People with Disabilities

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...

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 9781912712335Author Frances BrownFormat PaperbackPage Count 82Imprint Centre for Welfare ReformPublisher Centre for Welfare ReformWeight(grams) 210g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781760641436Author Carly FindlayFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Black Inc.Publisher Black Inc.Weight(grams) 135g

This book explores the journey of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) as it is interpreted and translated from International Human Rights Law into domestic law and policy in different cultural contexts...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781637303207Author Me'chele SevanesianFormat PaperbackPage Count 198Imprint New Degree PressPublisher New Degree PressWeight(grams) 236gDimensions(mm) 216mm...

This volume aims to critically engage with constructs and experiences of disabled sexualities through Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean. In doing so, it is hoped that the questions raised, relfections, analyses and arguments will provide...

This book explores the journey of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) as it is interpreted and translated from International Human Rights Law into domestic law and policy in different cultural contexts...

This open access book brings together oral histories that record the experiences of individuals with intellectual disabilities in Shanghai as they participate in their careers. Employees with intellectual disabilities describe their experiences seeking,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781771338332Author Diane DriedgerFormat PaperbackPage Count 468Imprint Inanna Publications and Education Inc.Publisher Inanna Publications and Education Inc...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780984598335Author Edd James M BolesFormat PaperbackPage Count 330Imprint Vanishing Past PressPublisher Vanishing Past PressWeight(grams) 476g

While HIV spreads among people with severe mental illness for the same reasons it does in the general population, there are specific ways in which mental illness is associated with elevated HIV risk. Every mental health institution or program now has to...

This handbook provides authoritative and cutting-edge analyses of various aspects of the rights and lives of disabled children around the world.Taking the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) and the UN Convention of the Rights...

This book examines the role of disability in the right to political and social participation, an act of citizenship that many disabled people do not enjoy.The disability rights movement does not accept the use of disability to create limits on...

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The first volume presents a collection of exciting papers exploring several new areas of disability research. The contributions include: examination of the media representation of disability and coverage of disability policy issues which gives an...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780807072806Author Clare DunsfordFormat PaperbackPage Count 216Imprint Beacon PressPublisher Beacon PressWeight(grams) 227gDimensions(mm) 211mm * 140mm *...

Video games are both physically and cognitively demanding-so what does that mean for those with a disability or mental illness? Though they may seem at odds, Ability Machines illuminates just how vital video games are to understanding our bodies and...

Disability policy has become an increasingly important issue in countries around the world. More and more, as populations are exposed to war and civil conflicts, natural disasters, environmental poisons along with the effects of normal aging, accidents...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780814214787Author Allyson DayFormat HardbackPage Count 212Imprint Ohio State University PressPublisher Ohio State University PressWeight(grams) 152g

What is the impact of an infant's diminished hearing on the infant and its parents? How does communication develop in cases of diminished hearing? How does diminished hearing affect social and cognitive development? What types of early interventions can...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781013274114Author Steven K KappFormat HardbackPage Count 334Imprint Saint Philip Street PressPublisher Saint Philip Street PressWeight(grams) 216g

Community Disability Services is an edited text designed to be used by education providers delivering short and long courses to Disability Studies students and by current practitioners working in community disability services. In its primary role of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780814258057Author Allyson DayFormat PaperbackPage Count 212Imprint Ohio State University PressPublisher Ohio State University PressWeight(grams)...

Brantlinger discusses the current medical and legal trends in sterilization with special emphasis on people with disabilities. She explores the issues surrounding sterilization decisions from the perspectives of judges, lawyers, social workers, doctors,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780578954387Author Barbara Bush ForlettaFormat PaperbackPage Count 136Imprint Barbara Bush ForlettaPublisher Barbara Bush ForlettaWeight(grams) 286g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780578575285Author Shirl Crimmins SmithFormat PaperbackPage Count 170Imprint Shirl Crimmins SmithPublisher Shirl Crimmins SmithWeight(grams) 236g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781312609488Author Michael DowFormat PaperbackPage Count 370Imprint Lulu.comPublisher Lulu.comWeight(grams) 857g

Combining critical policy analysis with biographical accounts, this book provides a socio-historical account of the changing treatment of disabled people in Britain from the 1940s to the present day. It asks whether life has really changed for disabled...

COVID-19 has once again illuminated the ways in which health risks and negative health outcomes are tied to economic and social inequalities. Disabled people rank among those most disadvantaged in terms of education, income, and social inclusion and this...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798985140309Author Austin NicholsFormat PaperbackPage Count 510Imprint Abt AssociatesPublisher Abt AssociatesWeight(grams) 676g

First published in 1990, this book was the first informed study to focus on care within the voluntary sector. Written with the child in mind, it is a sensitive work which explores the administration, strategy, and problems facing carers in children's...

First published in 1985, this book considers the financial consequences of parents and other relatives caring for severely disabled children at home. At the time of publication little reliable information was available on the costs incurred by 'informal...

Disability is often described in a way that suggests that it is a permanent and relatively stable state. Even when it is described as being socially constructed, the implication is that impairment leads to a permanent status of being 'disabled'. This...