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Book SynopsisFrom Disability Theory to Practice pays tribute to Professor Jerome Bickenbach's highly influential and immensely important work. Professor Bickenbach is a scholar, policy-maker, and activist, of international stature. This volume brings together ten friends, mentors, and mentees, who have penned eight chapters engaging in topics that range, as the title suggests and as Professor Bickenbach's work has spanned, from theory to practice.This volume begins, much as Professor Bickenbach's career has, by grappling with philosophical and sociological issues related to the definition of disability, its relation to health, and conceptions of justice for people with disabilities. Subsequently, these conceptions are utilized to advance policy suggestions that range from assisted dying legislation, mental health policy, and the implementation of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health.
Trade ReviewThis wonderful Festschrift in honour of Jerome Bickenbach is not only a must-read for anyone who is interested in Bickenbach’s philosophy and his significant contributions in the field of disability studies, but also with respect to disability studies more generally. A fascinating journey awaits the reader through the lenses of Bickenbach’s former students and long-standing academic friends. Is there any better way to honour a true scholar? -- John-Stewart Gordon, Vytautas Magnus University, Kaunas, Lithuania
This excellent and enjoyable book reflects the width and depth of Jerome Bickenbach’s work: scholarship that is committed to understand what justice and disability are all about, and how justice for people with disabilities could be accomplished in practice. -- Simo P. Vehmas, Stockholm University
Table of ContentsIntroduction Christopher A. Riddle 1 “Universalism, Vulnerability, and Egalitarianism” Christopher Lowry 2 “Capabilities and the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health” Patricia Welch Saleeby 3 “What We Owe: Disability & Non-Talent” Christopher A. Riddle 4 “Disability: A Rethink” Somnath Chatterji 5 “Can Disabled People Be Healthy?” Tom Shakespeare 6 “Can a Social Model of Disability Encompass “Mental Illness”?” David Wasserman 7 “Death, Disability, and Self-Determination” L.W. Sumner 8 “Health And Functioning In Context” Sara Rubinelli, Alarcos Cieza, and Gerold Stucki Bibliography Index About the Editor and Jerome E. Bickenbach
