Disability: social aspects Books

Book SynopsisCombining critical policy analysis with biographical accounts, this book provides a socio-historical account of the changing treatment of disabled people in Britain from the 1940s to the present day. It asks whether life has really changed for disabled people and shows the value of using biographical methods in new and critical ways to examine social and historical change over time.Trade Review"One of the best offerings in this field." Journal of Social Policy"A fascinating study in which more conventional histories of post-war disability are challenged through the skilful use of life stories." Anne Borsay, Professor of Healthcare & Medical Humanities, University of SwanseaTable of ContentsIntroduction; Disability and social change; Researching lives, telling stories; Family and friendship; Medicalisation and de-medicalisation; Education; Employment; Becoming 'disabled'; The past, the present and the future

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Book SynopsisAvailable Open Access under CC-BY-NC licence. This book is about being disabled and being poor and the social, cultural and political processes that link these two aspects of living. Environmental barriers, limited access to services and discriminatory attitudes and practice are among key elements that drive disabled people into poverty and keep them there. 'Disability and poverty' explores the lived realities of people with disabilities from across the developing world and examines how the coping strategies of individuals and families emerge in different contexts.Trade Review"This is an important and timely book. All too often we are told that there is a relationship between disability and poverty, but this is the first text which systematically examines this relationship, from a range of perspectives. The book will be required reading for everyone in the field." Leslie Swartz, Department of Psychology, Stellenbosch University, South AfricaTable of ContentsIntroduction: Disability and poverty: a global challenge ~ Benedicte Ingstad and Arne H. Eide; Social Inclusion of persons with disabilities in poverty reduction policies and instruments: initial impressions from Malawi and Uganda ~ Margaret Wazakili, Tsitsi Chataika, Gubela Mji, Kudawashe Dube and Malcolm MacLachlan; Disability, poverty and healthcare: changes in the canji ('disability') policies in the history of the People's Republic of China ~ Heidi Fjeld and Gry Sagli; Living conditions among people with disabilities in developing countries ~ Arne H. Eide, Mitch E. Loeb, Sekai Nhiwatiwa, Alister Munthali, Thabale J. Ngulube and Gert van Rooy; "No disabled can go here…": how education affects disability and poverty in Malawi ~ Stine Hellum Braathen and Mitch E. Loeb; "We too are disabled": disability grants and poverty politics in rural South Africa ~ Camilla Hansen and Washeila Sait; Displacement, mobility and poverty in northern Uganda ~ Herbert Muyinda and Susan R. Whyte; Where culture really matters: disability and well-being in Yemen ~ Benedicte Ingstad, Arwa Baider and Lisbet Grut; Disability and barriers in Kenya ~ Lisbet Grut, Joyce Olenja and Benedicte Ingstad; Disability and social suffering in Zimbabwe ~ Jenny Muderedzi and Benedicte Ingstad; "My story started from food shortage and hunger": living with landmines in Cambodia ~ Merete Taksdal; Poverty as trauma: methodological problems when reality gets ugly ~ Hans Husum and Odd Edvardsen; Some concluding thoughts: the way ahead ~Arne H. Eide and Benedicte Ingstad

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Book SynopsisProvides an account of the social cognitive development of children with learning disabilities and discusses ways in which this might be related to their social adjustment. The book provides an overview of research in this area and, with the use of various models, examines aspects of social functioning. Applications of research to educational and other more general settings are discussed, as are implications for the design of intervention strategies.Trade Review'... The book is well disciplined in its structure and is able to separate subjects for the purpose of focused explication without losing sight of the interconnections with the subjects tackled elsewhere. The information provided is of interest to anyone who comes into contact with children with learning difficulties. Students, as well as professionals such as teachers, social workers, therapists and researchers will find the research described here, and Nabuzoka's discussion of it a source of useful information and an instrument for change.' Rosemary Wright, Curriculum Leader, Entry Level Provision, Macclesfield College, Cheshire, UK. Table of Contents1. Social functioning and adjustment. 2. The school as a context for social development. 3. Social perception: recognition of person and contextual cues. 4. Social cognitive functioning. 5. Behavioural dynamics associated with social adjustment. 6. Social cognition, behaviour and adjustment. 7. Theory, applied research and intervention strategies.

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Book SynopsisThis book reports on the first substantial UK study of parenting, disability and mental health. It examines the views of parents and children in 75 families. Covering a broad spectrum of issues facing disabled parents and their families, Parenting and disability: provides a comprehensive review of relevant policy issues; explores the barriers to full participation in parenting that disabled parents face; examines the complex ways in which broader social divisions, including gender and socioeconomic status, interact with disability; advocates measures to support disabled parents and their families by promoting and supporting relationships within the family. The book is aimed at a wide audience, including students and academics in social policy, social work, disability studies, sociology, education, and nursing, people working in the voluntary sector, disabled activists and their supporters, as well as policy makers and practitioners in a range of statutory agencies.Trade Review"... fundamental reading for social workers, healthcare and childhood studies students as well as being an important contribution to disability literature." Journal of Social Policy"Traditionally, the literature has ignored the parental roles of disabled people, or it has constructed such roles as problematic. Parenting and Disability is an important book because it breaks from this tradition and highlights the importance of providing adequate support to disabled parents in order to facilitate effective parenting." British Journal of Social Work"... a timely and well-researched text that covers an increasingly important area of enquiry within Disability Studies. Parenting and disability makes an original and important contribution to the field." Colin Barnes, Department of Sociology and Social Policy, University of LeedsTable of ContentsContents: Introduction; Invisibility and exclusion; Demographic characteristics of the final sample; Access to support; Children's involvement in domestic and 'caring' work: new insights; The life course: dimensions of change in parenting and disability; Individuals, families and relationships; Conclusion.

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Book SynopsisWorking futures? looks at the current effectiveness and future scope for enabling policy in the field of disability and employment. By addressing the current strengths and weaknesses of disability and employment policy, the book asks Is the dichotomy of 'work for those who can and support for those who cannot' appropriate to the lives of disabled people? Does current and recent policy reduce or reinforce barriers to paid employment? What lessons from other welfare regimes can we draw on to further disabled people's working futures? The book is original in bringing together a wide range of policy insights to bear on the question of disabled people's working futures. It includes analyses of recent policy initiatives as diverse as the Disability Discrimination Act 1995, Draft Disability Bill, the benefits system, New Deal for Disabled People, job retention policy, comparative disability policy, the role of the voluntary sector and 'new policies for a new workplace'. Contributions from academics, NGOs, the OECD and the disabled peoples' movement bring multiple theoretical, professional and user perspectives to the debates at the heart of the book.Trade Review"This collection of academic research, review and policy papers maps out attitudes of governments and employers towards disabled people, and puts these in both a historical and global context ... Alongside the critiques, there are positive suggestions as to how to redefine disability, impairment and the notion of work itself, alongside ideas for restructuring disabled people's involvement in decision-making and in society at large. ... This is essential for anyone involved in disability policy-making, human resources, supported employment or day services." Community Care"The book includes an impressive range of authors... who provide a stimulating critique of the trends and issues underlying employment policies... It is delivered in short chapter-length chunks, and so will be a very useful text for researchers, students and policy-makers in the field of Disability Studies." Social Policy, Volume 36/3 - 2007 - Reviewer: Val Williams, Norah Fry Research Centre, Bristol University (Cambridge Journals)Table of ContentsIntroduction; Part One: Work, welfare and social inclusion: challenges, concepts and questions: The challenges of a work-first agenda for disabled people ~ Alan Roulstone and Colin Barnes; The missing million: the challenges of employing more disabled people ~ Kate Stanley; Part Two: The current policy environment: New Deal for Disabled People: what's new about New Deal? ~ Bruce Stafford; Disabled people, employment and the Work preparation programme ~ Sheila Riddell and Pauline Banks; Legislating for equality: evaluating the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 ~ Nigel Meager and Jennifer Hurtsfield; Disability frameworks and monitoring disability in local authorities: a challenge for the proposed Draft Disability Discrimination Bill ~ Ardha Danieli and Carol Woodhams; Job retention: a new policy priority for disabled people ~ Geof Mercer; Benefits and tax credits: enabling systems or constraints? ~ Anne Corden; Challenging the disability benefit trap across the OECD ~ Mark Pearson and Christopher Prinz; Jobcentre Plus: can specialised personal advisors be justified? ~ Patricia Thornton; Disability and employment: global and national policy influences in New Zealand, Canada and Australia ~ Neil Lunt; Disabled people and 'employment' in the majority world: policies and realities ~ Peter Coleridge; Part Three: Towards inclusive policy futures: Employment policy and practice: a perspective from the disabled peoples' movement ~ David Gibbs; Changing minds: opening up employment options for people with mental health problems ~ Jennifer Secker and Bob Grove; Enabling futures for people with learning difficulties? Exploring the employment realities behind the policy rhetoric? ~ Danny Goodley and Ghashem Norouzi; Barriers to labour market participation: the experience of Deaf and hard of hearing people ~ Jennifer Harris and Patricia Thornton; Work matters: visual impairment, disabling barriers and employment options ~ Phillipa Simkiss; Disabled people and employment: the potential impact of European policy ~ Hannah Morgan; Missing pieces: the voluntary sector and community sector's potential for inclusive employment ~ Lorraine Gradwell; Professional barriers and facilitators: policy issues for an enabled salariat ~ Bob Sapey and Jeannine Hughes; Disabled people, the state and employment: historical lessons and welfare policy ~ Jon Warren; 'Work' is a four-letter word: disability, work and welfare ~ Colin Barnes and Alan Roulstone; Conclusions.

