Disabling Barriers, Enabling Environments
Language: English
Published by SAGE Publications Ltd, 2004
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- Title
- Disabling Barriers, Enabling Environments
- Author
- Swain, John
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Ltd
- Publication year
- 2004
- Condition
- Good
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0761942653
- ISBN 13
- 9780761942658
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
`This has been a ground-breaking book…and I whole-heartedly welcome a new edition′- Professor Len Barton, School of Education, The University of Sheffield
`It is a really well-structured book which has been very popular and widely used by students…Its great qualities are accessibility and diversity of contributors′ -
Jenny Corbett, Institute of Education, University of London
`This book would be a valuable resource to students of disability studies and to health and social care staff and other professionals who work with disabled people′- Disability and Rehabilitation
The Second Edition of this landmark text has been revised to provide an up-to-date accessible introductory text to the field of disability studies. In addition to analysing the barriers that disabled people encounter in education, housing, leisure and employment, the revised edition has new chapters on:
· international issues
· diversity among disabled people
· sexuality
· bioethics.
Written by disabled people who are leading academics in the field, the text comprises 45 short and engaging chapters, to provide a broad-ranging and accessible introduction to disability issues.
Disabling Barriers, Enabling Environments is an invaluable resource for both students and practitioners alike. It is an ideal text for undergraduates and postgraduates taking courses in disability studies, as well as disability courses in social work, education, health studies, sociology and social policy.
"Synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
About the Author
Sally French is an associate lecturer at the Open University.
Colin Barnes is a Professor of Disability Studies at the Centre for Disability Studies, University of Leeds.
Carol Thomas is a Professor of Sociology at Lancaster University.
"About the title" may belong to another edition of this title.
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