Disability Books

New and Published Books

1. Disability and Social Work Education

   Practice and Policy Issues

   Edited by Francis K.O. Yuen, Carol B. Cohen, Kristine Tower

   Bridging the chasm between the disabled and a just and fair society takes skill, dedication, and a deep understanding of the issues. Disability and Social Work Education: Practice and Policy Issues presents leading social work experts providing insightful, effective strategies to address the...

   Published May 14th 2012 by Routledge
2. Surviving Dictatorship

   A Work of Visual Sociology

   By Jacqueline Adams

   Series: Contemporary Sociological Perspectives

   Written as a book for undergraduate students as well as scholars, Surviving Dictatorship is a work of visual sociology and oral history, and a case study that communicates the lived experience of poverty, repression, and resistance in an authoritarian society: Pinochet’s Chile. It focuses on...

   Published March 6th 2012 by Routledge
3. The Sociology of Disability and Inclusive Education

   A Tribute to Len Barton

   Edited by Madeleine Arnot

   Len Barton’s intellectual and practical contribution to the sociology of disability and education is highly significant and widely known. The leading scholars in this collection, including his long term collaborators, offer both a celebration and a reassessment of this contribution, addressing the...

   Published February 6th 2012 by Routledge
4. Routledge Handbook of Disability Studies

   Edited by Nick Watson, Alan Roulstone, Carol Thomas

   The Routledge Handbook of Disability Studies takes a multidisciplinary approach to disability and provides an authoritative and up-to-date overview of the main issues in the field around the world today. Adopting an international perspective and consisting entirely of newly commissioned chapters...

   Published February 1st 2012 by Routledge
5. Controversies and Disputes in Disability and Rehabilitation

   Edited by Roland Meinert, Francis Yuen

   Although the field of disability services and societal understanding of disability issues have advanced in recent decades there remain controversial subjects and unresolved disputes. These cover a wide spectrum from legislation impacting the entire disability community such as the ADA, to culture...

   Published November 3rd 2011 by Routledge
6. Defeating Autism

   A Damaging Delusion

   By Michael Fitzpatrick

   Autism: disease, disorder or difference? What causes autism – genes or environment? Can biomedical treatments cure autism, and are they safe? An increased public awareness of autism has resulted in a rising trend of diagnoses, creating the impression of an ‘epidemic’. Many parents of children...

   Published October 19th 2008 by Routledge
7. Hoop Dreams on Wheels

   Disability and the Competitive Wheelchair Athlete

   By Ronald Berger

   Series: Contemporary Sociological Perspectives

   Hoop Dreams on Wheels is a life-history study of wheelchair athletes associated with a premier collegiate wheelchair basketball program. The book, which grapples with the intersection of biography and history in society, situates the study in broader context with background on the history and...

   Published September 11th 2008 by Routledge
8. Queer Crips

   Disabled Gay Men and Their Stories

   By John Dececco, Phd, Bob Guter, John R Killacky

   Get an inside perspective on life as a disabled gay man! Queer Crips: Disabled Gay Men and Their Stories reverberates with the sound of “cripgay” voices rising to be heard above the din of indifference and bias, oppression and ignorance. This unique collection of compelling...

   Published November 13th 2003 by Routledge
9. Disability and the Black Community

   By Sheila D Miller

   Increase your awareness of the concerns facing the black disabled community! Disability and the Black Community addresses physical, mental, and learning disabilities experienced across age, gender, and ethics groups by the black race in the United States. This unique book works to increase...

   Published June 22nd 2003 by Routledge
10. The Theological Voice of Wolf Wolfensberger

    By William C Gaventa, David Coulter

    Do people with mental retardation have a special prophetic role?In the field of developmental disabilities, Wolf Wolfensberger is famous for his seminal book Normalization. But Wolfensberger is also a theologian, and the two strands of his thought are inextricable. The Theological Voice of Wolf...

    Published April 23rd 2001 by Routledge