This project draws together the diverse strands of the debate regarding disability in a way never before combined in a single volume. After providing a representative sampling of competing philosophical approaches to the conceptualization of disability as such, the volume goes o…
People with learning disabilities are at greater risk of physical and psychiatric illness than the population at large, but their health needs are often not adequately supported. This book is a practical guide for those caring for people with learning disabilities living in com…
People with learning disabilities are at greater risk of physical and psychiatric illness than the population at large, but their health needs are often not adequately supported. While focused on the health care system of the UK, this book is a practical guide for those caring f…
Présentation de l'éditeur : "Il y a une quinzaine d'années, en chahutant avec des amis, le jeune Fabien, pas encore vingt ans, fait un plongeon dans une piscine. Il heurte le fond du bassin, dont l'eau n'est pas assez profonde, et se déplace les vertèbres. Bien qu'on lui annonce…
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Over the last thirty years, the field of disability studies has emerged from the political activism of disabled people. In this challenging review of the field, leading disability academic and activist Tom Shakespeare argues that the social model theory has reached a dead end. D…
Introduction -- The family of social approaches -- Critiquing the social model -- Disability : a complex interaction -- Labels and badges : the politics of disability identity -- Questioning prenatal diagnosis -- Just around the corner : the quest for cure -- Autonomy at the end…
"Over the past thirty years, the field of disability studies has emerged from the political activism of disabled people. In this challenging re-evaluation, leading disability academic and activist Tom Shakespeare now argues that social model theory has reached a dead end." "Draw…
Bringing together Tom Shakespeare's innovative work from over the past ten years, 'Disability Rights and Wrongs' presents an analysis of the key issues in disability studies. The text examines issues such as biological and social factors, the challenge to medicine and genetics, …
