Social Work and Disability

This book provides a discussion of the Patient Care and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (ACA) or "Obamacare". It addresses ACA in terms of its impact on improving health and behavioural health services for key diverse populations in America. It was originally published as a special issue of the Journal ..

Bringing together contributions from institutions such as the OECD, the WHO, the World Bank and the European Disability Forum, as well as policy makers and researchers, this volume focuses on disability and work...

Over recent decades an increasing amount of attention has been paid to identifying and meeting the individual support needs of mental health service users and people with physical impairments in the UK. However, the support needs of individuals who fall into both categories have largely been overloo..

Recent policies and government initiatives in many Western countries have strengthened the expectation that young disabled people have the right to be involved in decisions affecting their futures. Sonali Shah uses a comparative study of young disabled students within mainstream and special educatio..