Controversial Issues in a Disabling Society.

Swain, John / French, Sally / Cameron, Colin.

ISBN 10: 0335209041 / ISBN 13: 9780335209040

Published by Buckingham, Philadelphia, Open University Press, 2003

About this Item

23cm x 15.2cm. XI, 198 pages. Original Softcover. Excellent, close to new condition with only minor signs of wear. [Disability, Human Rights & Society] Includes for Example: Controversial issues concerning, not just the meaning of disability, but the nature of society, dominant values, quality of life, and even the right to live/ debates/ fundamental challenges to policy, provision and professional practce that are directly relevant to all who work with disabled people, whether in the field of social work, health or education/ questions and debate/ Syslexia: disability or difference/ the emergence of disability studies/ disabling and enabling labels/ genetic medecine and disability/ disabled people and multiple discrimination/ celebrating disability and impairment/ disability arts/ disabled people and independence/ charity/ Connect: a new charity for people with aphasia/ theorizing the body/ inclusion, integration and education policy/ teachers' conceptions of 'specialness'/ what is 'care'/ do disabled people need 'care'/ social movements and social change/ the British Disability Discrimination Act 1995/ the impact of globalization on disabled people/ Swain is Reader in Disability Studies and Principle Lecturer in Research in Faculty of Health, Social Work and Education at the University of Northumbria, Newcastle upon Tyne/ Sally French is Senior Lecturer at the School of Social Sciences at King Alfred's College of Higher Education, Winchester/ Colin Cameron is a freelance disability equality trainer and consultant, providing training and teaching for organizations in south east Scotland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Controversial Issues in a Disabling Society.
• Publisher: Buckingham, Philadelphia, Open University Press
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0335209041
• ISBN 13: 9780335209040
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Sehr gut
• Weight: 1200 grams
• Seller catalogs:
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Synopsis

Controversial Issues in a Disabling Society has been written specifically to raise questions and stimulate debate. It has been designed for use with students in group discussion, and to support in-depth study on a variety of professional courses. It covers a wide range of specific, substantive issues within Disability Studies in a series of succinct chapters. Each chapter sets a question for debate, places the key issues in context and presents a particular argument. This is an accessible and engaging book which challenges dominant positions and ideologies from a social model viewpoint of disability.

About the Author

Johh Swain is Reader in Disability Studies and Principal Lecturer in Research, in the Faculty of Health, Social Work and Education at the University of Northumbria, Newcastle upon Tyne.
Sally French is Senior Lecturer in the School of Social Sciences at King Alfred's College of Higher Education, London.
Colin Cameron is a freelance disability equality trainer and consultant, providing training and teaching for organizations in south east Scotland, including Lothian Centre for Integrated Living, the City of Edinburgh Social Work Department and the University of Edinburgh.