Disability: Social Aspects

Receiving education and training that lead to a meaningful job, having a career, and being a valued contributor to a professional environment is ta...

This book aims to unveil the dimensions of work-life balance for female academics in Bangladesh exploring both work and family related factors that...

Disability as Diversity: Developing Cultural Competence reveals why disability is a cultural experience, rather than merely a medical status. Conce...

In Menace to the Future, Jess Whatcott traces the link between US disability institutions and early twentieth-century eugenicist ideology, demonstr...

In Menace to the Future, Jess Whatcott traces the link between US disability institutions and early twentieth-century eugenicist ideology, demonstr...

In Menace to the Future, Jess Whatcott traces the link between US disability institutions and early twentieth-century eugenicist ideology, demonstr...

Examines how the politics of the theatre can illuminate the theatricality of politics Theatricality is often dismissed as a distraction from real p...

Examines how the politics of the theatre can illuminate the theatricality of politics Theatricality is often dismissed as a distraction from real p...

This book offers an extensive research work to explore the accessibility of women with disabilities and financial insolvency to social safety net p...

'I thought if I was going to die I should write some things down'Kirsty Everett was going to be an Olympic gymnast. But as she made plans to win go...

Although scholars in the environmental humanities have been exploring the dichotomy between wild and built environments for several years, few have...

In The Terrible We Cameron Awkward-Rich thinks with the bad feelings and mad habits of thought that persist in both transphobic discourse and trans...

There are currently over 1.3 billion people globally who experience exclusion and inequality rooted in persistent and deep ableism. Quality researc...

The long-awaited follow-up to Garland-Thomson's field-defining book Freakery, Freak Inheritance illuminates the convergence of the freak show era w...

Disruptive Stories uses an activist editing method to select and publish authors that have been marginalized in scholarly conversations and enrich ...

Disruptive Stories uses an activist editing method to select and publish authors that have been marginalized in scholarly conversations and enrich ...

This book presents and examines the challenges and compromises required to deliver inclusivity in the existing commercial-built environment and the...

This book presents and examines the challenges and compromises required to deliver inclusivity in the existing commercial-built environment and the...

Research suggests that approximately 129 million children and 366 million adults worldwide have ADHD. Discover the answers to common questions abou...

In a quest to advocate for her daughter, Pepper Stetler uncovers the dark history of the IQ that leads her to question what exactly we are measurin...

A quick, easy, and educational comic book guide thatwill help change the way we talk about sex and sexuality for allbodies.All different kinds of b...

Sharing the personal stories of individuals with disabilities who describe both the challenges and successes of their time in higher education, and...

Drawing extensively on personal experiences, this important volume looks at sexuality and relationships in the lives of people with intellectual di...

The heartwarming and hilarious part-memoir, part-guide from comedian and father-of-six Ashley Blaker, tackling parenting, adoption and...

People with Down syndrome possess a culture. They are producers of culture. And in the 21st century, this culture is increasingly visible as a glob...

This vital addition to carceral, prison, and disability studies draws important new links between deinstitutionalization and decarceration  Prison ...

This vital addition to carceral, prison, and disability studies draws important new links between deinstitutionalization and decarceration  Prison ...

Defining Deviance analyzes how reformers in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries perceived delinquent girls and their often troubled l...

Parents of children with disabilities often situate their activism as a means of improving the world for their child. However, some disabled activi...

Society disables us more than autism ever could My brains still fizzing, my hearts still sore and Im already re-reading Sally Phillips Virginias ...

This book examines how an understanding of social-cultural and resource dynamics can inform the development of context-sensitive approaches to the ...

The inclusion of marginalised groups is a problem of modern democratic societies as representative democracy is built on principles which favour th...

The inclusion of marginalised groups is a problem of modern democratic societies as representative democracy is built on principles which favour th...

In the mental health field, ethical guidelines are strictly enforced to ensure healthy, appropriate, effective, and productive counselor-client rel...

As universities rethink their approach to student and faculty mental health, Mad Scholar showcases academics who proudly embrace the label of the m...

As universities rethink their approach to student and faculty mental health, Mad Scholar showcases academics who proudly embrace the label of the m...

Research has identified resilience as a key element to success in school. Carolyn Williamson searches out ways to develop, reinforce, and alter the...

Active Support is a proven model of care that enables and empowers people with intellectual disabilities to participate fully in all aspects of the...

Neurodiversity in the workplace can be a gift. Yet only 15% of adults with an autism spectrum condition (ASC) are in full-time employment. This boo...