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Book SynopsisRecent years have seen a revolution in the field of working with people who have learning difficulties - both professional understanding and user expectations about services and the ways they are provided have been completely transformed. This book offers up-to-date case studies, examples from practice and points for further reflection.Trade Review"This book will be an invaluable support for social work and social care professionals seeking to develop their role in ways which promote inclusive and valued lives for people who need to rely on services." Professor Jan Walmsley, Assistant Director, The Health FoundationCreating better lives with people with learning difficulties, where they are socially included and connected and have opportunities to exercise real choice and control, lies at the heart of this engaging and accessible book. Those studying social work and social care at undergraduate and postgraduate levels will find a wealth of critical debate, illustrative examples, challenging questions for reflection, and pointers to helpful resources, to enable them to better implement key policy and practice ideas of the 21st Century. Its contents should also be of interest to experienced practitioners wanting to review and reflect on their practice. Julie Ridley, Reader in Applied Social Sciences at the School of Social Work, Care and Community, University of Central Lancashire, UKTable of Contents1. Introduction:; Part 1: Context; 2. Key Ideas; 3. Historical and Contemporary Policy Context; 4. Underlying Conceptual Frameworks; Part 2: Transitional points; 5. Transition to Adulthood; 6. Setting Up A Home; 7. Getting a job: from occupation to employment; 8. Founding families and having children; 9. Growing older; 10. Capacity, Risk and Protection; 11. Supporting people with complex needs; 12. Challenges for Social Work Practitioners; Part 3: Conclusion; 13. Conclusion.

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Book SynopsisRecent years have seen a revolution in the field of working with people who have learning difficulties - both professional understanding and user expectations about services and the ways they are provided have been completely transformed. This book offers up-to-date case studies, examples from practice and points for further reflection.Trade Review"This book will be an invaluable support for social work and social care professionals seeking to develop their role in ways which promote inclusive and valued lives for people who need to rely on services." Professor Jan Walmsley, Assistant Director, The Health FoundationCreating better lives with people with learning difficulties, where they are socially included and connected and have opportunities to exercise real choice and control, lies at the heart of this engaging and accessible book. Those studying social work and social care at undergraduate and postgraduate levels will find a wealth of critical debate, illustrative examples, challenging questions for reflection, and pointers to helpful resources, to enable them to better implement key policy and practice ideas of the 21st Century. Its contents should also be of interest to experienced practitioners wanting to review and reflect on their practice. Julie Ridley, Reader in Applied Social Sciences at the School of Social Work, Care and Community, University of Central Lancashire, UKTable of Contents1. Introduction:; Part 1: Context; 2. Key Ideas; 3. Historical and Contemporary Policy Context; 4. Underlying Conceptual Frameworks; Part 2: Transitional points; 5. Transition to Adulthood; 6. Setting Up A Home; 7. Getting a job: from occupation to employment; 8. Founding families and having children; 9. Growing older; 10. Capacity, Risk and Protection; 11. Supporting people with complex needs; 12. Challenges for Social Work Practitioners; Part 3: Conclusion; 13. Conclusion.

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Book SynopsisThe work of professionals with children with disabilities affects the children's family, while events at home affect what professionals can achieve with the children. This text describes how professionals can form collaborative relationships with the parents of the children in their care, to optimise the children's development and to enable both family members and professionals to work in the children's interests. It describes experiences of families who have a child with a disability and takes a new look at old assumptions that disability necessarily has a negative effect on families or that families themselves are in need of therapy simply by virtue of having a child with additional needs. This text offers practical insights and guidelines for action by teachers, occupational therapists, physiotherapists, speech pathologists and psychologists. It is a practical text that enables practitioners to offer a high-quality service to children while supporting the family in its role of nurturing their child with special needs.Table of ContentsThe collaborative outlook. The modern family. Development in the family whose child has a disability. Parents' responses to their child's disability. The responses of siblings and grandparents. Families' service needs. Collaboration with parents. Communication skills. Resolving ethical dilemmas in family-centred work.

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Book SynopsisHearing loss now strikes one in seven people but how to study the impact of hearing loss on relationships has continually baffled researchers. The authors' personal experience with profound hearing loss and her roles as wife, mother, social worker and counsellor, suggest that the complexities involved might be fruitfully explored by using an intensive and repetitive interviewing technique. This book explores and analyses 150 in-depth interviews with hearing impaired people, including eleven couples in committed relationships where one partner is hearing and the other is hearing impaired. Detailed information was obtained about the way each couple managed conflict, decision making, household chores, communication, and perceived the hearing impairment within their relationship. Five major strands emerge: intimate family relationships, social support networks, communication strategies, the nature of care and recommendations for social policy. By drawing from the fields of family therapy, marital therapy, counselling, family sociology, social policy, psychology, social psychology and linguistics as well as disability and deafness, a new broader and more positive picture emerges. This ground-breaking book is aimed at professionals who would like to work more effectively with deaf and hearing impaired people. Although not a 'How to Cope' book, it will also interest hearing impaired people themselves because of the enormous number of insights offered.Table of ContentsPart I: Introduction. The nature of the study. Part II: Ways of looking at hearing loss and relationships. Hearing loss. Relationships. Part III: Hearing loss and families. Hearing loss and initiating serious relationships. Hearing loss and established couples: attachment/caregiving. Hearing loss and established couples: mutuality. Hearing loss and children. Part IV: Hearing loss and social networks. Hearing loss and kinship networks. Hearing loss and wider networks. Hearing loss and bereavement. Part V: Social policy issues and conclusions. Provisions for people with acquired hearing loss: how adequate? An overview. Conclusions

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Book SynopsisThe Dyslexic Adult in a non-dyslexic world is aimed at teachers, employers, careers advisers, counsellors and any others who work with, support or live with dyslexic adults. Using case studies and adult "voices" to illustrate and elaborate their points, the authors explore a range of issues affecting dyslexic adults. The book approaches the understanding of dyslexia through the perspective of the dyslexic adult and through examining the dyslexic "cognitive style" and its impact on how this affects dyslexic adults in their personal, academic and work lives. The Dyslexic Adult explores the importance of diagnosis and discusses many of the contentious issues surrounding the assessment of dyslexic adults. It suggests strategies and creative solutions for dyslexic difficulties as well as ways of exploiting dyslexic strengths. Finally, it takes a look into the future, suggesting that changes in the 21st century may alter perceptions of dyslexia and the opportunities for roles which dyslexic adults play in society, and encourages the non-dyslexic world to value the contributions which dyslexic adults can make.Table of ContentsPart 1. Starting Points. The Dyslexic Cognitive Style. Diagnosis. Definitions and Being "dyslexic". Part 2. Living in The Non-dyslexic World - personal, Family, Work and Study Life. Formative Influences. Self-esteem and patterns of Behaviour. Dyslexia in The Family. Choosing a job or Career. Experiences and Creative Solutions in The Workplace. The Dyslexic Adult and The learning Context. Supporting Dyslexic Learners -remediation or Remedy? From basic Literacy Classes to a University Degree and Beyond - a Longitudinal Case study. Part 3. Turning Points. Dyslexia in The 21st Century.

