Disability category: 614 books
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Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2014
Physical structure, economic expectation or social relationship norms developed within various cultures can either restrict or support the participation of individuals with disabilities in society. The influence of environmental factors can vary significantly according to context, characteristics...
Communication, Sport and Disability
The Case of Power Soccer
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2016
Sports are ubiquitous in American society, and given their prominence in the culture, it is easy to understand how most youth in the United States face pressure to participate in organized sports. But what does this mean for the hundreds of thousands of Americans who live with one or more physical...
by Dr. Brenda Jo Brueggemann
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2012
This volume in The SAGE Reference Series on Disability explores the arts and humanities within the lives of people with disabilities. It is one of eight volumes in the cross-disciplinary and issues-based series, which incorporates links from varied fields making up Disability Studies as volumes examine...
by Judge L. W. Henry (Ret.)
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2015
On June 10, 2014, Senator Tom Coburn testified before a House subcommittee on Social Security Disability. In his testimony, Senator Coburn made an interesting comment and asked what he thought was a rhetorical question. The comment was that, "Michael Astrue was approved to be the head of Social...
Brilliant Imperfection
Grappling with Cure
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2017
In Brilliant Imperfection Eli Clare uses memoir, history, and critical analysis to explore cure—the deeply held belief that body-minds considered broken need to be fixed. Cure serves many purposes. It saves lives, manipulates lives, and prioritizes some lives over others. It provides comfort, makes...
The Boys in the Bunkhouse
Servitude and Salvation in the Heartland
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2016
With this Dickensian tale from America’s heartland, New York Times writer and columnist Dan Barry tells the harrowing yet uplifting story of the exploitation and abuse of a resilient group of men with intellectual disability, and the heroic efforts of those who helped them to find justice and reclaim...
Not a Poster Child
Living Well with a Disability—A Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2018
Kirkus Reviews' Best Books of 2018 2018 Sarton Women's Book Awards finalist in Memoir Francine Falk-Allen was only three years old when she contracted polio and temporarily lost the ability to stand and walk. Here, she tells the story of how a toddler learned grown-up lessons too soon; a schoolgirl...
Restoring Voice to People with Cognitive Disabilities
Realizing the Right to Equal Recognition Before the Law
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2017
The right to make decisions is important for every individual. It allows us to express ourselves, discover our likes and dislikes, and lead our lives in the way we desire. People with cognitive disability have historically been denied this right in many different ways - sometimes informally by family...
Miracle Boy Grows Up
How the Disability Rights Revolution Saved My Sanity
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2012
An NPR commentator’s memoir of surviving, and thriving, against all odds with spinal muscular atrophy.
Ben Mattlin lives a normal, independent life. Why is that interesting? Because Mattlin was born with spinal muscular atrophy, a congenital muscle weakness from which he was expected to die...
Organizing the Blind
The case of ONCE in Spain
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2016
This book is a case study which narrates the history of the National Organization of the Spanish Blind (ONCE), established in 1937 during the Spanish Civil War. Contrary to other affluent countries where most blind people live on welfare benefits, the Spanish blind enjoy full employment. Furthermore,...
Accessible Tourism
Concepts and Issues
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2010
Inclusion, disability, an ageing population and tourism are increasingly important areas of study due to their implications for both tourism demand and supply. This book therefore sets out to explore and document the current theoretical approaches, foundations and issues in the study of accessible...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2015
"I'd like coffee, please." "No. I don't believe you. How do I know it is really you who wants coffee and not your friend there subliminally transmitting that to you by touching your shoulder?" Imagine a world where you had to prove you knew your own mind even to get a cup of coffee, where it was generally...
Traveling Blind
Adventures in Vision with a Guide Dog by My Side
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2011
Traveling Blind is a romance, a travel adventure, an emotional quest, and a deeply reflective description of coming to terms with lack of sight. It reveals the invisible work of navigating with a guide dog while learning to perceive the world in new ways. Although an intensely personal account, Traveling...
The End of Normal
Identity in a Biocultural Era
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2014
In an era when human lives are increasingly measured and weighed in relation to the medical and scientific, notions of what is “normal” have changed drastically. While it is no longer useful to think of a person’s particular race, gender, sexual orientation, or choice as “normal,” the concept...