Disability Across Continents
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Disability Across Continents
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Author : Ramakrishnan Veerabathiran
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2025-05-22
Disability Across Continents written by Ramakrishnan Veerabathiran and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2025-05-22 with Medical categories.
This book offers a comprehensive exploration of the shifting landscape of disability rights and policies across two culturally rich and diverse continents. By adopting a multidisciplinary approach, the book integrates historical, cultural, socioeconomic, and technological perspectives on disability, providing readers with a broad understanding of the issues faced by disabled individuals in Asia and Africa. It examines the evolution of disability rights over time and the varying impacts of these changes on different communities. From traditional beliefs to modern societal structures, the book highlights how indigenous knowledge and local practices influence attitudes toward disability. A unique feature of the book is its focus on underexplored areas, such as the role of media in shaping disability narratives, the importance of sports in promoting social inclusion, and the rise of emerging technologies like AI and assistive devices in enhancing accessibility. By also focusing on grassroots movements, the growing influence of young advocates, and the need for sustainable future policies, the book not only reflects on past and present challenges but also offers forward-looking solutions. It serves as a vital resource for understanding how policy changes and cultural shifts can lead to more inclusive societies across Asia and Africa.
Disability In Africa
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Author : Toyin Falola
language : en
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
Release Date : 2021
Disability In Africa written by Toyin Falola and has been published by Boydell & Brewer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021 with Family & Relationships categories.
Exploring issues of disability culture, activism, and policy across the African continent, this volume argues for the recognition of African disability studies as an important and emerging interdisciplinary field.While the disability rights movement of recent decades has a rich and well-documented history, it is a history mostly focused on the Global North. Disability in Africa presents an interdisciplinary approach to cultural, health, and policy challenges that disability issues have raised throughout the African continent. The volume draws on the achievements of disability studies while acknowledging the demands and challenges of particular African contexts. The authors bring diverse methodological approaches and expertise to bear on these issues, ranging from anthropology and bioethics to special education and community rehabilitation. Essays consider indigenously African definitions of disability as well as exploring disability at the intersection of poverty, geography, and globalized biopolitics. Contributors analyze the difficulties of implementing disability policy across the continent while also being mindful of successful approaches taken at local, national, and international levels. Disability in Africa thus charts new avenues for disability studies research in and about Africa.butors analyze the difficulties of implementing disability policy across the continent while also being mindful of successful approaches taken at local, national, and international levels. Disability in Africa thus charts new avenues for disability studies research in and about Africa.butors analyze the difficulties of implementing disability policy across the continent while also being mindful of successful approaches taken at local, national, and international levels. Disability in Africa thus charts new avenues for disability studies research in and about Africa.butors analyze the difficulties of implementing disability policy across the continent while also being mindful of successful approaches taken at local, national, and international levels. Disability in Africa thus charts new avenues for disability studies research in and about Africa.
Psychiatry Of Intellectual Disability Across Cultures
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Author : Regi Alexander
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2024
Psychiatry Of Intellectual Disability Across Cultures written by Regi Alexander and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024 with Medical categories.
An insightful addition to the Oxford Cultural Psychiatry series, Psychiatry of Intellectual Disability across Cultures explores the health, support structures, and societal attitudes towards people with intellectual disabilities throughout the world.
The Routledge International Handbook Of Disability Human Rights Hierarchies
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Author : Stephen Meyers
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2023-10-31
The Routledge International Handbook Of Disability Human Rights Hierarchies written by Stephen Meyers and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-10-31 with Social Science categories.
Disability is defined by hierarchy. Regardless of culture or context, persons with disabilities are almost always pushed to the bottom of the social hierarchy. With the advent of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (2006), disability human rights seemingly provided a path forward for tearing down ableist social hierarchies and ensuring that all persons with disabilities everywhere were treated equally. Despite important progress, the disability human rights project not only remains incomplete, but has often created new hierarchies among persons with disabilities themselves or across the human rights it promotes. Certain groups of persons with disabilities have gained new voices while others remain silenced and certain rights are prioritized over others depending on what states, international organizations, or advocates want rather than what those on the ground need most. This volume was inspired both by the continued need to expose human rights violations against persons with disabilities, but to also explore the nuanced role that hierarchies play in the spread, implementation, and protection of disability human rights. The enjoyment of human rights is not equal nor is the recognition of specific individuals and groups’ rights. In order to change this situation, inequalities across the disability human rights movement must be explored. Divided into five parts: Who counts as disabled? Political, social, and cultural context Which rights on top, whose rights on bottom? Pushed to the periphery in the disability rights movement Representations of disability and comprised of 34 newly-written chapters including case-studies from the Anglophone Caribbean, Bangladesh, Bosnia-Herzegovina, China, Ghana, Haiti, Hungary, India, Israel, Kenya, Latin America, Poland, Russia, Scotland, Serbia and South Africa, and other countries, this book will be of interest to all scholars and students of disability studies, sociology, human rights law and social policy.
Disability In South Asia
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Author : Anita Ghai
language : en
Publisher: SAGE Publications Pvt. Limited
Release Date : 2019-01-17
Disability In South Asia written by Anita Ghai and has been published by SAGE Publications Pvt. Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-01-17 with Medical categories.