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Book SynopsisThis practically oriented book has been predominantly targeted at undergraduate speech and language therapy students, speech and language therapists who have recently started work in this field and other professionals working with people with learning disabilities. All the authors have had practical experience and/or conducted research in this field. The presentation of the chapters follow a ‘need to know’ order, starting with an exploration of a range of ‘Service Delivery’ issues, continuing with theoretical and practical issues related to ‘Appraisal and Assessment of Communication Needs’ and quickly moving on to management issues starting with ‘Management Models’ which is followed by a chapter on ‘Early Intervention’, work on ‘Pre-symbolic and Pre-linguistic’ development, and transition from ‘Word to Phrase’. For those requiring to extend their knowledge in more specialised areas, a number of chapters deal with subjects such as the use of ‘Augmentative and Alternative Communication’, and working with ‘Parents and Members of Related Professions’. The last two chapters address topics which have more recently attracted attention, these being the management of the communication needs of service users with ‘Challenging Behaviour’ and those with ‘Dual Diagnosis’ (learning disability and mental illness combined). Most chapters include case studies to illustrate a number of practice issues. Whereas the main focus is on children with learning disability, where appropriate discussion relevant to adults with learning disability is included.Table of ContentsIssues of Service Delivery and Auditing. Assessment of Communication needs. Speech and Language Therapy Management Models. Early Intervention. Development of Pre-symbolic and Pre-linguistic Skills. From First Words to phrase and From Phrase to Sentence. Augmentative and Alternative Communication. Working With Parents, Carers and Related Professions. The Management of challenging Beaviour Within a Communication Framework. Dual diagnosis.

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Book SynopsisThis book promotes a positive message for people with Down syndrome across the world. Living with Down Syndrome is a positive experience for the majority of children and adults with Down syndrome, and for their families. Of course there are difficulties to be faced, but quality of life, from infancy to old age, is determined more by the quality of healthcare, education and social inclusion offered to individuals, than by the developmental difficulties that are associated with Down syndrome. The aim of this book is to bring the latest information on research and good practice to families, practitioners and policy makers in order improve the services available to individuals with Down syndrome in all countries.Table of ContentsPart One: Setting the Scene. 1 - The aspirations of adults with Down syndrome. 2 - Beyond the myths - representing people with Down syndrome. 3 - Supporting families. 4 - Positive families - appreciating adult children with Down syndrome. 5 - Mum, Dad, and Kids- family life. Part Two: Perspectives for services. 6 - Early intervention and support. 7 - Healthcare. 8 - Genetic aspects. 9 - Creating positive lifestyles for people with Down syndrome in developing countries. Part Three: Development and Education. 10 - Learning in young children. 11 - Making inclusion work. 12 - Speech, language and memory development. 13 - Developing number and money skills. 14 - Developing literacy across all ages. 15 - Verbal-motor behaviour. 16 - Self-regulation in young adults. Part Four: Adolescence and adult life. 17 - Adolescence and inclusion. 18 - Health and ageing. 19 - Life after school. 20 - Adult lives, living and working in the community. 21 - Ageing with confidence and competence.

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Book SynopsisThe marked increase in life-expectancy in Down syndrome since the 1990s, although a very good sign in itself, raises important questions regarding the health issues, cognitive involution and social and professional inclusion of people with the condition. In this text, a large group of leading specialists have supplied a series of papers on many aspects of this issue, ranging from epidemiology, genetics, medical issues, Alzheimer's disease, cognition and language, to sexual behaviour and contraception, family issues, professional orientation and work experiences. This book should be of interest to physicians, psychologists, social workers and educators working in the field who wish to provide evidence-based interventions for persons with Down syndrome advancing in age.Table of ContentsEpidemiology, Genetic, Biological, Medical and Pharmacological issues. Cognition and Language Aspects. Psychosocial. Educational and professional Aspects.

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Book SynopsisDeafness in Mind presents the varying theoretical approaches to the psychology of deafness: systemic, Cognitive behavioural, psychodynamic, wellness and cognitive neuropsychological models. Uniquely, clinical theory and practice are linked to provide a comprehensive understanding of the deaf mental health field. For the first time, the controversial subject of cochlear implants is discussed in the same book as the mental health of culturally Deaf people. Similarly, prevention is considered alongside prevalence, and the book appraises the various political views where other books have taken a single political view. Deafness in Mind has drawn contributing authors from those with the authority of years of clinical experience as well as those with new ideas. Current services and new directions in the field are brought together to provide a definitative text in the psychology of mental health and deafness.Trade Review"I recommend Deafness in Mind, not just for health and social care professionals working with Deaf people, but for all in order to benefit from a deeper understanding and appreciation of the issues and added complexities that can and do arise for Deaf people in relation to mental and other illnesses. I can guarantee, like me, you'll find yourself again and again thinking, ‘I never thought of that'." (Central & North West London NHS Foundation, 2012) "...this is a book well worth dipping into by BACDA members - some chapters are fascinating, some are excellent and applicable..." (British Association of Community Doctors in Audiology Newsletter, April 2005) "...I strongly recommend it as an addition to...reading lists and the clinician's book shelf." (Bulletin, July 2005)Table of ContentsContributors. Preface. Introduction. Part 1: Introducting Deafness. Chapter 1 Controversy in deafness: Animal Farm meets Brave New World - Sally Austen and Emma Coleman. Chapter 2 Newborn hearing screening: The screening debate - Sally Hind. Chapter 3 Medical and Physiological Aspects of deafness - John Graham. Chapter 4 Tip-toeing through technology - Twanette Acker and Susan Crocker. Part 2: Psychological Models Applied to Deafness. Chapter 5 Pschodynamic considerations in working with people who are deaf - Hanet Fernando. Chapter 6 Working systemically with deaf people and their families - Susan Crocker. Chapter 7 Cognitive behavioural models in deafness and audiology - Sally Austen. Chapter 8 Deaf wellness explored - Mary Griggs. Chapter 9 Neuropsychological development of hearing-impaired children - Lindsey Edwards. Part 3: Deafness and Mental Health. Chapter 10 Mental health services for Deaf people - Nick Kitson and Sally Austen. Chapter 11 The dynamic roles of interpreters and therapists - Jemina Napier and Sally Austen Chapter 12 Substance use disorders and developing substance use services for Deaf people - Bruce Davidson, Helen Miller and Sylvia Kenneth. Chapter 13 Cochlear implants in adults: the role of the psychologist - Sally Austen. Chapter 14 The causes of schizophrenia and its implications for Deaf people - Alison Gray and Margaret du Feu. Chapter 15 At-risk deaf parents and their children - Elizabeth Stone Charlson. Chapter 16 Paediatric cochlear implantation - Emma Sands and Susan Crocker. Chapter 17 Deafness and additional difficulties - Susan Crocker and Lindsey Edwards. Part 4: New Developments in Psychology and Deafness. Chapter 18 Suggestibility and related concepts: implications for clinical and forensic practice with Deaf people - Sue O'Rourke and Nigel Beail. Chapter 19 Stroke in users of BSL: investigating sign language impairments - Jane Marshall, Joanna Atkinson, Alice Thacker and Bencie Woll. Chapter 20 Non-organic hearing loss: detection, diagnosis and mangement - Catherine Lynch and Sally Austen. Chapter 21 Training deaf professionals - Jim Cromwell. Chapter 22 Older adults who use sign language - Sally Austen. Chapter 23 Working with survivors of sexual abuse who are Deaf - Sue O'Rourke and Nigel Beail. Index.

