Disability: Social Aspects

The role of disability and deafness in art Distressing Language is full of mistakes—errors of hearing, speaking, writing, and understanding. Michae...

This collection reflects on the development of disability studies in German-speaking Europe and brings together interdisciplinary perspectives on d...

Examining representations of mental difference, this collection focuses on the ways that adaptations (including remakes, reboots, and other example...

Victorian Ethical Optics asks how artists and authors in the Victorian period answer the ethical question of how one should live with others by tur...

Why is the sexuality of people with intellectual disabilities often deemed “risky” or “inappropriate” by teachers, parents, support staff, medical ...

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

A free open access ebook is available upon publication. Learn more at www.luminosoa.org. The Camphill movement, one of the world’s largest and most...

This study offers a detailed analysis of the fiction of J. M. Coetzee, including the novels of the South African and Australian periods, to demonst...

This book addresses a growing demand to hear the authentic voices and understand the lived tourist experiences of people with disability. The lates...

Disability and Political Representation explores how disabled people experience the various stages and aspects of the representation process, drawi...

A history of design that is often overlooked—until we need it Have you ever hit the big blue button to activate automatic doors? Have you ever used...

In Brilliant Imperfection Eli Clare uses memoir, history, and critical analysis to explore cure—the deeply held belief that body-minds considered b...

Historically, interventions designed to impact the lives of disabled people were predicated upon deficits-based models of disability. This began to...

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