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This book provides a comprehensive approach to the perspectives, lived experiences, and socio-cultural beliefs of Indigenous scholars regarding disabilities through a distinctions-based approach. In……続きを見る

'I defy anyone who reads this powerful and urgently needed manifesto not to be galvanised into action' Sophie Morgan, TV host and author of Driving Forwards 'A call to arms, not just for the disable……続きを見る

Analisi sulla disabilità e sulla queerness ormai sono al centro del dibattito in ogni società. Entrambi i campi di studio si occupano d’altra parte di corpi, piaceri e identità, eppure il modo in cu……続きを見る

When people are prevented from meeting their needs, the impact is disabling, whether in the immigration system or in the wider population. Drawing on many years of research and activism, this book a……続きを見る

In churches today, those on the autism spectrum are often at best overlooked by neurotypical church members or at worst infantilized. Viewed as "other," autistic people who feel excluded from the ch……続きを見る

One of the central and novel convictions of the early Christian movement compared to the existing Greco-Roman beliefs was the dogma of bodily resurrection. The Stoics esteemed temperance, disciplini……続きを見る

'Both heart-rending and gorgeous. He teaches us humanity' MIRIAM MARGOLYES 'Thank you, Joey, for getting your dad off his arse to write this book' HUGH BONNEVILLE 'A beautiful book - powerful, persu……続きを見る

Officially, Western societies are waging a war on obesity. Unofficially, we are waging a war on fat people. Anti-fat sentiment is pervasive, and fat people suffer a host of harms as a result: workfo……続きを見る

First published in 1988, Living with Chronic Illness presents a vivid account of the reality of life with chronic illness – from the perspective of patients and their families. The authors look at t……続きを見る

The definitive guide to finding your own way of living a vibrant, fulfilling life alongside chronic illness. 'There is great power in Grace's writing and in her' Cathy Rentzenbrink, bestselling auth……続きを見る

Drawing on contemporary and historic literary and media examples of Western colonialism and Anglophone writings, Disability, the Environment, and Colonialism traces how the perverse nature of coloni……続きを見る

'Your book is the "really good book. Just one" that Roger Butler would have wanted' - Sir Ian McKellen 'Absorbing and often very moving' - Peter Parker, Spectator 'Sir, we are homosexuals . . .' So ……続きを見る

Può una sindrome genetica, che in molti casi genera forme di autismo, cancellare una persona escludendola da ogni contesto sociale? Giacomo De Nuccio, autore delle e-mail raccolte nel presente volum……続きを見る

Live your best, unashamedly unmasked Autistic life with this invaluable resource featuring tools for navigating friendships, family, work, and love, from the author of Unmasking Autism. “Unmasking f……続きを見る

" Las familias luchamos con prestaciones acotadas de obras sociales para que nuestros hijos logren caminar, hablar, chicos con un potencial a veces mayor de lo que el sistema les ofrece, madres y pa……続きを見る

How can we better support and promote inclusivity for those living with Dyspraxia? Documenting her journey from childhood and diagnosis to adulthood, author Kimberley Marie Fraser explores the chall……続きを見る

What can experiences of social and sensory invalidation teach us about what in means to be autistic in a world created for the neuromajority? Living as an undiagnosed autistic person in the loudest ……続きを見る

Is a decline in vision and hearing just a “fact of life” for people as we age? Dual sensory impairment is an under-explored and little understood type of disability, but one which can have an enormo……続きを見る

Presents a powerful new vision of the history of science through the lens of disability studies. Disability has been a centralーif unacknowledgedーforce in the history of science, as in the scientif……続きを見る

Welcome to Book Two: Co-occurring Disabilities in the "Autism: The Big Book Set of Help!" series. This instalment takes on the complexities that can arise when one or more disabilities co-occur in a……続きを見る

This book develops a care justice framework to critique and disrupt current policies and reframe a policy blueprint for elevating a just organization of care for unpaid family caregivers and underpa……続きを見る

Research suggests that approximately 129 million children and 366 million adults worldwide have ADHD. Discover the answers to common questions about living with this neurodevelopmental condition. Pa……続きを見る

Most histories of wounded Civil War veterans construe them as feminized men whose manhood has suffered due to their inability to provide for and raise families or engage in business. Wounded for Lif……続きを見る

This book presents and examines the challenges and compromises required to deliver inclusivity in the existing commercial-built environment and the socio-economic benefits that could result from suc……続きを見る

**"Beautiful and razor-sharp…cannot recommend highly enough." ーAnn Helen Petersen, Culture Study "Cuts boldly and beautifully through that silence, inviting readers to imagine what our world might ……続きを見る

Jenifer, Muriel and I were led downstairs and through the darkened house. The dining room was just as dark. I knew it was full of students. I could barely make out teenagers in the front row. Soon t……続きを見る

**Living in landscapes of ruin and ruination, memory and problematic nostalgia, Rebecca Lindenberg’s Our Splendid Failure to Do the Impossibleplumbs the depths of disruption, decay, and how we go on……続きを見る

In recent decades churches have accommodated people with disabilities in various ways. Through access ramps and elevators and sign language, disabled persons are invited in to worship. But are they ……続きを見る

Operating largely within the world of European-American classical music, this book discusses the creative work of old musiciansーcomposers, performers, listeners, and scholarsーand how those forms o……続きを見る

This book examines how an understanding of social-cultural and resource dynamics can inform the development of context-sensitive approaches to the early education and care of young deaf children, an……続きを見る