati...

This volume seeks to instigate a discussion about dementia in theatre. The discussions in this book borrow from the literature on dementias represe...

Decolonizing Bodies offers novel theorizations of how racial capitalism, colonialism, and heteropatriarchal violence erode the bodily schema and ex...

Decolonizing Bodies offers novel theorizations of how racial capitalism, colonialism, and heteropatriarchal violence erode the bodily schema and ex...

Current research in Sociology of Disability has a tendency to assume that very little written in this area until the last 20 years. However, this i...

First published in 1992, Images of Disability on Television examines the frequency and nature of disability on British and American television and ...

We often think of music in terms of sounds intentionally organized into patterns, but music performed in signed languages poses considerable challe...

People with variations of sex characteristics (VSC) are born with chromosomal, gonadal and/or anatomical diversities that do not fit the typical de...

People with variations of sex characteristics (VSC) are born with chromosomal, gonadal and/or anatomical diversities that do not fit the typical de...

Does the Internet fundamentally change the flow of politically relevant information, even in authoritarian regimes? If so, does it alter the attitu...

Into the twenty-first century, millions of disabled people and people experiencing mental distress were segregated from the rest of society and con...

The Museum Accessibility Spectrum volume engages with discussions around access to museums and argues that what is impairing the progress of museum...

The Museum Accessibility Spectrum volume engages with discussions around access to museums and argues that what is impairing the progress of museum...

While there are many introductions to disability and disability studies, most presume an advanced academic knowledge of a range of subjects. Beginn...

Over recent decades an increasing amount of attention has been paid to identifying and meeting the individual support needs of mental health servic...

Sports are ubiquitous in American society, and given their prominence in the culture, it is easy to understand how most youth in the United States ...

This book provides the reader with a ground-breaking understanding of disability and social movements. By describing how disability is philosophica...