Disability Studies - Sociology

First published in 1987, this book focuses on childhood disability within the family. It examines the very nature of disability itself, as well as many of the fundamental elements of families...

Children of the Paper Crane: The Story of Sadako Sasaki and Her Struggle with the A-Bomb Disease..

Combining theoretical perspectives of political philosophy, social theory, and disability studies, this book untangles the current state of Western intellectual disability politics following the replacement of state institutionalisation by independent and supported living, individual rights, and sel..

Sports are ubiquitous in American society, and given their prominence in the culture, it is easy to understand how most youth in the United States face pressure to participate in organized sports. Using ethnographic research conducted while attending practices, games, and social functions of power s..

Sports are ubiquitous in American society, and given their prominence in the culture, it is easy to understand how most youth in the United States face pressure to participate in organized sports. Using ethnographic research conducted while attending practices, games, and social functions of power s..

Spotlighting a pressing issue, this book discusses how to meet the needs of disabled people in crises and conflict situations. It explores key issues in managing such situations, from preparedness to response to recovery and rebuilding, including international perspectives and outlining their implic..

Over the last half century disability studies has emerged not only as a discipline in itself but also as a catalyst for the interdisciplinary fields of cultural disability studies and Disability Studies in Education (DSE). This groundbreaking book by leading disabilities studies scholar David Bolt u..

Over the last half century disability studies has emerged not only as a discipline in itself but also as a catalyst for the interdisciplinary fields of cultural disability studies and Disability Studies in Education (DSE). This groundbreaking book by leading disabilities studies scholar David Bolt u..

First published in 1984, this book focuses on the support and reassurance needed by parents of children with handicaps. It provides a practical guide in relation to daily care and is equally as relevant to professionals, therapists, teachers, doctors and psychologists who must advise parents...

First published in 1984, this book focuses on the support and reassurance needed by parents of children with handicaps. It provides a practical guide in relation to daily care and is equally as relevant to professionals, therapists, teachers, doctors and psychologists who must advise parents...

This is the first book of its kind to feature interdisciplinary art history and disability studies. Moving away from the medical model of disability that is often scrutinized in art history, the book considers the social model and representations of disabled figures. Topics addressed include visible..

This book will be of significance for activists, researchers and scholars seeking to identify the pivotal role of disability in maintaining colonial control of local populations. Largely drawing upon new historical material, it illuminates the criticality of disability to colonial administrative sys..