People with Disabilities

According to Edward Shorter, just forty years ago the institutions housing people with mental retardation (MR) had become a national scandal. The mentally retarded who lived at home were largely isolated and a source of family shame. Although some social...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780807019238Author Jessica SliceFormat PaperbackPage Count 428Imprint Beacon PressPublisher Beacon PressWeight(grams) 369g

This report reviews international research into the barriers to play for children with disabilities. The authors come from different disciplinary backgrounds, in Sociology, Social Policy, Anthropology, Occupational Health and Education and bring...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781946195272Author Shelly ChristensenFormat PaperbackPage Count 312Imprint Inclusion InnovationsPublisher Inclusion InnovationsWeight(grams) 170g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781665762755Author Clementine Marianna JoyFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint Archway PublishingPublisher Archway PublishingWeight(grams) 127g

This volume in the SAGE Reference Series on Disability explores issues involving disability through the life course, and is one of eight volumes in the cross-disciplinary and issues-based series which examines topics central to the lives of individuals...

Focusing on the case of disability, this book examines what happens when previously marginalised individuals obtain the legal recognition of their equal citizenship rights but cannot fully enjoy these rights because of structural inequality. Bringing...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781426901782Author Wendy CrickFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint Trafford PublishingPublisher Trafford PublishingWeight(grams) 162g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781926708171Author Diane DriedgerFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Inanna Publications and Education Inc.Publisher Inanna Publications and Education Inc...

This open access book is unique in presenting the first oral history of individuals with an intellectual disability and their families in China. In this summary volume and the two accompanying volumes that follow, individuals with an intellectual...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781760644222Author Micheline LeeFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Quarterly EssayPublisher Black Inc.Weight(grams) 166g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789811550072Author William P AlfordFormat PaperbackPage Count 489Imprint SpringerPublisher SpringerWeight(grams) 155g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781954753914Author Terry ReynoldsFormat PaperbackPage Count 146Imprint Workbook PressPublisher Workbook PressWeight(grams) 152g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781665752510Author Esther DillardFormat PaperbackPage Count 132Imprint Archway PublishingPublisher Archway PublishingWeight(grams) 186g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798822931275Author Robert A RieckFormat HardbackPage Count 426Imprint Palmetto PublishingPublisher Palmetto PublishingWeight(grams) 794g

Drawing on rich empirical work emerging from core conflict regions within the island nation of Sri Lanka, this book illustrates the critical role that women with disabilities play in post-armed conflict rebuilding and development.This pathbreaking book...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798218216368Author August IronsFormat PaperbackPage Count 100Imprint Sky Island SignaturePublisher Sky Island SignatureWeight(grams) 118g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781932690187Author Rick RitterFormat PaperbackPage Count 104Imprint Loving Healing PressPublisher Loving Healing PressWeight(grams) 271g

This publication covers all major aspects of social policy in relation to disability in contemporary Ireland. New approaches to policy making, influenced by concepts of rights, partnership and integration, have led to major changes in service provision...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781426909078Author Wendy CrickFormat HardbackPage Count 112Imprint Trafford PublishingPublisher Trafford PublishingWeight(grams) 325g

Caring for her disabled husband, Marion Cohen tells her story from the viewpoint of a Well SpouseCaring for her disabled husband, Marion Cohen tells her story from the viewpoint of a Well SpouseReviews"Marion and her family have done a wonderful job of...

This book presents the outcomes of a field action project at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS). Project Chunauti (English translation: Project Challenge) focused on a group of intellectually disabled, orphan children who were survivors of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798822931282Author Robert A RieckFormat PaperbackPage Count 426Imprint Palmetto PublishingPublisher Palmetto PublishingWeight(grams) 621g

This open access book contains the oral histories that were inspired by the work of the Special Olympics in conjunction with the 50th anniversary of its founding. The foreword and prefatory materials provide an overview of the Special Olympics and its...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789966734174Author Samuel KabueFormat PaperbackImprint Zapf ChanceryPublisher Zapf ChanceryWeight(grams) 621g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781632402769Author Andy ParkerFormat HardbackImprint Clanrye InternationalPublisher Clanrye InternationalWeight(grams) 676g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781480820258Author Neil And Jane SoslowFormat PaperbackPage Count 24Imprint Archway PublishingPublisher Archway PublishingWeight(grams) 100g

This open access book is unique in presenting the first oral history of individuals with an intellectual disability and their families in China. In this summary volume and the two accompanying volumes that follow, individuals with an intellectual...

This timely book explores the spatial and social injustices within our streets, malls, schools, and public institutions. Taken-for-granted acts like going for a walk, seeing an exhibition with a friend, and going to school are, for people with...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798895970782Author Dr Dr Laurie E Laurie E ThompsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 226Imprint Trilogy Christian PublishingPublisher Trilogy Christian...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781954233386Author Stephanie W CawthonFormat PaperbackPage Count 98Imprint Tspa the Self Publishing Agency Inc.Publisher Tspa the Self Publishing Agency Inc...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781886591271Author Richard Dicks, JrFormat PaperbackPage Count 56Imprint Blue Creek PressPublisher Blue Creek PressWeight(grams) 108g

HandiLand looks at young adult novels, fantasy series, graphic memoirs, and picture books of the last 25 years in which characters with disabilities take center stage for the first time. These books take what others regard as weaknesses-for instance,...

Including people with disabilities fully into Canadian society, with the rights enjoyed by non-disabled people, requires a fundamental social transformation, not simply "fixing" some bodies. It requires deep changes in the attitudes, cultural images and...

This book examines disability in post-war Sierra Leone. Its protagonists are polio-disabled people living in the nation's capital of Freetown, organizing themselves as best as they can in a state without welfare. There is little concrete support for...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781915271815Author Jim HoerricksFormat PaperbackPage Count 212Imprint Lived Places PublishingPublisher Lived Places PublishingWeight(grams) 290g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781480820265Author Neil And Jane SoslowFormat HardbackPage Count 24Imprint Archway PublishingPublisher Archway PublishingWeight(grams) 376g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781915734358Author Annmaree WatharowFormat PaperbackPage Count 300Imprint Lived Places PublishingPublisher Lived Places Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781606935514Author Mark BlackFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Strategic Book Publishing & Rights Agency, LLCPublisher Strategic Book Publishing...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781606930090Author Mark BlackFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint Strategic Book Publishing & Rights Agency, LLCPublisher Strategic Book Publishing...