Disability: Social Aspects

Experiencing Disability Stigma in Ghana: Impact on Individuals and Caregivers explores the roots of disability stigma and discrimination in Ghana a...

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

Outlining the key developments of the Disability Hate Crime policy agenda, Seamus Taylor brings together a unique consideration of the theoretical ...

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a profound and potentially ever-lasting impact on our economy, society, and the way that we live. In response to this...

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a profound and potentially ever-lasting impact on our economy, society, and the way that we live. In response to this...

Young adults with intellectual disability tell the story of their own experience of higher education   How do students with intellectual disabilit...

Language is integral to our social being. But what is the status of those who stand outside of language? The mentally disabled, wild children, peop...

Language is integral to our social being. But what is the status of those who stand outside of language? The mentally disabled, wild children, peop...

'Incredible insight with a transgressive, witty, spirit.' COURTNEY LOVE'The most sensational read of 2022!' GEMMA COLLINS'A breath of fresh air... ...

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This introductory text defines and describes disability, while providing concrete practice guidelines and recommendations for students in the field...

Disability and Shopping:Customers, Markets and the State provides an examination of the diverse experiences and perspectives of disabled customers,...

Long before the English became involved in the African slave trade, they imagined Africans as monstrous and deformed beings. The English drew on pr...

A sweeping account of the global rise of English and the high-stakes politics of language Spoken by a quarter of the world's population, English i...

The field of disability history continues to evolve rapidly. In this collection, Susan Burch and Michael Rembis present essays that integrate criti...

A CBC BOOKS BEST NONFICTION OF 2020AN ENTROPY MAGAZINE BEST NONFICTION 2020/21A NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY BOOK OF THE DAY (07/23/2022)Fairy tales sha...

WINNER: Business Book Awards 2023 - Diversity, Inclusion & Equality FINALIST: National Indie Excellence Award 2023 - Social/Political Change F...

This is the first book on working with disabled people to take an aspirational, outcomes-focused approach to professional practice. It forms the fi...

Passionate, engaging and challenging, this second edition of the ground-breaking Disability Studies: An Interdisciplinary Introduction is a contemp...