Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Deaf identities in the making Deaf identities in the making Jan-Kåre Breivik viii, 220 pages ; 24 cm OL12078071W
The disability rights movement The disability rights movement Deborah Kent Traces the development of the disability-rights movement in fighting discrimination against the handicapped and in securing civil rights for the disabled. OL15038972W
Disability and difference in global contexts Disability and difference in global contexts Nirmala Erevelles "This book explores the possibilities and limitations re-theorizing disability using historical materialism in the interdisciplinary contexts of social theory, cultural studies, social and education … OL15947647W
The Difference That Disability Makes The Difference That Disability Makes Rod Michalko "Rod Michalko launches into this book asking why disabled people are still feared, still regarded as useless or unfit to live, not yet welcome in society? Michalko challenges us to come to grips with… OL1885151W
Constructions of Disability Constructions of Disability Claire Tregaskis 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 and offers a wide range of… OL19837400W
The Social Construction of Intellectual Disability The Social Construction of Intellectual Disability Mark Rapley Intellectual disability is usually thought of as a form of internal, individual affliction, little different from diabetes, paralysis or chronic illness. This study, the first book-length application… OL5965750W
Disability, self, and society Disability, self, and society Tanya Titchkosky "Disability, Self, and Society speaks with authenticity about disability as a process of identity formation within a culture that has done a great deal to de-emphasize the complexity of disability ex… OL6046242W