Understanding Disability: From Theory to Practice

ISBN-13: 9780230220287 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 216 str.

Michael Oliver

Opis

In this long awaited new edition Oliver draws on his own experiences to paint a vivid picture of both the practical challenges of disablement and the theoretical understandings of disability. This approachable text is core reading for social work, nursing, health and social care and social science students taking modules in disability.

Spis treści

Introduction.- PART I: EXPERIENCING AND CHALLENGING A CHANGING WORLD.- From Personal Struggle to Political Understanding and Back Again.- Mobility Impairment in a Social Context.- The Social Model: History, Critique and Response.- Unmet Promises of Disability Law and Policy.- Special Education into the Twenty First Century.- PART II: THEORISING AND CHANGING A DISABLING WORLD.- Disability and Normalisation: A Critique.- The Relevance of Emancipatory Research for Policy Development.- Disabling or Enabling Welfare: What Next for Disabled People.- Disability Politics and the Disability Movement in Britain.- Diasablement into the Twenty First Century.- Personalising the Political and Politicising the Personal

O autorze

MICHAEL OLIVER was the first Professor of Disability Studies in the United Kingdom and is currently Emeritus Professor at the University of Greenwich, UK. He is also the author of the pathbreaking The Politics of Disablement and Social Work with Disabled People 3rd Edition (co-authored with Bob Sapey).

Blurb

Review of the first edition:

a valuable contribution to the debates about our understanding of disability and the position of disabled people in society.'

– Gerry Zarb, Equalities and Human Rights Commission, UK

In this absorbing text by a leading writer and respected activist, theory, policy, historical background and personal experience are combined to give readers a rich and illuminating picture of the key issues raised by disability.

In the author's uniquely clear and lively narrative style, the book explores: the practical and political challenges that disablement presents theoretical understandings of disability disability law and the realities of policy implementation key points of contention for the disability movement.

This long-awaited new edition of a best-selling text includes new stories from the author's experience, as well as sharply framed debate about the development of policy over the last decade and a half. Its expansive coverage includes discussion of welfare, rehabilitation, special education and normalization.

This book is core reading for students of social work, nursing, health and applied social science taking modules in disability studies. Michael Oliver was the first Professor of Disability Studies in the United Kingdom and is Emeritus Professor of Disability Studies at the University of Greenwich, UK. He is the author of the path-breaking The Politics of Disablement and Social Work with Disabled People (in its third edition, co-authored with Bob Sapey).