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Book SynopsisThis book addresses the impact of genetic deafness/hearing impairment on people' s lives and those around them. It includes the perspectives of those who are deaf or hard of hearing as well as those working in the field. Professional topics include genetic counselling, social science, psychology, social work and - within medicine - audiological and ENT medical and audiological paediatrics. These practitioners are both hearing and hearing impaired. The impact of deafness on children, those of working age and elderly people is discussed highlighting the specific effect of genetic factors. In particular there are chapters on deafblindness and otosclerosis and NF2 (a potentially lethal condition). The Who definitions and ICF are used as a framework for considering the effect on people' s lives of impairment and their participation in society. This provides a bridge between the medical and social models of disability. Contributors write from both their professional and personal experience in order to try and address some of the issues raised by the real impact of genetic deafness on everyday life and how these can best be tackled by those working in the field.Trade Review"...this thought-provoking book provides a comprehensive review of the literature..." (Bulletin, December 2005)Table of ContentsList of contributors. Preface. Acknowledgements. Chapter 1 Future perfect: social aspects of genetics and deafness - Lesley Jones. Chapter 2Parents' attitudes towards genetic testing and the impact of deafness in the family - Anna Middleton. Chapter 3 The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health as a conceptural framework for the impact of genetic hearing impairment - Dafydd Stephens and Berth Danermark. Chapter 4 A common methodology for reviewing the impact of hearing impairment - Berth Danermark, Sophia Kramer and Dafydd Stephens. Chapter 5 The impact of hearing impairment in children - Dafydd Stephens. Chapter 6 A review of the psychosocial effects of hearing impairment in the working-age population - Berth Danermark. Chapter 7 The psychosocial impact of hearing loss among elderly people: a review - Sophia Kramer. Chapter 8 The impact of combined vision and hearing impairment and of deafblindness - Kerstin Moller. Chapter 9 The effects of otosclerosis - Nele Lemkens. Chapter 10 Psychosocial aspects of neurofibromatosis type 2 - Wanda Neary, Richard Ramsden, Gareth Evans and Michael Baser. Chapter 11 Moving forward: a life of changes - Pathricia Lago-Avery. Chapter 12 My genetic deafness - Jill Jones. Glossary. Index.

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Book SynopsisMore than a century of research has sought to identify the causes of stuttering, describe its nature, and enhance its clinical treatment. By contrast, studies directly focused upon public and professional attitudes toward stuttering began in the 1970s. Recent work has taken this research to new levels, including the development of standard attitude measures; ad­dressing the widely reported phenomena of teasing, bullying, and discrimination against people who stutter; and attempting to change public opinion toward stuttering to more accepting and sensitive levels.Stuttering Meets Stereotype, Stigma, and Discrimination: An Overview of Attitude Research is the only reference work to date devoted entirely to the topic of stuttering attitudes. It features comprehensive review chapters by St. Louis, Boyle and Blood, Gabel, Langevin, and Abdalla; an annotated bibliography by Hughes; and experimental studies by other seasoned and new researchers. The book leads the reader through a maze of research efforts, emerging with a clear understanding of the important issues involved and ideas of where to go next. Importantly, the evidence base for stuttering attitude research extends beyond research in this fluency disorder to such areas as mental illness, obesity, and race. Thus, although of interest primarily to those who work, interact, or oth­erwise deal with stuttering, the book has potential for increasing under­standing, ameliorating negative attitudes, and informing research on any of a host of other stigmatized conditions.

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Book SynopsisPaul W. Ogden has dedicated his life to educating young deaf and hard of hearing people and raising awareness of what it means to be deaf in a hearing world. He has taught and mentored a generation of teachers, and his classic volume, The Silent Garden, has served as a guide for parents and educators for over thirty years. Now he tells his personal story of challenges faced and lessons learned, revealing that the critical, guiding factors for him have always been language and successful communication. Born in a time when many deaf children had no access to language, Paul learned spoken and written language skills at a young age through the painstaking efforts of his mother. His tight-knit family, which included one deaf and two hearing older brothers, facilitated open and constant communication using a variety of methods. His father was a pastor who was involved in the civil rights movement. Despite the family's closeness, his father struggled with depression, an illness that would take the life of one of Paul's brothers. As a student at a residential deaf school where the use of American Sign Language (ASL) was suppressed, Paul continued to build on the speech and lipreading skills he had learned at home. He returned home for high school and graduated as co-valedictorian unaware of the standing ovation he received as he walked to the podium. Following a rewarding experience as an undergraduate at Antioch College, Paul went on to earn a PhD from the University of Illinois, a rare accomplishment for a deaf person at that time. During his graduate studies, he finally had the opportunity to learn ASL. As an award-winning professor of Deaf Studies at California State University, Fresno, he successfully petitioned for the university to recognize ASL as a language, and he established the Silent Garden program, which has grown into a flourishing provider of training and resources to support the Deaf community. In My Life of Language, Paul offers eloquent reflections on both the joyful and difficult periods of his life as he navigated relationships, faced discrimination, questioned his faith, and found great happiness in his marriage.

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Book SynopsisLosing her smile to synkinesis after unresolved Bell’s palsy changed how Faye Linda Wachs was seen by others and her internal experience of self. In Metamorphosis, interviewing over one hundred people with acquired facial difference challenged her presumptions about identity, disability, and lived experience. Participants described microaggressions, internalizations, and minimalizations and their impact on identity. Heartbreakingly, synkinesis disrupts the ability to have shared moments. When one experiences spontaneous emotion, wrong nerves trigger misfeel and misperception by others. One is misread by others and receives confusing internal information. Communication of and to the self is irrevocably damaged. Wachs describes the experience as a social disability. People found a host of creative ways to reinvigorate their sense of self and self-expression. Like so many she interviewed, Wachs experiences a process of change and growth as she is challenged to think more deeply about ableism, identity, and who she wants to be.Trade Review“Metamorphosis is an important contribution to sociology of the body, critical disability, and sociology of emotion scholarship, as well as being of interest and use to anyone interested in understanding more about the nuts and bolts of face-to-face communication; Wachs is a gifted writer.”— Travers, author of The Trans Generation: How Trans Kids (and Their Parents) are Creating a Gender Revolution “Metamorphosis is a groundbreaking, nuanced study of the experience of facial paralysis (FP) and synkinesis. This is the first academic book on synkinesis or facial paralysis, and Wachs is the perfect person to write it.”— Kathleen Bogart, director of the Disability and Social Interaction Lab at Oregon State UniversityTable of ContentsContents 1 When Life Gives You Lemons…. Interview Lots of Other People Also With Lemons 2 Theorizing Change: Culture, Identity, and the Face 3 Microaggressions, Internalizations, and Contested Ideological Terrain 4 It's My Face—Why That Matters 5 Disrupted Selves 6 Someone I Would Rather Be 7 Walking Away: The Challenge of Change Acknowledgments Appendix A Appendix B Appendix C Notes References Index

