Disability: Social Aspects
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Provides an overview of the key issues and debates within the field of disability studies. This work presents arguments that can have important political and policy implications for both disabled and non-disabled people. It also covers the history of the development of disability studies in Britain and America. With 0. Paperback, 288 pages. Size: 229 x 152 mm. Weight: 416g.
Author: (Barnes, Colin, ed.)
ISBN: 0745626572
Publisher: Blackwell Publishers
Date: 2002 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Disability: Social Aspects
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"Exploring Experiences of Advocacy By People With Learning Disabilities"Testimonies of Resistance
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Charts the course through which people with learning disabilities have been able to direct their own lives as fully active members of their communities. This book examines what self advocacy means for these people and provides an overview of how opportunities and services have changed for them over the decades. With illustrations. Paperback, 224 pages. Size: 234 x 156 mm. Weight: 352g.
Author: (Mitchell, Duncan, ed.)
ISBN: 1843103591
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Date: 2006 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Disability: Social Aspects
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"Growing Up With Disability"
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"Research Highlights in Social Work Series" series; Encompassing a wide range of perspectives on childhood impairment and its social implications, this text adopts a child-centred approach, including interviews with disabled young people and their own writing, to enable their voices to be heard. Paperback, 224 pages. Size: 230 x 157 mm. Weight: 352g.
Author: (Robinson, Carol, ed.)
ISBN: 1853025682
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Date: 1998 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Disability: Social Aspects
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"Handbook of Disability Studies"
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Drawing on the insights of disability scholars around the world, this book engages readers in the critical issues and debates framing disability studies and places them in a historical and cultural context. It is suitable for disabled people, scholars, policy makers and activists. Paperback, 864 pages. Size: 280 x 216 mm. Weight: 1996g.
Author: (Albrecht, Gary L., ed.)
ISBN: 076192874X
Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
Date: 2003 (United States)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Disability: Social Aspects
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"Intimate and Personal Care With People With Learning Disabilities"
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Deals with the management and practice of intimate and personal care for people with learning disabilities. This book examines aspects of care such as training, ethnicity, sexuality and competence in practice. It is intended for the managers, policy makers, carers, academics and students in the field of social care and learning disability. With illustrations. Paperback, 224 pages. Size: 234 x 156 mm. Weight: 505g.
Author: (Carnaby, Steven, ed.)
ISBN: 1843101300
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Date: 2006 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Disability: Social Aspects
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"Learning Disabilities"Towards Inclusion
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Suitable for students of learning disabilities, this work is relevant not only for nursing courses, but also for care workers, OTs, and other professional and non-professional carers. It includes coverage of learning disablities throughout a person's life. Each chapter is supported by information on further reading and other resources. With illustrated. 5 rev ed. Hardback, 736 pages. Size: 189 x 246 mm. Weight: 1593g.
Author: (Gates, Bob, ed.)
ISBN: 0443101981
Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences
Date: 2007 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Tertiary Education (Us: College) Disability: Social Aspects
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"Learning Disability"A Social Approach
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The study of learning disability features rarely in university courses. To a large extent this reflects the low value attributed by our society and its human services to people with learning difficulties. This book, based on one of those rare courses, looks at the subject. Paperback, 256 pages. Size: 229 x 152 mm. Weight: 386g.
Author: (Race, David, ed.)
ISBN: 0415250382
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Date: 2002 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Undergraduate Disability: Social Aspects
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"Mental Health and Social Work"
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"Research Highlights in Social Work Series" series; Examining the theory and practice of work with people with mental health problems, this volume makes an appraisal of policy and organization, based on a discussion of the circumstances of this client group and of the different approaches to social work and social care practice. With forms. Paperback, 250 pages. Size: 235 x 152 mm. Weight: 418g.
Author: (Ulas, Marion, ed.)
ISBN: 1853023027
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Date: 1998 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Disability: Social Aspects
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"Mental Health Matters"A Reader
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An interdisciplinary collection of texts which challenge traditional understandings of mental health. The work considers the social and historical dimensions of mental health, how to involve users in mental health services, and how to improve those services. With illustrations. Paperback, 416 pages. Size: 234 x 156 mm. Weight: 621g.
Author: (Heller, Tom, ed.)
ISBN: 0333678486
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Date: 2000 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Disability: Social Aspects
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"Parenting a Child With Special Needs"Living With and Loving a Disabled Child
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A book for every parent of a disabled child who will share these experiences. Paperback, 288 pages. Size: 154 x 215 mm. Weight: 270g.
Author: (Thomas, Bernadette, ed.)
ISBN: 0285637002
Publisher: Souvenir Press Ltd
Date: 2004 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Disability: Social Aspects
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"Promoting Social Interaction for Individuals With Communicative Impairments"Making Contact
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All humans have an in-built need to communicate with others. This book presents various approaches to nurturing communicative abilities in people who have some type of communication impairment. It looks at a range of approaches, including intensive interaction, co-creative communication, and sensory integration and music therapy. With illustrations. Paperback, 192 pages. Size: 234 x 156 mm. Weight: 291g.
Author: (Zeedyk, M. Suzanne, ed.)
ISBN: 184310539X
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Date: 2008 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Disability: Social Aspects
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"Psychological Management of Physical Disabilities"A Practitioner's Guide
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The successful integration of psychological factors into the management of physical disabilities is critical to successful health-care delivery. This book provides a guide to the best practice and approaches in this field. It explains why and how psychological models and research can support rehabilitation and improve individual well-being. With 9 black & white illustrations, 17 black & white tables, 2 black & white halftones, 7 black & white l. New ed. Paperback, 296 pages. Size: 234 x 156 mm. Weight: 460g.
Author: (Kennedy, Paul, ed.)
ISBN: 1583917136
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Date: 2007 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Disability: Social Aspects
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"Working Futures"Disabled People, Policy and Social Inclusion
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Looks at the effectiveness and scope for enabling policy in the field of disability and employment. This book addresses the strengths and weaknesses of disability and employment policy. It brings together a range of policy insights to bear on the question of disabled peoples working futures. It includes analysis of various policy initiatives. Paperback, 368 pages. Size: 234 x 156 mm. Weight: 125g.
Author: (Roulstone, Alan, ed.)
ISBN: 1861346263
Publisher: Policy Press
Date: 2005 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Disability: Social Aspects
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"Spinal Cord Injury and the Family"
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"Harvard University Press Family Health Guides" series; Spinal cord injury, or SCI, is frequently sudden and unexpected. This book covers the causes of and prognosis for SCI through case studies, review common courses of rehabilitation, and answer the what now? questions - from daily routines to larger issues concerning sex, education and employment, childbearing, and parenting with SCI. With 10 line illustrations. Paperback, 314 pages. Size: 210 x 140 mm. Weight: 422g.
Author: Alpert, Michelle J., M.D. Wisnia, Saul
ISBN: 0674027159
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Date: 2008 (United States)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Disability: Social Aspects
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"Disability, Human Rights and Education"Cross Cultural Perspectives
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"Disability, Human Rights & Society" series; Recognizes the importance of cross-cultural understanding of the policies of different societies within the field of disability, human rights and education. This book represents an attempt to critically engage with issues arising from the historical and contemporary domination of portrayals of 'the western' as advanced, democratic and exemplary. With index. Paperback, 256 pages. Size: 228 x 152 mm. Weight: 430g.
Author: Armstrong, Felicity (Barton, Len, ed.)
ISBN: 0335204570
Publisher: Open University Press
Date: 1999 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Disability: Social Aspects
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