Disability: Social Aspects

Adopting a predominantly psychological approach, this book provides carers with up-to-date information and resources to provide appropriately indiv...

There's so many different types of abuse, and it all comes down to the same thing. It's making people nothing. And Fran was nothing. There was neve...

Many health and social care professionals today feel untrained, fearful and ill-equipped to support their disabled patients, clients and service us...

People with intellectual disabilities are particularly vulnerable to sexual abuse, and offering them psychological support at the earliest possible...

When we ponder about whether it is time to finish a degree, start a family, or retire, we often draw on age to make an assessment: When are we too ...

Disability studies have long been the domain of medical and pedagogical academics. However, in recent years, the subject has outgrown its clinical ...

The stories of fathers caring for non-verbal children and how these experiences alter their understandings of care, masculinity, and living a full ...

In Curative Violence Eunjung Kim examines what the social and material investment in curing illnesses and disabilities tells us about the relations...

A cultural history of disability, performance, and work in the modern United States In 1967, the US government funded the National Theatre of the D...

A cultural history of disability, performance, and work in the modern United States In 1967, the US government funded the National Theatre of the D...

In Brilliant Imperfection Eli Clare uses memoir, history, and critical analysis to explore curethe deeply held belief that body-minds considered br...

One third of people living in the United States do not have a driver license. Because the majority of involuntary non-drivers are disabled, lower i...

The Social Security Administration (SSA) uses a screening tool called the Listing of Impairments to identify claimants who are so severely impaired...

Drawing on contemporary and historic literary and media examples of Western colonialism and Anglophone writings, Disability, the Environment, and C...

The first book to be written on the Judge Rotenberg Center and their use of painful interventions to control the behavior of children and adults wi...

The Social Security Administration (SSA) uses a screening tool called the Listing of Impairments to identify claimants who are so severely impaired...

Drawing on contemporary and historic literary and media examples of Western colonialism and Anglophone writings, Disability, the Environment, and C...

The U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA) provides benefits to disabled adults and children, offering vital financial support to more than 19 m...

The title of this collection of essays, Sex and Disability, unites two terms that the popular imagination often regards as incongruous. The major t...

A wealth of information, now in one comprehensive sourcebook. Completely updated, this edition contains more information than ever before, includin...