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Book SynopsisSet in the remote, mountainous Guangxi Autonomous Region and based on ethnographic fieldwork, Families We Need traces the movement of three Chinese foster children, Dengrong, Pei Pei, and Meili, from the state orphanage into the humble, foster homes of Auntie Li, Auntie Ma, and Auntie Huang. Traversing the geography of Guangxi, from the modern capital Nanning where Pei Pei and Meili reside, to the small farming village several hours away where Dengrong is placed, this ethnography details the hardships of social abandonment for disabled children and disenfranchised, older women in China, while also analyzing the state’s efforts to cope with such marginal populations and incorporate them into China’s modern future. The book argues that Chinese foster families perform necessary, invisible service to the Chinese state and intercountry adoption, yet the bonds they form also resist such forces, exposing the inequalities, privilege, and ableism at the heart of global family making.Trade Review"Families We Need is a brilliant and warmly empathic book. Written with grace and lucidity, it elevates readers’ understanding of the need for family, and of how neediness can be a source of strength, and even abundance."— Kathie Carpenter, Author of Life in a Cambodian Orphanage "Raffety’s work provides a rare and precious view on foster care and other kinship practices in mountainous Southwest China, showing us their deep entanglements with forces of urbanization and globalization. It reveals how life-transforming care could emerge where the most vulnerable individuals encounter each other, quietly resisting the deeply-seated biases of ableism, classism, and even imperialism. The book exemplifies the most empathic and humanizing type of ethnography."— Zhiying Ma, Assistant Professor at The University of Chicago "Raffety’s work provides a rare and precious view on foster care and other kinship practices in mountainous Southwest China, showing us their deep entanglements with forces of urbanization and globalization. It reveals how life-transforming care could emerge where the most vulnerable individuals encounter each other, quietly resisting the deeply-seated biases of ableism, classism, and even imperialism. The book exemplifies the most empathic and humanizing type of ethnography."— Zhiying Ma, Assistant Professor at The University of Chicago "Families We Need is a brilliant and warmly empathic book. Written with grace and lucidity, it elevates readers’ understanding of the need for family, and of how neediness can be a source of strength, and even abundance."— Kathie Carpenter, Author of Life in a Cambodian OrphanageTable of ContentsPrologue Glossary of People, Places, and Concepts Introduction: Needy Kinship 1 Abandonment, Affinity, and Social Vulnerability 2 Fostering (Whose) Family? 3 Needy Alliances 4 Envying Kinship 5 Replaceable Families? 6 Disruptive Families Conclusion: Families We Need Epilogue Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisAn interdisciplinary survey of disability in socialist states throughout global history. In Re/imaginations of Disability in State Socialism, an interdisciplinary group of scholars examines how disability has been conceptualized and treated in socialist states throughout global history. Drawing on intersectional theories that set disability in conversation with other identity categories such as race, age, gender, and sexuality, this book offers a unique approach to this crucial issue.

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Book SynopsisBirgit Schuhmacher analysiert typische Exklusionsrisiken von Menschen mit Demenz und zeigt auf, wie der in menschenrechtlicher, aber auch in systemtheoretischer Hinsicht universal zu denkende Anspruch auf Inklusion für sie umgesetzt werden kann. Die Autorin untersucht den Bedeutungsgehalt der Begriffe Inklusion, Integration und Teilhabe in unterschiedlichen Disziplinen. In Bezug auf Demenz werden Ausgrenzung und Einbeziehung im (hohen) Alter, in der Familie, im Sozialraum, in rechtlicher Hinsicht und am Ende des Lebens diskutiert.Table of ContentsSozialgeschichte der Demenz.- Demenz als Behinderung des Alters.- Inklusion, Integration oder Teilhabe?.- Container-Begriff Inklusion.- Sozialraum und Demenz

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Book SynopsisOne in every six persons in Asia and the Pacific has some form of disability. This amounts to 650 million men, women and children. The number is expected to rise over the next decades due to population ageing, natural disasters, chronic health conditions, road traffic injuries, poor working conditions and other factors. This publication presents the region and world with the first regional comprehensive progress report on participation of persons with disabilities in development opportunities. It derives its substance from the midpoint review of the current Asian and Pacific Decade of Persons with Disabilities, 2013-2022, and the implementation of the Incheon Strategy to "Make the Right Real" for Persons with Disabilities in Asia and the Pacific. It provides policymakers across different ministries, as well as civil society and persons with disabilities, with the chance to reflect on the current status of disability-inclusive development in the region, and set forward a path ensuring that persons with disabilities are included and empowered across all dimensions of sustainable development.

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Book SynopsisDisability-inclusive development is an essential condition for a sustainable future. In 2015, the United Nations adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, pledging to leave no one behind in the global efforts to realize the 17 Sustainable Development Goals. Without the world's one billion persons with disabilities - 15% of the world population - being included as both agents and beneficiaries of development, these Goals will never be achieved. Yet, persons with disabilities are still invisible and often left behind. This United Nations flagship report is the first publication to address, at the global level, the nexus between disability and the Sustainable Development Goals. It is also the first global analysis based on an unprecedented amount of data, legislation and policies from over 100 countries to understand the socio-economic circumstances of persons with disabilities and the challenges and barriers they face in their daily lives. This report examines new areas, like the role of access to energy to enable persons with disabilities to use assistive technology, for which no global research was previously available. And explores the linkages between the Sustainable Development Goals and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities as well as other international relevant norms and standards relating to disability. Against the backdrop of all the available evidence, the report identifies good practices and recommends urgent actions to be taken for the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals by, for and with persons with disabilities. The e-book for this publication has been converted into an accessible format for the visually impaired and people with print reading disabilities. It is fully compatible with leading screen-reader technologies such as JAWS and NVDA.

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Book SynopsisWhat happens when a group traditionally defined as lacking the necessary capacities of citizenship is targeted by government programs that have made citizenship inclusion' their main goal? Combining theoretical perspectives of political philosophy, social theory, and disability studies, this book untangles the current state of Western intellectual disability politics following the replacement of state institutionalisation by independent and supported living, individual rights, and self-determination. Taking its cue from Foucault's conception of biopolitics', denoting the government of the individuals and the totality of the population, its overarching argument is that the ambiguous positioning of people with intellectual disabilities with respect to the ideals of citizenship results in a regime of government that simultaneously includes and excludes people of this group. On the one hand, its members are projected to become ideal-citizens via the cultivation of citizenship capTrade Review'Making no humanist friends, Altermark's outstanding book disseminates the very ideals of citizenship that are peddled in the name of social inclusion but are revealed to be of the most pernicious kinds of thought that render people with intellectual disabilities surplus to requirements. Read this. Read it now.' - Daniel Goodley, Director of Research, The Universtiy of SheffieldTable of ContentsAcknowledgements; Part I: Introduction; Chapter 1. Post-Institutional; Chapter 2. Pathology; Part II: Citizenship; Chapter 3. Philosophy; Chapter 4. Discourse; Chapter 5. Control; Part III: Resistance; Chapter 6. Vulnerability; Chapter 7. Representation; Chapter 8. Ethics; Conclusions: Post-Institutional Critique; Appendix 1 References; Index

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Book SynopsisPULITZER PRIZE FINALIST • NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “Sweeping in scope but with intimate personal stories, this is a deeply moving book about the history, science, and human drama of autism.”—Walter Isaacson, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Code Breaker “Remarkable . . . A riveting tale about how a seemingly rare childhood disorder became a salient fixture in our cultural landscape.”—The Wall Street Journal (Ten Best Nonfiction Books of the Year) The inspiration for the PBS documentary, In a Different Key In 1938, Donald Triplett of Forest, Mississippi, became the first child diagnosed with autism. Beginning with his family’s odyssey, In a Different Key tells the extraordinary story of this often misunderstood condition, from the civil rights battles waged by the families of those who have it to the fierc

