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Adolescent rites of passage are ubiquitous sociocultural processes that feature across all manner of social activity. As transitional healthcare becomes an increasing fixture within paediatric and a……続きを見る

Disability may be his lot, but he decided long-ago not to let it control his fate. A collection of humorous essays centered on life with a disability. These essays give a wry look at the obstacles f……続きを見る

This volume seeks to instigate a discussion about dementia in theatre. The discussions in this book borrow from the literature on dementia’s representation in other artforms, while reflecting on the……続きを見る

The Oxford Handbook of the Sociology of Disability provides a timely and comprehensive overview of the wide range and depth of sociological theory and research on disability-brought together for the……続きを見る

Thomas K. Holcomb's highly successful textbook on Deaf culture has been fully revised and updated in this second edition. The changes reflect those in the field and include three new chapters focusi……続きを見る

Existem doenças que têm a precedência na imprensa e nos meios de comunicação social enquanto muitas outras são postas de lado e praticamente esquecidas, como se fossem passageiras e pouco debilitant……続きを見る

This timely book explores the spatial and social injustices within our streets, malls, schools, and public institutions. Taken-for-granted acts like going for a walk, seeing an exhibition with a fri……続きを見る

Two families at war and Alice finds herself caught in the middle. Can she re-write a story as old as time? When cutbacks force Alice out of her assistant manager role at a Devonshire stately home, s……続きを見る

Anyone associated with dementia knows the pain and agony of watching (and trying to help) someone they love leave them a bit at a time. Th e loved one goes from the Adult stage to the Belligerent st……続きを見る

Once upon a time, there was a teen, Goldiboy was his name, a total rockstar for the win! So, while he also loved a lot of the same things that other kids do ... He was still a little different from ……続きを見る

This is a collection of essays that analyze the presence of ableism in superhero narratives from television shows, films, and comics. Contributors use critical disability studies, media studies, cul……続きを見る

Drawing on recent theoretical frameworks from critical disability studies and art education including normalcy, ableism, disability and Crip theory, this book offers an analysis of the conceptualisa……続きを見る

This volume offers a rare mix of interpretive chapters and primary sources that will be of value to anyone interested in learning about important disability-related issues and exploring the perspect……続きを見る

How would you make a phone call or send email if you couldn't hear, see, or use your hands? This book shows how assistive technology helps individuals with disabilities perform tasks that people wit……続きを見る

Blind Narrations and Artistic Subjectivities: Corporeal Refractions makes an important contribution to the field of blindness studies by highlighting the centrality of blindness in literary composit……続きを見る

‘A radical antidote to the constraints of our current conceptualisation of mental health’ Dazed ‘Exposes the underlying truth that capitalism is fundamentally incompatible with our wellbeing, and te……続きを見る

First published in 1992, The Creatures Time Forgot examines the representation of disabled people – in advertising, particularly that produced by disability charities, and in the work of photographe……続きを見る

**2024 International Impact Book Award (Religion) ★** Publishers Weekly starred review **"Marshaling fine-grained historical detail and scrupulous analysis, Hardwick persuades."--**Publishers Weekly……続きを見る

"A really, really good book . . . both a specific history of [U.S.] disability policy as well as a broad story of the politics of social change." ーJeremy R. Levine, American Journal of Sociology De……続きを見る

Contemporary Literature and the Body: a Critical Introduction introduces readers to key theorists and shifting critical trends in the field from 1940 to the present and examines these in relation to……続きを見る

Pourquoi nous ? est un moyen de sensibiliser le grand public au handicap, d’ouvrir les yeux sur les difficultés, présentes chaque jour, qui sont continuellement des montagnes à surmonter. Baisser le……続きを見る

The World Health Organization has reported that approximately 16% of the global population, over 1.3 billion people worldwide, had some form of disability, and that an additional 190 million people ……続きを見る

Disability activist and social media influencer Melissa Blake offers a frank, illuminating memoir and a call to action for disabled people and allies. In the summer of 2019, journalist Melissa Blake……続きを見る

With echoes of Audre Lorde’s The Cancer Journals and Susan Sontag’s Illness as Metaphor, an extraordinary debut collection from a prize-winning poet that chronicles a Black woman’s journey through d……続きを見る

Эта книга посвящена проблемам незрячих в нашем мире. Со дня ее публикации миновало уже более 100 лет, а этих проблем меньше не становится. Проблемам адаптации незрячих, их реабилитации, освоения ими……続きを見る

A searing critique of the disability rights movement from within, and a call for collective liberation that is pro-Black and centers disabled people of color For over twenty years, Dara Baldwin has ……続きを見る

Offering a current, comprehensive, and intersectional guide for students, practitioners, and researchers, this book synthesizes existing scholarship on culturally responsive practices that assist in……続きを見る

Disability is history and futurity, culture and society, practice and theory, work and play, an immense desire for life by which body and mind are dragged kicking and screaming into each and every n……続きを見る

Intersectionality is one of the most popular theoretical paradigms in gender studies and feminist theory today. Initially developed to explore how gender and race interact in the experiences of US w……続きを見る

Inspirational accounts of veterans who have moved forward from mental and physical injuries toward healthier lives with the help of service dogs. Hundreds of thousands of military veterans seek trea……続きを見る