Disability in South Asia: Knowledge & Experience presents a comprehensive approach to various aspects of disability in South Asia. A critical work on disability studies, this book explores the full complexity of disability in its multi-layered, interactional dynamics. The book imparts understanding of the social, political and cultural construction of disability as opposed to the traditional perception of disability in terms of medical condition, biological trait, rehabilitation and special education. It focuses on foregrounding disability across various areas including education, law and sociology, critically exploring the interaction of gender and disability, and challenging the separation between theory and practice as well as academia and activism. The book shows how the inclusion of a disability perspective enriches scholarship by contributing to the understanding of social marginalization, oppression and the perception of difference. It highlights the lived experiences of people with disabilities to help readers develop a nuanced comprehension of disability.
Intellectual Disability In The Twentieth Century
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Author : Jan Walmsley
language : en
Publisher: Policy Press
Release Date : 2021-01-20
Intellectual Disability In The Twentieth Century written by Jan Walmsley and has been published by Policy Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-01-20 with Social Science categories.
With contributions from distinguished authors in 14 countries across 5 continents, this book provides a unique transnational perspective on intellectual disability in the twentieth century. Each chapter outlines different policies and practices, and details real-life accounts from those living with intellectual disabilities to illustrate their impact of policies and practices on these people and their families. Bringing together accounts of how intellectual disability was viewed, managed and experienced in countries across the globe, the book examines the origins and nature of contemporary attitudes, policy and practice and sheds light on the challenges of implementing the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCPRD).
Narrative Prosthesis
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Author : David T. Mitchell
language : en
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Release Date : 2000
Narrative Prosthesis written by David T. Mitchell and has been published by University of Michigan Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Literary Criticism categories.
Reveals how depictions of disability in fiction serve an essential narrative function
Health Care For People With Intellectual And Developmental Disabilities Across The Lifespan
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Author : I. Leslie Rubin
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2016-04-25
Health Care For People With Intellectual And Developmental Disabilities Across The Lifespan written by I. Leslie Rubin and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-04-25 with Medical categories.
This book provides a broad overview of quality health care for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). It focuses on providing the reader a practical approach to dealing with the health and well-being of people with IDD in general terms as well as in dealing with specific conditions. In addition, it offers the reader a perspective from many different points of view in the health care delivery system as well as in different parts of the world. This is the 3rd , and much expanded edition, of a text that was first published in 1989 (Lea and Fibiger). The second edition was published in 2006 (Paul Brookes) and has been used as a formal required text in training programs for physicians, nurses and nurse practitioners as well as by administrators who are responsible for programs serving people with IDD. This book is considered the “Bible” in the field of health care for people with IDD since 1989 when the first edition came out.
The Routledge International Handbook Of Disability And Global Health
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Author : Lieketseng Ned
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2024-05-31
The Routledge International Handbook Of Disability And Global Health written by Lieketseng Ned and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-05-31 with Social Science categories.
This handbook will raise awareness about the importance of health and well-being of people with disabilities in the context of the global development agenda: Leaving No-one Behind. There has been a growing discussion on how people with disabilities should be included in the global health landscape. An estimated one billion people have some form of disability, 80% of whom live in low- and middle-income settings. People with disabilities are more likely to be poor, with restricted access to health and social services, education, rehabilitation and employment. Despite this, people with disabilities are often overlooked in global health and development efforts. Furthermore, the COVID-19 pandemic has shown that unless systematically planned for and included in policies and programmes, people with disabilities remain at an increased risk of being adversely affected in times of humanitarian crisis and emergency disasters. Divided into eight sections: Disability and Health Frameworks Health Justice, Rights and Bioethics Gendering Disability Health Disability and Global Mental Health Disability and Access to Healthcare, Including Workforce Development Crises and Health Technology and Digital Health Disability, Ageing and Dementia Care This handbook covers the full range of topics pertaining to disability and global health including inclusive health; access to rehabilitation; global mental health and disability; medical training and disability; community based inclusive development for improving health and rehabilitation; maternal health and sexual reproduction; preventive care and health promotion for people with disabilities; health, disability and indigenous knowledges; bioethics and human rights; data protection; and health in the global south. It will be of interest to all scholars, students and professionals working in the fields of disability studies, health studies, nursing, medicine, allied health, development studies and sociology.
International Issues In Send And Inclusion
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Author : Alan Hodkinson
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2022-09-27
International Issues In Send And Inclusion written by Alan Hodkinson and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-09-27 with Education categories.
International Issues in SEND and Inclusion brings together a collection of cutting-edge researches on approaches to special education needs and disability education, across 6 continents and within 12 countries. Written by authors who are experts in their own countries in relation to special educational needs and disability, the book provides a unique knowledge and understanding of different international perspectives in special educational needs, disability and inclusion. The chapters present extended case studies and reflect on current policy, practice and theory within that context, challenging assumptions which can dominate the policy and practice of inclusive education. Each of the six continents has a separate section and introduction within the book to offer a relevant approach and context for analysis. The book will be of great interest to academics, researchers and postgraduate students in the fields of inclusion, special educational needs and disability, teacher education and comparative education.