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Book SynopsisThis comprehensive ground-breaking southern African-centred collection spans the breadth of disability research and practice. Reputable and emerging scholars, together with disability advocates adopt a critical and interdisciplinary stance to prove, challenge and shift commonly held social understanding of disability in traditional discourses, frontiers and practices in prominent areas such as inter/national development, disability studies, education, culture, health, religion, gender, sports, tourism, ICT, theatre, media , housing and legislation. This handbook provides a body of interdisciplinary analyses suitable for the development of disability studies in southern Africa. Through drawing upon and introducing resources from several disciplines, theoretical perspectives and personal narratives from disability activists, it reflects on disability and sustainable development in southern Africa. It also addresses a clear need to bring together interdisciplinary perspeTrade Review'This much needed expansive text pulls in perspectives from activists, researchers, academics, lawyers and practitioners from health, the arts and education in order to centralise disability concerns in Southern Africa. While this book marks a significant turn - from the Global North to the Global South in disability studies - its important contributions will be felt across many national spaces when readers take seriously the sophisticated and unashamedly politicised analyses presented throughout the text. A significant, original and rigorous collection of work' - Dan Goodley, Professor of Disability Studies and Education, the University of Sheffield‘The contributors present a wide range of perspectives: disabled people, disability activists, academics, not-for profits. Many are from the region (mainly Zimbabwe, South Africa and Zambia but Botswana, Malawi, Tanzania, Swaziland, Lesotho are also represented), but there are also global perspectives from USA, Finland and Norway, making this a truly international collection with an African focus. This essential book establishes a context for disability studies in southern Africa and will be of use to academics, practitioners and activists in the region who are concerned with disability inclusive development' – Associate Professor Judith McKenzie, Division of Disability Studies, University of Cape Town'This is a landmark contribution to Disability Studies in Southern Africa. Drawing upon experts and advocates from throughout the region, this well-edited volume provides breadth and depth to understanding an important range of political, socio-economic and psychological concerns of people living with disabilities, their families and their communities. This book should be on the shelf of anyone working on disability in Southern Africa – but just as importantly - with 15% of the world’s population now living with a disability, this volume should be read and shared by all who work on international development, global public health and social justice issues throughout the region.' Nora Ellen Groce, PhD, Leonard Cheshire Research Centre, University College LondonTable of ContentsPart 1: Disability Inclusion and Sustainable Development 1. Introduction: Critical Connections and Gaps in Disability and Development 2. Leave No One Behind: Disability Mainstreaming in Action 3. Reflections on the Development of the National Disability Mainstream Plan in Lesotho 4. Theatre for Development: Bringing Disabled Students’ Hidden Transcripts out of the Closet 5. Building Sustainable Communities: Why Inclusion Matters in the Post-Conflict Environment 6. Experiences of Disabled People in Using Information and Communication Technology in Mozambique Part 2: Access to Education 7. Personal Reflections of Disabled Women on Access to Early Childhood Education in Zimbabwe 8. Educating Deaf Children in Mainstream and Special Secondary School Settings: Inclusive Mirage or Reality? 9. Using the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health Model in Changing the Discourse of Disability to Promote Inclusive Education in Zambia 10. Examining the Effectiveness of the Special Class Model in Zimbabwe Part 3: Inclusion in Higher Education 11. When Rights are Discretionary: Policy and Practice of Support Provision for Disabled Students in Southern Africa 12. Access, Equality and Inclusion of Disabled Students within South African Further and Higher Educational Institutions Part 4: Disability, Employment, Entrepreneurship & CBR 13. Community-Based Rehabilitation for Inclusive Social Development in Southern Africa 14. Employment, Entrepreneurship and Sustainable Development Issues in Southern Africa 15. Enhancing Realistic Hopes and Aspirations towards Vocational Choices: Focus on Deaf Secondary Students in Zimbabwe Part 5: Religion, Gender and Parenthood 16. The ‘Unholy Trinity’ against Disabled People in Zimbabwe: Religion, Culture and the Bible 17. Addressing Disability and Gender in Education Development: Global Policies, Local Strategies 18. Socio-economic Barriers faced by Women with Disabilities in Zimbabwe 19. Disability, Intimacy and Parenthood: Deconstructing ‘Mutually Exclusive’ Constructs Part 6: Tourism, Sports and Accessibility 20. Disability and Tourism in Southern Africa: A Policy Analysis 21. State and Status of Wheelchair Basketball Facilities in Zimbabwe 22. Mobile Outreach Seating Clinics: Improving Access to Wheelchair and Support Services Part 7: Narratives from Disability Activists 23. A Citizen of Two Worlds 24. Disability Advocacy through Media: Action Power 25. Disability Advocacy in Action: Why I Built an Accessible House in Zimbabwe 26. The Security Guard who turned the Lawyer into A Disability Activist 27. ‘For I know the Plans that I have for you’: the Story of my Life 28. Concluding Remarks and Future Direction

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Book SynopsisThis book examines the role of disability in the right to political and social participation, an act of citizenship that many disabled people do not enjoy.The disability rights movement does not accept the use of disability to create limits on citizenship, which poses challenges for contemporary societies that will become ever greater as the science and technology of enhancing human abilities evolves. Comprised of eight chapters, three interludes, and a postscript written by leading scholars and disability rights activists, the book explores citizenship for people with disabilities from an interdisciplinary perspective using the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) as a point of departure and the concept of universal design as a strategy for actualizing full citizenship for all. Situating disability in its historical and cultural contexts, the authors offer directions for rethinking citizenship, including implications for access to the built environment, information and communication systems, education, work, community life and politics.This book will be of interest to all scholars and students working in disability studies, planning, architecture, public health, rehabilitation, social work, and education.

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Book SynopsisThis handbook provides authoritative and cutting-edge analyses of various aspects of the rights and lives of disabled children around the world.Taking the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) and the UN Convention of the Rights of the Child (CRC) as conceptual frameworks, this work appraises the current state of affairs concerning the rights of disabled children across different stages of childhood, different life domains, and different socio-cultural contexts.The book is divided into four sections: Legislation and Policy Childrenâs Voice The Life Course in Childhood Life Domains in Childhood Comprised of 37 newly commissioned chapters featuring analyses of UN documents and case studies from Australia, Brazil, Ethiopia, Hong Kong, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Papua New Guinea, Serbia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Vanuatu, its multidisciplinary approach reflects the complexities of the lives of disabled children and the multifarious nature of the strategies needed to ensure their rights are upheld.It will be of interest to researchers and students working in disability studies, education, allied health, law, philosophy, play studies, social policy, and the sociology of childhood. It will also be a valuable resource for professionals/practitioners, allowing them to consider future directions for ensuring that disabled childrenâs rights are realised and their well-being and dignity are assured.

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Book SynopsisThis book provides insight into the globally interlinked disability rights community and its political efforts today. By analysing what disability rights activism contributes to a global power apparatus of disability-related knowledge, it demonstrates how disability advocacy influences the way we categorise, classify, distribute, manipulate, and therefore transform knowledge.By unpacking the mutually constitutive relations between (practical) moral knowledge of international disability advocates and (formal) disability rights norms that are codified in international treaties such as the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), the author shows that the disability rights movement is largely critical of statements that attempt to streamline it. At the same time, cross-cultural disability rights advocacy requires images of uniformity to stabilise its global legitimacy among international stakeholders and retain a common meta-code that visibly identifTable of Contents1. Introduction PART I 2. Theory with unstable referents 3. Methodical approach PART II 4. Reflecting languages and symbols 5. Paradigmatic lines and actor relationships 6. Reconciling multiple knowledges 7. Categorising and explaining as knowledge change 8. Advocacy knowledge as political-legal intervention 9. Final discussion

