Search results for “[Subject: disability]”

• Author(s): Munir Zamir • Publisher: Lulu.com • Publisher Imprint: Lulu.com • BISAC: GeneralA collection of poetic writing exploring the identity, pain and power of disability.

• Author(s): Colin Barnes • Publisher: Polity Press • Publisher Imprint: Polity Press • BISAC: DisabilityFor most of the twentieth century, people with disabilities have been regarded as ‘victims’ of their condition and a ‘burden’ on society. Mor...

• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing (IN) • Publisher Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic India • BISAC: Asian - IndicMired inside its rather archaic comprehension as a medical phenomenon, disability, for a long time now, has been ignored as a marker of ...

• Author(s): M. Shildrick • Publisher: Springer • Publisher Imprint: Palgrave MacMillan • BISAC: Sociology - GeneralThis innovative and adventurous work, now in paperback, uses broadly feminist and postmodernist modes of analysis to explore what ...

• 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): 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): Adam Cureton | David Wasserman • Publisher: Oxford University Press • Publisher Imprint: Oxford University Press • BISAC: Ethics & Moral PhilosophyDisability raises profound and fundamental issues: questions about human embodimen...

• Author(s): D. Christopher Ralston • Publisher: Springer • Publisher Imprint: Springer • BISAC: Mind & BodyFrom the Back CoverThis project draws together the diverse strands of the debate regarding disability in a way never before combined i...

• Author(s): D. Christopher Ralston • Publisher: Springer • Publisher Imprint: Springer • BISAC: Mind & BodyFrom the Back CoverThis project draws together the diverse strands of the debate regarding disability in a way never before combined i...

• Author(s): Rebecca Mallett • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Public Policy - Social Services & WelfareDisability Studies is an area of study which examines social, political, cultural, and economic fa...

• 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): 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...

• Author(s): Barbara Altman | Sharon N. Barnartt • Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing • Publisher Imprint: Emerald Group Publishing • BISAC: Organizational BehaviorDisability is often described in a way that suggests that it is a permanent and r...

• 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): Tom Shakespeare • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Social WorkDisability: The Basics is an engaging and accessible introduction to disability which explores the broad historical, social, environ...

• Author(s): John Vorhaus • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Public Policy - Social Services & WelfareGiving Voice to Profound Disability is devoted to exploring the lives of people with profound and mul...

• Author(s): M. Bonner • Publisher: CRC Press • Publisher Imprint: CRC Press • BISAC: GeneticsWhat is disability? Why terminate a pregnancy when disabling traits are diagnosed in the foetus? Can disability be part of a person's identity? These ar...

• Author(s): Rebecca Mallett • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Public Policy - Social Services & WelfareDisability Studies is an area of study which examines social, political, cultural, and economic fa...

• Author(s): Mark Burgin • Publisher: New Generation Publishing • Publisher Imprint: New Generation Publishing • BISAC: DisabilityThis pioneering book empowers doctors, nurses, social workers, physiotherapists and lawyers with a comprehensive und...

• Author(s): Putnam Michelle • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • Subject: Education & Psychology • BISAC: Public Policy - Social Services & WelfareMainstream gerontological scholarship has taken little heed ...

• Author(s): Alan Roulstone | Simon Prideaux • Publisher: Policy Press • Publisher Imprint: Policy Press • BISAC: Disease & Health IssuesIn an era of scarce social resources the question of the changing social policy constructions and respons...

• Author(s): Jan W. Valle • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • Subject: Education & Psychology • BISAC: Special Education - Learning DisabilitiesNow in its second edition, Rethinking Disability introduces new and...

• Author(s): John W. Wilde • Publisher: iUniverse • Publisher Imprint: iUniverse • BISAC: Health Care IssuesThe Disability Journey addresses a subject that is at once timely and timeless, since disabilities will always be with us. Inevitably, dis...

• Author(s): Barbara Altman | Sharon N. Barnartt • Publisher: Jai Press Inc. • Publisher Imprint: Jai Press Inc. • BISAC: HistoryThe first volume presents a collection of exciting papers exploring several new areas of disability research. The con...

• 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): Dan Goodley • Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd • Publisher Imprint: Sage Publications Ltd • BISAC: Sociology - GeneralThis updated edition of what is becoming a classic text in the field of disability studies shows us how disability ...

• 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): Ronald J. Berger | Laura S. Lorenz • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Public Policy - Social Services & WelfareThis groundbreaking text makes an intervention on behalf of disability studies into the br...

• Author(s): Hans | Asha • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: Routledge India • Subject: Sociology and AnthropologyThis book explores the gendered experience of disability, focusing on the unique challenges faced by women with d...

• Author(s): G.N. Karna • Publisher: Gyan Publishing House • Publisher Imprint: Gyan Publishing HouseNo one can deny the fact that this is a dearth of books on disability and on those, who are physically challenged. This research based volume ful...

• Author(s): Stephanie W. Cawthon • Publisher: Tspa the Self Publishing Agency Inc. • Publisher Imprint: Tspa the Self Publishing Agency Inc. • BISAC: DisabilityDisability Is Human is your gentle guide to accessibility through the lens of real, l...

• 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): Harriet Cooper • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Social WorkThis book examines the relationship between contemporary cultural representations of disabled children on the one hand, and disabilit...

• 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): Tom Shakespeare • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Social WorkDisability: The Basics is an engaging and accessible introduction to disability which explores the broad historical, social, environ...

• Author(s): Luanjiao Hu • Publisher: Information Age Publishing • Publisher Imprint: Information Age Publishing • BISAC: Ethnic Studies - Asian StudiesThis book mainly explores the lived experiences of six women, including the author herself, wi...