Description
Book SynopsisThis collection offers first-hand accounts, research studies and in-depth theoretical explorations of disabled children''s childhoods. The accounts oppose the global imposition of problematic views of disability and childhood and instead, offer an open discussion of responsive and ethical research approaches.
Trade Review"This powerful book should be essential reading not just for students and researchers ... For professionals who work with disabled children and their families, reading Disabled Children's Childhood Studies may illustrate how a shift in their understandings of, and attitude towards, childhood and disability brings huge changes in children's lives." - Disability & Society
"The book is a welcome contribution to disabled children's childhood studies because it is well written and provides insightful views, authentic voices and critical analyses of current theories." - Childhood
'This innovative and challenging book aims to reconstruct the central narrative of disabled children's childhoods. It moves thinking outside of the developmental paradigm and away from a focus on health or service-related models, presenting challenges to the ableist hegemony. In doing so, Disabled Children's Childhood Studies reinstates disabled children as children first.' -Child Care in Practice
"The book contains chapters written by a diverse range of authors with varied experiences. Authors include disabled children and their families, educators, and researchers from countries in both the global North and South. Having such a diverse group of authors encourages knowledge sharing and dialogue on more equitable terms, as the book is not dominated by one voice from a particular demographic, be that related to geography, age, or ability. The diversity of voices also makes for an engaging read, and the personal accounts help to concretely contextualize the ideas presented theoretically." - The Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy
Table of ContentsPART I: VOICES FOR CREATIVE THEORY, POLICY AND PRACTICE 1. My Story; Stevie, Cath, Colin and Billie Tyrie 2. My Sister Stevie; Billie Tyrie 3. Simply Children; Frejya Haraldsdóttir 4. Thinking Outside Y/our Problem Box: Transitions?; Jo Skitteral 5. Mug or a Teacup and Saucer?; Linda Derbyshire PART II: CONTEMPORARY INQUIRIES 6. Doing Real World Research with Disabled Children: Issues and Challenges; David Abbott 7. Remembering School in Different Historical Worlds: Changing Patterns of Education in the Lives of Disabled Children and Young People; Sonali Shah 8. Disability and Childhood in Spaces of Poverty: Critical Perspectives on Guatemala; Shaun Grech 9. 'Wearing it all with a smile': Psycho-emotional Disablism in the Lives of Parents of Disabled Children; Katherine Runswick-Cole PART III: CONTEMPORARY THEORIES 10. Disabled Children's Childhood Studies: Alternative Relations and Forms of Authority; Tillie Curran 11. 'The Spectre of the Norm': Historicising the Notion of the 'Normal Child'; Harriet Cooper 12. Considerations for an African Childhood Disability Studies; Tsitsi Chataika and Judy Mckenzie 13. The Disavowal of Uncanny Disabled Children: Why Non-Disabled People are so Messed Up Around Childhood Disability; Dan Goodley and Rebecca Lawthom 14. Researching Youth in Neoliberal Times: the Importance of Including Disability; Jenny Slater 15. Concluding thoughts; Katherine Runswick-Cole and Tillie Curran