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Book SynopsisMichel Foucaultâs The History of Sexuality is one of the most influential philosophical works of the twentieth century and has been instrumental in shaping the study of Gender, Feminist Theory and Queer Theory. But Foucaultâs writing can be a difficult book to grasp as Foucault assumes a familiarity with the intellectually dominant theories of his time which renders many passages obscure for newcomers to his work. The Routledge Guidebook to Foucaultâs The History of Sexuality offers a clear and comprehensive guide to this groundbreaking work, examining: The historical context in which Foucault wrote A critical discussion of the text, which examines the relationship between The History of Sexuality, The Use of Pleasure and The Care of The Self The reception and ongoing influence of The History of Sexuality Offering a close reading of the text, this is essential reading for anyone studying this enormously influential work.Trade ReviewTaylor’s well-written guide to Foucault’s History of Sexuality promises to become a welcome companion for students delving into Foucault’s influential text, as it provides historical context and clarifies points of reference that may require some explanation and background for the new reader of Foucault.Claudia Schippert, University of Central Florida, USAIn this invaluable guide to Foucault’s History of Sexuality Volume 1, Taylor offers a lucid explication of one of the most consistently misread books of our time. Without sacrificing nuance or depth, Taylor frames Foucault’s History of Sexuality within the history of eugenics. This text will be especially illuminating for students who have looked to Foucault for a theory of sexual liberation. The chapters on Foucault’s uptake by feminists and queer theorists are a tour de force! Highly recommended for beginners and experts alike. Lynne Huffer, Emory University, USATable of ContentsIntroduction Chapter One: The Will to Know Questioning the Repressive HypothesisConfessionThe Social Construction of SexualitiesThe Perverse ImplantationChapter Two: Power Over Life Objective: RegicideMethod: or How to Theorize Power without the KingPower is everywherePower is warPower is relational Power is immanentPower comes from belowPower relations are intentional and non-subjectivePower produces resistanceChapter Three: Women, Children, Couples and ‘Perverts’ Denaturalizing SexDomain: The FamilyWomenChildrenCouples‘Perverts’Periodization: Retelling the History of SexualityChapter Four: Sex, Racism, and Death From Sanguinity to SexualityFoucault’s Genealogy of Modern RacismFrom Spectacles of Death to the Management of MorbidityExecutionsSuicideWarLetting DieDe-sexing sexualityChapter Five: The History of Sexuality and Feminist TheoryFeminist TensionsThe Repressive Hypothesis, Identity Politics, and the Feminist Sex WarsConsciousness Raising, Confession, and ExperienceFeminist Bodies and Pleasures Chapter Six: The History of Sexuality and Queer Theory From Feminism to Queer Theory‘A Queer Voice’Canonizing Foucault ‘The Imperial Prude’Chapter Seven: A Genealogy of the Desiring Subject Revising the ProjectSexual Austerity and the Monogamous IdealUsing SexSexual Anxiety‘The antimony of the boy’A Male EthicsEthics versus CodesScalePositions and PartnersSexual BinariesSex and HealthSex without PsychologyThe Use of The Use of PleasureBibliography

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Book SynopsisIn this ground-breaking new work, Dan Goodley makes the case for a novel, distinct, intellectual, and political project dis/ability studies an orientation that might encourage us to think again about the phenomena of disability and ability. Drawing on a range of interdisciplinary areas, including sociology, psychology, education, policy and cultural studies, this much needed text takes the most topical and important issues in critical disability theory, and pushes them into new theoretical territory. Goodley argues that we are entering a time of dis/ability studies, when both categories of disability and ability require expanding upon as a response to the global politics of neoliberal capitalism. Divided into two parts, the first section traces the dual processes of ableism and disablism, suggesting that one cannot exist without the other, and makes the case for a research-driven and intersectional analysis of dis/ability. The second section applies this new analytical framTrade Review“Dis/Ability Studies: Theorizing Disableism and Ableism, is a compelling text in which readers are invited to engage with, build upon, and weave together important theoretical contributions made by activist scholars in disableism, ableism, queer theory, crip theory, and poststructural and postconventional disability studies research. Goodley himself does much of the weaving for us as he illustrates, rather masterfully I think, how multiple theoretical perspectives might be brought together and expanded in order to open new spaces for theorizing how we might disrupt the intractable nature of ableism and disableism and their entrenched capacity to shape modern neoliberal responses to disability.” - Cynthia Bruce, PhD(C) Part-Time Faculty, Education, Acadia University, Canadian Journal of Disability Studies'Dis/Ability Studies brings together a dizzying array of new theoretical concepts, tools and lenses with which to activate a dis/ability imagination. What makes Dis/Ability Studies an exciting read is the incredible volume of theory and empirical research that Goodley reviews, synthesis, dissects and analyses.' - Imogen Tyler, Disability and Society, April 2015'The author's thesis is that disability and ability are both worthy of study and they cannot be separated. The messy bits between this binary is what complicates the current state of disability studies, and is really the heart of the entire book ... Particularly enjoyable is his suggestion that so-called "normals" need therapy to combat the psychopathology of ableism ... Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above.' - P.A. Murphy, University of Toledo, in CHOICE, December 2014‘Dis/ability Studies proposes a new dialectic in which the twins disability and ability – separated at birth – are re-united in a confrontation whereby the alienated siblings come to terms with their distinctive experiences; one, comfortable in the lap of privilege; the other, mired, deep down amongst the wretched of the earth. Professor Goodley breaks new ground and re-sets the template for the disability debate.’ – Professor Bill Hughes, Glasgow School for Business and Society, Glasgow Caledonian University, UK. ‘"Dis/ability studies" is a remarkable synthesis of the most distinctive strands of Goodley’s thought, and yet, expands current scholarly thinking. Goodley offers a clear signal for a change of direction, if not a revolution, in disability thought.’– Dr Karen Soldatic, School of Social Sciences, University of New South Wales, Australia.‘With radical vitality, Dan Goodley’s latest invites us to inhabit the slash between able/disabled in order to re-encounter the constitution of the human. Exposing the "normal’s" confused engagement with dis/ability, readers are offered a transformative praxis opposing ideals of ableism while respecting our desire to thrive in disability-as-life. Goodley addresses the often unquestioned and deadly normative demands of our "austere" times as a way to work toward what he takes as the heart of being human, namely, alliance, connections and interdependence. In the midst of disability studies, queer and post-colonial theory, Goodley invites us to imagine politics as the actualization of a committed interrelatedness affirming life that has been made marginal by stark neo-liberal practices that feed markets trading in degradation. Critical of rigid models, this book is an essential read and a rallying cry for anyone who desires to put the question of embodiment into the heart of what it means to be human.’ – Professor Tanya Titchkosky, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto, Canada.‘With both the rigor and wit that marks all of his work, Dan Goodley maps the landscape of contemporary critical disability studies in his comprehensive new book. Dis/ability Studies: Theorising Disablism and Ableism, moreover, makes clear to readers the urgent and innovative directions in which disability studies needs to move. This book is not only an invaluable resource surveying the models of disability that structure (and can transform) our culture, it is—in its attention to a global austerity politics and the workings of what Goodley terms neoliberal-ableism—an important part of the global turn that the interdisciplinary field is taking. Through stories of oppression and resistance in multiple locations, Dis/ability Studies ultimately welcomes critically disabled "becomings" that can dismantle the structures of ableism that Goodley theorises.’ – Professor Robert McRuer, Department of English, George Washington University, USA.Table of ContentsPreface Part 1: Finding Dis/ability Studies 1. Disablism 2. Ableism 3. Intersectionality 4. Dis/ability Studies 5. Researching Dis/ability Part 2: Exemplifying Dis/ability Studies 6. Precarious Bodies: The Biopolitics of Dis/ability and Debility 7. Becoming Inclusive Education: Cripping Neoliberal-able Schooling 8. The Psychopathology of the Normals: Why People are so Messed up Around Dis/ability 9. Markets, Cruel Optimism and Civil Society: Producing Dis/ability 10. Critical Dis/ability Studies

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Book SynopsisThe past twenty years have seen an explosion of state laws focused on bathroom access, including laws that both restrict and expand the ability of people to access basic needs in public. Through an analysis of several distinct state-level policies that regulate bathrooms along the dimensions of gender and gender roles, gender identity, and disability, the author argues that bathroom access is an important aspect of citizenship, signaling both physical and symbolic exclusion and inclusion. Social citizenship requires that individuals and groups be able to fully take part in the public sphere, yet denying toilet access means that individuals can only exist in public for as long as they can ''hold it.'' Thus, ensuring equal access to bathrooms ? or denying it to targeted groups ? becomes a powerful way for society to define who is a full citizen and to indicate who belongs and who doesn''t in public spaces.

