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What is the direct impact that disability studies has on the lives of disabled people today? The editors and contributors to thisessential anthology, Barriers and Belonging, provide thirty-seven personal narratives thatexplore what it means to be disabled and why the field of disability studies matters.The editors frame the volume by introducing foundational themes of disability studies. They provide a context of how institutionsincluding the family, schools, government, and disability peer organizationsshape and transform ideas about disability. They explore how disability informs personal identity, interpersonal and community relationships, and political commitments. In addition, there are heartfelt reflections on living with mobility disabilities, blindness, deafness, pain, autism, psychological disabilities, and other issues. Other essays articulate activist and pride orientations toward disability, demonstrating the importance of reframing traditional narratives of sorrow and medi

Barriers and Belonging

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    A Hardback by Michelle Jarman, Leila Monaghan, Alison Quaggin Harkin

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      Publisher Temple University Press,U.S.
      Published 6 February 2017
      ISBN-13 9781439913871
      978-1439913871
      ISBN-10 1439913870
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      Book Synopsis
      What is the direct impact that disability studies has on the lives of disabled people today? The editors and contributors to thisessential anthology, Barriers and Belonging, provide thirty-seven personal narratives thatexplore what it means to be disabled and why the field of disability studies matters.The editors frame the volume by introducing foundational themes of disability studies. They provide a context of how institutionsincluding the family, schools, government, and disability peer organizationsshape and transform ideas about disability. They explore how disability informs personal identity, interpersonal and community relationships, and political commitments. In addition, there are heartfelt reflections on living with mobility disabilities, blindness, deafness, pain, autism, psychological disabilities, and other issues. Other essays articulate activist and pride orientations toward disability, demonstrating the importance of reframing traditional narratives of sorrow and medi

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