From Disability Theory to Practice: Essays in Honor of Jerome E. Bickenbach

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From Disability Theory to Practice pays tribute to Professor Jerome Bickenbachs highly influential and immensely important work. Professor Bickenbach is a scholar, policy-maker, and activist, of international stature. This volume brings together ten friends, mentors, and mentees, who have penned eight chapters engaging in topics that range, as the title suggests and as Professor Bickenbachs work has spanned, from theory to practice. This volume begins, much as Professor Bickenbachs career has, by grappling with philosophical and sociological issues related to the definition of disability, its relation to health, and conceptions of justice for people with disabilities. Subsequently, these conceptions are utilized to advance policy suggestions that range from assisted dying legislation, mental health policy, and the implementation of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health.

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This wonderful Festschrift in honour of Jerome Bickenbach is not only a must-read for anyone who is interested in Bickenbachs philosophy and his significant contributions in the field of disability studies, but also with respect to disability studies more generally. A fascinating journey awaits the reader through the lenses of Bickenbachs former students and long-standing academic friends. Is there any better way to honour a true scholar -- John-Stewart Gordon, Vytautas Magnus University, Kaunas, Lithuania
This excellent and enjoyable book reflects the width and depth of Jerome Bickenbachs work: scholarship that is committed to understand what justice and disability are all about, and how justice for people with disabilities could be accomplished in practice. -- Simo P. Vehmas, Stockholm University

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Christopher A. Riddle is associate professor and chair of philosophy at Utica College, where he is also the director of the Applied Ethics Institute.