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Book SynopsisThis book puts the critical into dementia studies. It makes a timely and novel contribution to the field, offering a thought-provoking critique of current thinking and debate on dementia. Collectively the contributions gathered together in this text make a powerful case for a more politically engaged and critical treatment of dementia and the systems and structures that currently govern and frame it.The book is inter-disciplinary and draws together leading dementia scholars alongside dementia activists from around the world. It frames dementia as first and foremost a political category. The book advances both theoretical and methodological thinking in the field as well as sharing learning from empirical research. Outlining the limits to existing efforts to frame and theorise the condition, it proposes a new critical movement for the field of dementia studies and practice.The book will be of direct interest to researchers and scholars in the field of dementia studies anTable of ContentsIntroduction: Why critical dementia studies and why now? Part I: Reclaiming and recasting 1. I want to be the orchestrator of my entire fabulous life2. Small quantities at a time: On music, poetry and social media3. Who knew a pothole could bring it all back?4. Nobody is allowed to offend us – not by language, nor by attitude5. Recognizing Birkby: Living and caring with dementiaPart II: Re/framing 6. ‘Lost in time like tears in rain’: Critical Perspectives on Personhood and Dementia 7. Multi-Species Dementia Studies: How moving beyond human exceptionalism can advance dementia's more critical turn 8. Reframing 'ethnicity' in dementia research: Reflections on current whiteness of research and the need for an anti-racist approach 9. Frames of Dementia, grieving otherwise in The Father, Relic and Supernova: Representing dementia in recent film Part III: Care and control 10. Precarity and Dementia 11. An Emerging Necropolitics of the Dementias 12. Segregation and Incarceration of People Living with Dementia in Care Homes: Critical Disability and Human Rights Approaches 13. The carnival is not over: cultural resistance in dementia care environments Part IV: Forging alliances 14. Convergences, Collaborations, and Co-conspirators: The Radical Potentiality of Critical Disability Studies and Critical Dementia Studies 15. Thinking dementia differently: Dialogues between feminist scholarship and dementia studies 16. Revolutionising dementia policy and practice: Guidance from ‘the memory girl’, an accomplice 17. Taking a Queer Turn – the significance of Queer Theory for Critical Dementia Studies 18. Neurodiversity and dementia: Pitfalls, possibilities and some personal notes 19. Thinking back and looking ahead: Co-ordinates for critical methodologies in dementia studies

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Book SynopsisInclusion in Tourism provides examples of discrimination and marginalisation in tourism practices and avenues designed to recognise and overcome personal or institutional biases, setting a road map for researchers interested in establishing a more inclusive approach to tourism and tourism research.Logically structured, multidisciplinary in approach, and compiled by a well-known scholar and leader in tourism theory, this volume comprises 13 specially commissioned chapters that provide concrete global examples of overcoming discrimination within tourism institutions, centred around examples of best practice, courses of action, and positive outcomes. Chapters outline, explain and challenge the existing view of tourism theory as inclusionary, destroying the myth that tourism is an equal opportunity endeavour, bringing a new level of scrutiny to stand-alone concepts of discrimination and marginalisation as a long-existing phenomenon in tourism studies. The book begins witTable of Contents1. Introduction. Part 1: Discrimination Policies in Tourism. 2. Gastro-cultural Identities for Place Branding: The Forbidden Fruit of Minorities? 3. Canadian Immigration Policies: Implications for Discrimination and Biases in Tourism Employment. 4. Women in Tourism Employment: Glass Ceiling or Gender Equality? 5. From Jim Crow to Black Lives Matter: A History of Racism and Tourism in the USA. 6. Overcoming Institutional Discrimination in USDA Programs: Food and Agricultural Tourism. 7. Decolonising our Curriculum: Addressing the 'Miseducation' of Tourism. Part 2: The Experiences of the 'Other' in Tourism. 8. Othering in Accessible Tourism. 9. Gay Men's Experiences of Prejudiced Attitudes and Discrimination in Tourism. 10. Doing Gender Well and Differently: The Case of Women Managers in Tourism. 11. Exploring Obese People's Tourists Experiences: A Search for an Accessible, Bias-free Experience. 12. 50 Shades of Discrimination: Commercial Kink in Hospitality and Tourism. 13. But Where is your Wife? Reflections of a Gay Tourist in a Heteronormative Environment.

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Book SynopsisThis edited volume foregrounds Disability Critical Race Theory (DisCrit) as an intersectional framework that has informed scholarly analyses of racism and ableism from the personal to the global - offering important interventions into theory, practice, policy, and research. The authors offer deep personal explorations, innovative interventions aimed at transforming schools, communities, and research practices, and expansive engagements and global conversations around what it means for theory to travel beyond its original borders or concerns. The chapters in this book use DisCrit as a springboard for further thinking, illustrating its role in fostering transgressive, equity-based, and action-oriented scholarship. This book was originally published as a special issue of the journal, Race Ethnicity and Education.Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. Becoming, belonging, and the fear of everything Black: Autoethnography of a Black-mother-scholar-advocate and the movement toward justice 2. Sobreviviendo Sin Sacrificando (Surviving without Sacrificing)—An intersectional DisCrit Testimonio from a tired mother-scholar of color 3. Black families’ resistance to deficit positioning: Addressing the paradox of black parent involvement 4. DisCrit at the margins of teacher education: Informing curriculum, visibilization, and disciplinary integration 5. Extending DisCrit: A case of universal design for learning and equity in a rural teacher residency 6. Traerás tus Documentos (you will bring your documents): Navigating the intersections of disability and citizenship status in special education 7. Bringing DisCrit theory to practice in the development of an action for equity collaborative network: Passion projects 8. Global conversations: Recovery and detection of Global South multiply-marginalized bodies

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Book SynopsisThe Museum Accessibility Spectrum engages with discussions around access to museums and argues that what is impairing the progress of museums towards inclusion is the current ableist model of access.Drawing on contributors from international museum researchers, practitioners, artists, and activists, this volume challenges the notion of the core âableâ museum visitor and instead proposes all individuals are positioned on a multidimensional Accessibility Spectrum, which incorporates intersecting physical, sensory, neurodivergent, and social and cultural dimensions. It explores the ways in which access provisions designed to enhance the experience of a minority can enhance the museum experience for all visitors. A constructively critical approach is taken to practice-based chapters, using case studies and approaches from around the globe, split into three main sections. Within the Disability Gain section, the authors consider the benefits of inclusive design, perspectives

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Book SynopsisArguing Identity and Human Rights poses open questions about how to best argue for human rights, to help us think through the advantages and trade-offs of different rhetorical strategies, identify rival options, and, ultimately, choose our own paths. Modeling a humane approach to human rights argument, this book offers four deep rhetorical analyses of some of the most vexing and fascinating challenges facing human rights arguers in the United States: How do we want to frame difference in human rights advocacyâare we trying to downplay difference or something else? How can we best answer dismissive responses to human rights arguments? Should we portray people in marginalized categories as having âœno choiceâ about their identity, and what would alternatives look like? What are the possibilities and perils of trying to âœafflictâ audiences with hegemonic identities to persuade them on human rights issues? Offering clear practical and theoretical implications while resiTrade ReviewDoug Cloud has written a funny, personal, scholarly, and provocative exploration of the implications and consequences of imagining "human rights activism" in terms of choices and options we have in conversations. - Trisha Roberts-Miller, Professor Emeritus, Department of Rhetoric and WritingThis is a ground-breaking introduction to the art of advocacy for students and activists—one that turns the discussion of human rights, identity, racism, gender, rhetoric, and education into a decision to take personal action. But how—in the face of aggressively competing intellectual, ideological, and political stances, each telling us what we "should do"? Instead, Arguing Identity and Human Rights invites the reader to think through the built-in "tensions" and potential outcomes a given choice involves as we shape our own approach to difference, agency, language, critique, or social change.- Linda FlowerCloud offers us a courageous, much-needed, and disarmingly personal guide to how we might think about our rhetorical options when we argue for human rights. Unlike other advice books on social justice advocacy, which tell readers what to think and what to do, Cloud trusts his readers to use their hearts and their brains to make strategic and humane rhetorical decisions that best fit them and their very human situations. This empowering book is for anyone who wants to take a truly rhetorical approach to arguing for equity and inclusion in a complex and complicated world.- Martin Camper, Director of the Center for the Humanities, Associate Professor of Writing, Loyola University Maryland, Author of Arguing over Texts: The Rhetoric of Interpretation Table of Contents1. Introduction 2. Discourse, Identity and Social Change 3. The Difference Dilemma 4. The Agency Crossroads 5. The Cliché Challenge 6. The Affliction Gambit 7. A Rival for Contempt

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