Books

Disability and culture

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This collection of essays both reframes disability in terms of social processes and offers a global, multicultural perspective on the subject. It explores the significance of mental, sensory and motor impairments in light of fundamental, culturally determined assumptions about h…

Disability and equity at work

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"Despite international and national guarantees of equal rights, there remains a great deal to be done to achieve global employment equality for individuals with disabilities. In OECD countries, the employment rate of persons with disabilities was just over 40%, compared to 75% f…

Science-based rehabilitation: theories into practice

by Refshauge, Kathryn M., Ada, Louise, Ellis, Elizabeth,, MSc

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"Science-based Rehabilitation describes various aspects of rehabilitation by a distinguished group of international contributors who share a passion for scholarship and a vision of translating theory into practice. The authors cover assessment through to the nature and contribut…

The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: European and Scandinavian perspectives

by Oddný Mjöll Arnardóttir, Quinn, G., (Gerard)

fromInternational studies in human rights

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Highlights the equal and effective enjoyment of human rights by persons with disabilities. Discusses a number of related issues: the shift from the traditional "medical model" of disability to securing the rule of law and human rights; the interdependency between civil and polit…