This handbook represents the tensions between academic scholarship and the passion of activists; the different perspectives of disability studies and rehabilitation sciences; and the value conflicts between aggressive capitalism, social welfare states, and the poor who struggle for survival in indus

This five-volume set attempts to define the many components of disability, from the medical, psychological, economic, technological, cultural, sociological, policy and legal perspectives.

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.