The remarkable story of five ordinary people trapped in the complex world of serious chronic illness. In this intimate portrait, journalist Cohen probes lives of sickness as these individuals struggle to cope. This book was born of the desire of many to share their stories in th…
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"Disabled Veterans in History explores the long-neglected history of those who have sustained lasting injuries of chronic illness while serving in uniform. The contributions to this volume cover an impressive range of countries in Europe and North America as well as a wide sweep…
"For aspiring journalists, the challenges of dyslexia can seem insurmountable, especially in the face of an educational system that is ill-equipped to help. Many with dyslexia and related learning and attention deficit disorders also struggle with low self-esteem and emotional h…
"For aspiring journalists, the challenges of dyslexia can seem insurmountable, especially in the face of an educational system that is ill-equipped to help. Many with dyslexia and related learning and attention deficit disorders also struggle with low self-esteem and emotional h…
Re-examines the final years of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, using the evidence of medical reports and photographs to argue that the real cause of the president's death was a skin cancer that had spread to his brain.
The death of Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1945 sent shock waves around the world. His lifelong physician swore that the president had always been a picture of health. Later, in 1970, Roosevelt's cardiologist admitted he had been suffering from uncontrolled hypertension and that …
This text presents an agenda-setting response to a capitalist society faced with globalisation, financial instability and lower public expenditure. A timely new edition reignites the debate on the nature of disability and reasserts the political power of the academic field of di…
This text presents an agenda-setting response to a capitalist society faced with globalisation, financial instability and lower public expenditure. A timely new edition reignites the debate on the nature of disability and reasserts the political power of the academic field of di…
"This book is an in-depth analysis of how workers and recipients of home care craft flexibility and security in relation to one another within constraints defined by intersecting social inequalities, state funding, labor market policies and managerial rules"--
This introductory text defines and describes disability, while providing concrete practice guidelines and recommendations for students in the fields of counseling, social work, and the helping professions. Various specialty areas are explored in detail, including marriage and fa…
"This ground-breaking volume considers what it means to make claims of disability membership in view of the robust Disability Rights movement, the rich areas of academic inquiry into disability, increased philosophical attention to the nature and significance of disability, a vi…
"This ground-breaking volume considers what it means to make claims of disability membership in view of the robust Disability Rights movement, the rich areas of academic inquiry into disability, increased philosophical attention to the nature and significance of disability, a vi…
Novel Bodies examines how disability shapes the British literary history of sexuality. Jason Farr shows that various eighteenth-century novelists represent disability and sexuality in flexible ways to reconfigure the political and social landscapes of eighteenth-century Britain.…
"Despite growing evidence of a close and complex relationship between disability and poverty, development policy, planning and programming have often failed to take full account of the concerns of disabled people. However, following the 2006 UN Convention on the Rights of Person…
"What is the relevance of feminist ideas for understanding women's experiences of disability? How can the social model of disability be developed theoretically? What are the key differences between Disability Studies and medical sociology?" "In answer to these questions, this bo…
Emerging from the first degree-granting program in drama therapy, this text is the first to examine drama therapy as a discipline. It deals not with drama in therapy but with drama therapy itself, documenting its legitimacy as a distinct field. After reviewing its dramatic and p…