This tells of twenty-four couples negotiating the emotional and practical journey of parenting their learning 'disabled' child. The author, a researcher, sociologist and mother of a learning disabled daughter, questions the weak inclusive education discourse and unpacks parents' narratives in relation to denial, disappointment and social exclusion.
This tells of twenty-four couples negotiating the emotional and practical journey of parenting their learning 'disabled' child. The author, a research...
What does 'care' mean in contemporary society? How are caring relationships practised in different contexts? This book takes a nuanced and context-sensitive approach to exploring caring relationships, identities and practices within and across a variety of cultural, familial, geographical and institutional arenas.
What does 'care' mean in contemporary society? How are caring relationships practised in different contexts? This book takes a nuanced and context-sen...
Intellectual disability is often overlooked within mainstream disability studies, and theories developed about disability and physical impairment may not always be appropriate when thinking about intellectual (or learning) disability.
This pioneering book, in considering intellectually disabled people's lives, sets out a care ethics model of disability that outlines the "emotional caring sphere, " where love and care are psycho-socially questioned, the" practical caring sphere, " where day-to-day care is carried out, and the" socio-political caring sphere," where social intolerance and...
Intellectual disability is often overlooked within mainstream disability studies, and theories developed about disability and physical impairment m...
