Search results for “[Subject: disability]”

• Author(s): Ronda C. Talley • Publisher: Springer • Publisher Imprint: Springer • BISAC: Health Care DeliveryFrom the Back CoverCaring for people with disabilities often becomes an all-encompassing responsibility for one or more family members. ...

• Author(s): Julie E. Maybee • Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers • Publisher Imprint: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers • BISAC: SocialIn this new theoretical approach to disability, Maybee traces societal constructions of human ph...

• Author(s): Lennard J. Davis • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Sociology - GeneralWhile there are many introductions to disability and disability studies, most presume an advanced academic knowledge of a r...

• Author(s): Colin Barnes • Publisher: Polity Press • Publisher Imprint: Polity Press • BISAC: Sociology - GeneralThe second edition of this widely used text has been carefully rewritten to ensure that it is up-to-date with cutting-edge debates, ...

• Author(s): Stephanie L. Kerschbaum • Publisher: New York University Press • Publisher Imprint: New York University Press • BISAC: Hearing & SpeechHow can we learn to notice the signs of disability? We see indications of disability everywher...

• Author(s): Ann Leahy • Publisher: Policy Press • Publisher Imprint: Policy Press • BISAC: GerontologyEstablishing a critical and interdisciplinary dialogue, this text engages with the typically disparate fields of social gerontology and disabil...

• Author(s): Simi Linton • Publisher: New York University Press • Publisher Imprint: New York University Press • BISAC: DisabilityA comprehensive assessment of the field of Disability Studies that presents beyond the medical to dig into the meani...

• Author(s): Peggy Quinn • Publisher: Sage Publications • Publisher Imprint: Sage Publications • BISAC: Public Policy - Social Services & WelfareBeginning with infancy and the diagnosis of congenital or early onset disabilities, this book ide...

• Author(s): Michael L. Wehmeyer • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Education & Psychology • BISAC: Mental HealthRoughly 54 million people with disabilities live in the U.S., and there are many more millions of p...

• Author(s): Rachel Adams | Benjamin Reiss | David Serlin • Publisher: New York University Press • Publisher Imprint: New York University Press • BISAC: People with DisabilitiesIntroduces key terms, concepts, debates, and histories for Disability...

• Author(s): John • Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd • Publisher Imprint: SAGE Publications Ltd • BISAC: GeneralSince it was first published in 1993, Disabling Barriers, Enabling Environments has established itself as essential reading for anyone...

• Author(s): Barbara Boroson • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Special Education - GeneralThis insightful guide shows professionals how to collaborate with parents and guardians of children with disabilitie...

• Author(s): Stephanie L. Kerschbaum • Publisher: New York University Press • Publisher Imprint: New York University Press • BISAC: Hearing & SpeechHow can we learn to notice the signs of disability? We see indications of disability everywher...

• Author(s): Carlson Licia | Matthew C. Murray • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Social WorkThis ground-breaking volume considers what it means to make claims of disability membership in view of the robust Disability ...

• Author(s): Colin Barnes • Publisher: Polity Press • Publisher Imprint: Polity Press • BISAC: DisabilityOver recent years there has been an unprecedented upsurge of interest in the general area of disability and disability studies amongst academ...

• Author(s): Wesley Keller • Publisher: Murphy & Moore Publishing • Publisher Imprint: Murphy & Moore Publishing • BISAC: DisabilityThe disability law seeks to protect disabled persons from various forms of discrimination, increase measur...

• Author(s): Lisa Schur | Douglas Kruse | Peter Blanck • Publisher: Cambridge University Press • Publisher Imprint: Cambridge University Press • BISAC: GeneralTo what extent are people with disabilities fully included in economic, political, and ...

• Author(s): Mark Rapley • Publisher: Cambridge University Press • Publisher Imprint: Cambridge University Press • BISAC: Psychopathology - GeneralA range of case studies, drawing upon ethnomethodological and conversation analytic scholarship, re...

