Disability: social aspects Books

The World Is My OysterThere are many sayings which IHave held fast to throughout my life!Eventually, the world will know them!Whether you think my way will workOr not, my Redeemer is on my side and willLead me straight into a Divine eternity...

""Is Consumption Contagious? And Can It Be Transmitted By Means Of Food?"" is a medical book written by Herbert Codman Clapp in 1882. The book explores the possibility of tuberculosis, also known as consumption, being contagious and whether it can be...

An Ambulance With Wings is a story of faith and how God works through ordinary people. The story begins with a couple who lived without thinking of God or His purpose. As their story unfolds, through the birth of their son, God finds them in a neonatal...

""A Summary of the Market Situation in Boston"" is a historical document published in 1916 by the City Planning Board of Boston. The book provides a comprehensive overview of the city's market system, including its history, current state, and future...

""A Plan To Prevent All Charitable Donations For The Benefit Of Poor Persons, In The Several Parishes Of England And Wales"" is a book written by William Beckwith in 1807. The book discusses a proposal to prevent all charitable donations for the benefit...

Bachelorarbeit aus dem Jahr 2021 im Fachbereich Soziale Arbeit / Sozialarbeit, Note: 1,0, Duale Hochschule Baden-Württemberg, Villingen-Schwenningen, früher: Berufsakademie Villingen-Schwenningen, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Die Bachelorarbeit...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2019 im Fachbereich Pädagogik - Heilpädagogik, Sonderpädagogik, Note: 3,0, Fachhochschule Nordhausen, Veranstaltung: Vertiefungsfach Frühförderung, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Inwiefern erhalten Eltern in der Frühförderung die...

Betsy, the Cross-Beak Chicken, is a charming, true story of a special needs chicken who fulfills her role as a productive member of her flock. Betsy's crooked beak makes it hard to take care of herself, but with some adjustments, she grows strong and...

Marian asks us to see the interconnectedness of the Spirit within each and every individual. So often we view ourselves as well as others as separate and different. But no matter what their circumstances, each person has a connection with the Spirit and...

On the blind side is an account of the rehabilitation of some of the men and women Lynda has trained when they lost their sight either through accident or illness or on the battlefield. They are all heroes. Theirs are stories of bravery and courage, of...

The Bible and Disability: A Commentary (BDC) is the first comprehensive commentary on the Bible from the perspective of disability. The BDC examines how the Bible constructs or reflects human wholeness, impairment, and disability in all...

A 45 year old man stricken by a rare disease that has taken the very spirit, the drive out of most men however Steve Brown has seen life from 'both sides ."Memories of his past accomplishments and those of his handicapped father , brother, and sister,...

Reasons for Abolishing Capital Punishment is a book written by Marvin Henry Bovee in 1878. The book argues against the use of capital punishment, also known as the death penalty, as a form of punishment for convicted criminals. Bovee presents various...

This book presents the outcomes of a field action project at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS). Project Chunauti (English translation: Project Challenge) focused on a group of intellectually disabled, orphan children who were survivors of...

In a world that often excludes or overlooks the wealth of experiences and perspectives of individuals with disabilities, A Billion People in the Shadows emerges as a compelling exploration of the world's largest and most misunderstood minority group...

This book traces how the American freak show has re-emerged in new visual forms in the 21st century. It explores the ways in which moving image media transmits and contextualizes, reinterprets and appropriates, the freak show model into a "new American...

Der Sammelband bietet einen Einblick in die literarische Darstellung von Behinderungen in der deutschsprachigen Literatur, indem er verschiedene Werke untersucht, um die Vielfalt und Komplexität dieses Themas zu beleuchten. Ziel ist es, Empathie zu...

This book offers a nuanced way to conceptualise South Asian Muslim families' experiences of disability within the UK. The book adopts an intersectional lens to engage with personal narratives on mothering disabled children, negotiating home-school...

Churches must both consider the theology of disability and also become places where people with disabilities lead. Moving beyond paternalistic views of disability, this book encompasses cutting-edge theological ethics as well as practical examples of how...

The Paralympic Games is the second largest multi-sport festival on earth and an event which poses profound and challenging questions about the nature of sport, disability and society. The Paralympic Games Explained is the first complete introduction to...

