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During the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Americans with all sorts of disabilities came to be labeled as “unproductive citizens.” Before that, disabled people had contributed as they……続きを見る

What is the direct impact that disability studies has on the lives of disabled people today? The editors and contributors to this essential anthology, Barriers and Belonging, provide thirty-seven pe……続きを見る

In the context of the increasing global movement of people and a growing evidence base for differing outcomes in child welfare, Routledge Handbook of Global Child Welfare provides a compelling accou……続きを見る

Disability, Space, Architecture: A Reader takes a groundbreaking approach to exploring the interconnections between disability, architecture and cities. The contributions come from architecture, geo……続きを見る

This book traces the development of paid work for visually impaired people in the UK from the 18th century to the present day. It gives a voice to visually impaired people to talk about their workin……続きを見る

Drawing on the controversial case of “Ashley X,” a girl with severe developmental disabilities who received interventionist medical treatment to limit her growth and keep her body forever smallーa p……続きを見る

This is the one they don't want you to read. This has been suppressed on the government website. A submission to the Government of Canada on the subject of poverty reduction and housing. No one is b……続きを見る

Although its early films featured racial caricatures and exclusively Caucasian heroines, Disney has, in recent years, become more multicultural in its filmic fare and its image. From Aladdin and Poc……続きを見る

The deaf community in the West has endured radical changes in the past centuries. This work of history tracks the changes both in the education of and the social world of deaf people through the yea……続きを見る

Nominated for the Foundation of Sociology of Health and Illness Book Prize 2018 In the UK and beyond, Down’s syndrome screening has become a universal programme in prenatal care. But why does screen……続きを見る

'Whenever I see Martino I am reminded of how little I know about life and death compared to him. How we don't know what is within us or what may lie on the other side. I hope it's as magical and bea……続きを見る

Best Podcasts: People with Disabilities is an annotated guide to some of the very best podcasts by and for people with disabilities. It describes and recommends 24 podcasts ー 12 about physical disa……続きを見る

The provision of assistive technology is an important individual and collective service of the welfare state. The state plays a significant role towards linking users and products, and the matching ……続きを見る

LoveAbility è il primo libro italiano che affronta il tema dell'assistenza sessuale per disabili, una realtà consolidata in gran parte dell'Europa ma di cui il nostro Paese fatica a prendere atto. D……続きを見る

Questo è un libro suggestivo e sorprendente perché strana è la protagonista, una ragazza con un cervello molto speciale (dalla nascita), che vede poco, non sa leggere né camminare da sola, ma invent……続きを見る

"A very important study that will appeal to a disability studies audience as well as scholars in social movements, social justice, critical pedagogy, literacy education, professional development for……続きを見る

The idea to write to you was not an easy one. The scar from where the bullet entered my back is still there. Jerry McGill was thirteen years old, walking home through the projects of Manhattan’s Low……続きを見る

"I'd like coffee, please." "No. I don't believe you. How do I know it is really you who wants coffee and not your friend there subliminally transmitting that to you by touching your shoulder?" Imagi……続きを見る

Although scholars in the environmental humanities have been exploring the dichotomy between “wild” and “built” environments for several years, few have focused on the field of disability studies, a ……続きを見る

Tiny Tim, Clym Yeobright, Long John Silver---what underlies nineteenth-century British literature's fixation with disability? Melodramatic representations of disability pervaded not only novels by D……続きを見る

Ancient Greek images of disability permeate the Western consciousness: Homer, Teiresias, and Oedipus immediately come to mind. But The Staff of Oedipus looks at disability in the ancient world throu……続きを見る

Given the explosion in recent years of scholarship exploring the ways in which disability is manifested and performed in numerous cultural spaces, it’s surprising that until now there has never been……続きを見る

This is the first book to explore how far disability challenges dominant understandings of rurality, identity, gender and belonging within the rural literature. The book focuses particularly on the ……続きを見る

Research has long substantiated the fact that living with a disability creates significant and complex challenges to identity negotiation, the practice of communication, and the development of inter……続きを見る

Being an ‘active citizen’ involves exercising social rights and duties, enjoying choice and autonomy, and participating in political decision-making processes which are of importance for one’s life.……続きを見る

The heartwarming story of a young woman with cerebral palsy and her struggle to get out of the intellectually disabled system into which she had been misguidedly placed.  “Writing this book ha……続きを見る

The story of America’s first Mental Health Court as told by its presiding judge, Judge Ginger Lerner-Wrenーfrom its inception in 1997 to its implementation in over 400 courts across the nation As a ……続きを見る

Social inequalities are often reproduced in sport and leisure contexts. However, sport and leisure can be sites of resistance as well as oppression; they can be repressive or promote positive social……続きを見る

Erfährt der Mensch ein Update, wie es der Prothetiker Hugh Herr mit seiner Formel von den »Humans 2.0« prophezeit? Die Diskussion um die Hightech-Prothesen eines Oscar Pistorius oder um Aufsehen err……続きを見る

Viele Menschen geraten beim Versuch, gut für sich und andere zu sorgen, an die Grenzen ihrer Kräfte. Was als individuelles Versagen gegenüber den alltäglichen Anforderungen erscheint, ist jedoch Fol……続きを見る