Rethinking Disability Theory and Practice: Challenging Essentialism

Drawing from work in a wide range of fields, this book presents novel approaches to key debates in thinking about and defining disability. Differing from other works in Critical Disability Studies, it crucially demonstrates the consequences of radically rethinking the roles of language and perspective in constructing identities.

Karín Lesnik-Oberstein, University of Reading, UK Sue Walsh, University of Reading, UK Louise Tondeur, University of Roehampton, UK Helen Santa Maria heads a dance school in Reading, UK Hannah Anglin-Jaffe, University of Exeter, UK Simon Bailey, University of Manchester, UK Ute Kalender, Charité Universitätsmedizin, Germany Catrin Edwards works in policy and campaigns for a disabilities charity YuKuan Chen, Soochow University, Taiwan Neil Cocks, University of Reading, UK