This book explores the predominant narratives surrounding the Paralympics, examining media coverage of the event, the audience response (both among disabled and non-disabled audiences), and asking to what degree the event inspired societal changes...

First published in 1988, the book presents a vivid account of the reality of life with chronic illness­-from perspective of patients and their families. It looks at expectations, priorities and problems of those most affected by chronic illness and...

This book conceives of old age as a cultural formation rather than a biomedical condition. Beyond its critique of ageist reception of musicking, it suggests ways of composing, performing, and listening oldly that are shaped by the particularities of the...

The National Disability Insurance Scheme (known commonly as the NDIS) was introduced as a radical new way of funding disability services in Australia. It is a rare moment in politics and policy making that an idea as revolutionary, ambitious and...

This collection provides a broad coverage of recent changes in medical and vocational rehabilitation in Northern Europe. It presents analyses that cut across health sciences, medical sociology, disability studies and comparative welfare state research...

This book presents a collection of research-based, effective, and culturally responsive practices that are used in schools and communities to support and empower families of students with disabilities to be equal partners for schools. As the demographics...

An intellectual and developmental disability (IDD) is a lifelong condition that limits intelligence, learning, and daily life skills. People with IDDs are often not integrated in mainstream society. They have fewer opportunities to participate in...

This book explores how discursive psychology (DP) research can be applied to disability and the everyday and institutional constructions of bodymind differences. Bringing together both theoretical and empirical work, it illustrates how DP might be...

This book offers an international perspective of philosophical, conceptual and praxis-oriented issues that impinge on achieving education for all students. It sheds light on the historical, systemic, structural, organizational, and attitudinal barriers...

Now in its fourth edition, Foundations of Orientation and Mobility remains the classic reference and textbook for O&M professionals and students alike. A comprehensive work spread across two volumes, Foundations of O&M, 4th ed., contains...

How can a collation of blog posts demonstrate the many elements of Autistic lived experience and guide readers on how to support development and change?Reflecting on their personal experience, author and advocate Yenn Purkis curates a series of...

The Story of What Is Broken Is Whole collects for the first time fifty years of writing by Puerto Rican Jewish feminist and radical thinker Aurora Levins Morales. Combining well-known excerpts from her books with out-of-print and harder to find ephemeral...

Advertising Disability invites Cultural Disability Studies to consider how advertising, as one of the most ubiquitous forms of popular culture, shapes attitudes towards disability.

This book is a critical disability studies examination of the lived experience of chronic pain, engaging with and making a significant contribution to crip theory and the concept of 'crip time'.

Disability is defined by hierarchy. Regardless of culture or context, persons with disabilities are almost always pushed to the bottom of the social hierarchy.

First published in 1977, this book focuses on the disability of spina bifida in children. Children with the condition frequently suffer with severe physical handicaps such as lower limb paralysis and incontinence, as well as intellectual impairment. It...

They Have No Idea: Love and Desperation in Mothering a Child with Severe Autism and Epilepsy, is a powerful account of a mother's struggle to understand what it means to be a good mother to her child who struggles with both issues. In this book, Barbara...

Understanding Disability Throughout History explores seldom-heard voices from the past by studying the hidden lives of disabled people before the concept of disability existed culturally, socially and administratively.

This open access book marks the first historical overview of the autism rights branch of the neurodiversity movement, describing the activities and rationales of key leaders in their own words since it organized into a unique community in 1992...

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 years. Topics include attitudes toward the deaf in...

This innovative book discusses the meaning of 'inclusion' through the exploration of the interactions between disabled and non-disabled people at a community leisure centre. By exploring the nature of this interface, an understanding of how people create...

Written by Mad scholars, a Mad Turn explores the field of Mad Studies in theory and practice, and what Mad Studies can bring to academia and to other social institutions. What does it mean to "do" Mad Studies? What are the field's intersections with...

What might it look like for an Autistic, non-binary person who lives with mental illness to live well and with hope?In this book, author and advocate Yenn Purkis reflects on their experiences of life as an Autistic non-binary person who has a...

The collective volume seeks to respond to these questions by exploring crip time in disability performance as both a concept and a phenomenon.