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Book SynopsisDisability is often described in a way that suggests it is a permanent, relatively stable state. This volume argues that the relationship between impairment (physical state) and disability is neither fixed nor permanent but is fluid and not easily predicted.
Table of ContentsList of Contributors. Disability as a fluid state: Introduction. “Feeling normal” and “feeling disabled”. Out of a coma and into a wheelchair: Social and physical accessibility and the construction of disabled identity. At the interstices of classification: Notes on the category of disability in sub-Saharan Africa. A relational approach to the development of civil rights for people with intellectual disabilities. From “Survival of the Fittest” to “Fitness for All” to “Who defines fitness anyway?”: 100 years of (US) sociological theory on disability. Regarding disability: Perceptions of protection under the Americans with disabilities act. “Sit home and collect the check”: race, class, and the social construction of disability identity. Activism, models, identities, and opportunities: A preliminary test of a typology of disability orientations. Deaf women's work experiences: Negotiating gender, ability, and theories of resistance. Why does growth hurt? The dual role of normalization and stigmatization in the experience of growth hormone treatment. Disproportionality: A sociological perspective of the identification by schools of students with learning disabilities. About the Authors. Research in Social Science and Disability. Research in Social Science and Disability. Copyright page.
