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Disability and Academic Exclusion employs disability theory to reveal cultural limitations to minority incorporation in education, historically demonstrated by the diminished reinscriptions of iconic minority authenticity in the works of former slaves Sojourner Truth and Phillis Wheatley and the deaf-blind author Helen Keller.

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This book provides a rich exploration of disability across key areas of human rights- from health and education to independent living- and demonstrates how they are integral to achieving equality for disabled people. Comprehensive and accessible it draws on cutting edge international research and real life examples from across the globe.

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Filling a niche in family therapy and disability studies, this superb book offers the latest clinical knowledge about the psychological issues and practical problems faced by children with disabilities and their families throughout the lifespan.

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This is a study of disability determinations in five major federal programmes. The author defines various standards, key issues, the current use of medical personnel and models for their fuller use and for reforming the disability determination process.

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This book asks what happened to disabled people during industrialization by examining the experiences of those disabled in the coal industry. It presents new perspectives on disabled people's working lives in the past, and for the first time places disabled people at the heart of the story of Britain's Industrial Revolution. -- .

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Authored by a legal specialist and an education professor, this study is targeted to everyone involved in the education of students with disabilities and provides a full examinatiaon of the legal issues.

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This collection of articles explores the intellectual implications of a disability equality perspective. Leading social scientists draw on current theory and research and offer an overview of the debates.

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This text looks at the study of disablity within the context of the "postmodern" world of the 21st century. The authors aim to demystify the concept of postmodernity and to suggest ways in which it fosters a holistic approach to the study of disability.

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Presents a cross-cutting assessment of disability income policy in public and private programs in the US and in European countries. It evaluates whether there is a crisis in disability benefit policy, drawing on an in-depth review of Social Security disability programs by a panel of national experts.

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Women with disabilities face a double set of prejudices, based on gender and disability. Rousso encourages and charges women with disabilities to make choices which go beyond society's streotypes and reflect their own unique talents, interests, and dreams, while at the same time taking into account their real limitations and needs.

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One disabled man gives his personal and powerful account of the crippling effects of the Americans with Disabilities Act.

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Based on historical archives, interviews, and a survey evidence, this title suggests that the gun control campaign has been stymied by a combination of factors, including the inability to secure patronage resources, difficulties in articulating a message that resonates with supporters, and strategic decisions made in the name of effective policy.

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In Disasters in Paradise, Amanda D. Concha-Holmes and Anthony Oliver-Smith present a collection of ethnographic case studies that examine the social and environmental effects of Floridas public and private sector development policies. Contributors explore how these practices have increased the vulnerability of Floridians to natural disasters.

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This book combines historical and geographical analysis of the direct provision asylum system with a theoretical analysis of the disavowal of the system by state and society and first-person narrative of the lived experience.

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Experts explore the biological, social, and economic complexities of eradicating disease.