• Author(s): Steven M. Bragg • Publisher: Accountingtools, Inc. • Publisher Imprint: Accountingtools, Inc. • BISAC: Personal Finance - GeneralDisability insurance is both important and expensive, so it is critical to understand when you should ob...

• Author(s): Jessica Begon • Publisher: Oxford University Press • Publisher Imprint: Oxford University Press • BISAC: PoliticalDisability through the Lens of Justice offers a contextual framework for considering the limitations that disability pl...

• Author(s): Benedicte Ingstad • Publisher: University of California Press • Publisher Imprint: University of California Press • BISAC: Health And FitnessSpurred by the United Nation's International Decade for Disabled Persons and medical anthrop...

• Author(s): Debra A. Harley | Chris Flaherty • Publisher: Springer Publishing Company • Publisher Imprint: Springer Publishing Company • BISAC: Counseling - GeneralDelivers knowledge critical to understanding the multidimensional aspects of work...

• Author(s): Kothari Jayna • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Law and Criminology • BISAC: DisabilityAccording to the 2001 census, India has more than twenty million people suffering from various disabilities. Howeve...

• Author(s): Len Barton • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Sociology - GeneralThe study of disability has traditionally been influenced mainly by medical and psychological models. The aim of this new text, D...

• Author(s): Julie E. Maybee • Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers • Publisher Imprint: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers • BISAC: SocialIn this new theoretical approach to disability, Maybee traces societal constructions of human ph...

• Author(s): Colin Lindsay | Bent Greve | Ignazio Cabras • Publisher: Wiley • Publisher Imprint: Blackwell • Subject: Politics and Current Affairs • BISAC: Public Policy - Social PolicyAbout the Book Bringing together researchers from the fields ...

• Author(s): Sara E. Green | Sharon N. Barnartt • Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing • Publisher Imprint: Emerald Group Publishing • BISAC: DisabilityCurrent research in Sociology of Disability has a tendency to assume that very little written i...

• Author(s): Elizabeth Depoy • Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc • Publisher Imprint: Sage Publications, Inc • BISAC: DisabilityPresenting fully integrative text covering disability from a variety of disciplines This innovative text first reviews...

• Author(s): Narelle Warren • Publisher: Springer • Publisher Imprint: Springer • BISAC: Sociology - GeneralFrom the Back CoverChronic conditions and physical impairments can take a psychological, social and economic toll, and are assumed to dimi...

• Author(s): Spencer Bishins • Publisher: Bishins Publishing • Publisher Imprint: Bishins Publishing • BISAC: DisabilityA former Social Security Administration (SSA) disability decision writer goes behind the scenes to show you why it's so diffic...

• Author(s): Gary L • Publisher: SAGE Publications Inc • Publisher Imprint: SAGE Publications Inc • BISAC: Public Policy - Social Services & WelfareThe SAGE Reference Series on Disability, from Gary L Albrecht - editor of Handbook of Disabili...

• Author(s): Christine Bigby | Gordon Grant • Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers • Publisher Imprint: Jessica Kingsley Publishers • BISAC: GerontologyA comprehensive text addressing this issue is welcome and this book addresses service provis...

• Author(s): Lennard J. Davis • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Sociology - GeneralWhile there are many introductions to disability and disability studies, most presume an advanced academic knowledge of a r...

• Author(s): Roland Meinert • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: RoutledgeAlthough the field of disability services and societal understanding of disability issues have advanced in recent decades there remain controversial subje...

• Author(s): Debbie Johnson • Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform • Publisher Imprint: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform • BISAC: Subjects & Themes - DisabilityWritten by a survivor of a disabling car/semi acciden...

• Author(s): Narelle Warren • Publisher: Springer • Publisher Imprint: Springer • BISAC: Applied PsychologyFrom the Back CoverChronic conditions and physical impairments can take a psychological, social and economic toll, and are assumed to dimin...