192 Pages
by
David Fulton Publishers
192 Pages
by
Routledge
192 Pages
by
Routledge
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Disability studies has become a legitimate area of academic study. It is multi-disciplinary in its critique of the oppressions that have historically "dumped" disabled people on the margins of society. This fully revised and updated edition not only explains disability studies as an academic field of inquiry, it also explores many of the current issues affecting the lives and circumstances of... Read more
Introduction; Chapter 1 Why Study Disability? Some Explanatory Beginnings; Chapter 2 Critical Factors in Community Care and Independent Living; Chapter 3 Legislation in the UK and the USA; Chapter 4 What is the Meaning of ‘quality of Life’ and ‘independence’?; Chapter 5 Euthanasia and the New Eugenics; Chapter 6 The Emerging Politics of DisabilityThis Chapter and its revision has been developed in collaboration with Paul Reynolds.; Chapter 7 Disability Research; Chapter 8 Medical Health and Disability; Chapter 9 The Enabling Environment; Chapter 10 Future Directions;
Biography
David Johnstone is Course Leader of Disability and Community Studies, Edge Hill University College, Ormskirk.
"Introduction; Why study disability? Some explanatory beginnings; Critical factors in community care and independent living; Legislation as the basis of empowerment; What is quality of life? Euthanasia and the new eugenics; The emerging politics of disability; Disability research; Medical aspects of disability; The enabling environment; Future directions."
