Exploring The Experience Of Disability
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Exploring The Experience Of Disability
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Author : Mark Cahill
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1991
Exploring The Experience Of Disability written by Mark Cahill and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991 with People with disabilities categories.
Exploring Disability
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Author : Colin Barnes
language : en
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 2018-05-21
Exploring Disability written by Colin Barnes and has been published by John Wiley & Sons this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-05-21 with Social Science categories.
The second edition of this widely used text has been carefully rewritten to ensure that it is up-to-date with cutting-edge debates, evidence, and policy changes. Since the book's initial publication, there has been an expansion of interest in disability in the social sciences, and disability has come to play an increasingly prominent role in political debates. The new edition takes account of all these developments, and also gives greater emphasis to global issues in order to reflect the increasing and intensifying interdependence of nation states in the twenty-first century. The authors examine, amongst other issues,the changing nature of the concept of disability, key debates in the sociology of health and illness, the politicisation of disability, social policy, and the cultural and media representation of disability. As well as providing an excellent overview of the literature in the area, the book develops an understanding of disability that has implications for both sociology and society. The second edition of Exploring Disability will be indispensable for students across the social sciences, and in health and social care, who really want to understand the issues facing disabled people and disabling societies.
Making Disability
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Author : Paul C. Higgins
language : en
Publisher: Charles C. Thomas Publisher
Release Date : 1992
Making Disability written by Paul C. Higgins and has been published by Charles C. Thomas Publisher this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with Medical categories.
Exploring Experiences Of Advocacy By People With Learning Disabilities
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Author : Rohhss Chapman
language : en
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Release Date : 2006-05-15
Exploring Experiences Of Advocacy By People With Learning Disabilities written by Rohhss Chapman and has been published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-05-15 with Education categories.
This book provides a fascinating vignette of the personal experiences of People with Learning Disabilities for the better (or worse) part of the last century. What makes the book so interesting is actually meeting some of those involved and seeing their stories in print. It flags up what has been achieved so far, and what still needs to be done.' - Oral History 'The editors of this book, written by a range of authors form the UK and overseas, set out to provide the reader with an understanding of the ways in which people with learning disabilities direct their lives through advocacy. Its strength lies in the way in which it puts to the forefront the voices of those who have been, and still might be, excluded from society if it were not for the different forms of resistance they have engaged in.' - Professional Social Work 'The accounts are all of acts of resistance and survival, many of them told by the people themselves. This creates another fascinating book which contributes greatly to an appreciation of the role of people with learning difficulties themselves in the historical struggle for better treatment in society.' - CommunityLiving 'This book explains how people with learning disabilities have become increasingly able to direct their own lives as fully active members of their communities. It also explains what self-advocacy means for these people and it shows how opportunities and services have changed for them in 10 years.' - Europe for Us! 'Heartbreaking, touching and at times inspirational, this book introduces us to the people who have been oppressed, the system that oppressed them and the individuals who stood up to them...Read this if you are involved in supporting people and you will find yourself addressing your practice and attitudes and ultimately, improving the quality of care you deliver.' - Community Care 'The accounts are all of acts of resistance and survival, many of them told by the people themselves. This creates another fascinating book which contributes greatly to an appreciation of the role of people with learning difficulties themselves in the historical struggle for better treatment in society.' - Community Living Exploring Experiences of Advocacy by People with Learning Disabilities charts the course through which people with learning disabilities have become increasingly able to direct their own lives as fully active members of their communities. Accounts from the UK, Australia, Canada and Iceland consider both the individual pioneers of self advocacy and local and national groups that have been set up to work actively towards improved services for people with learning disabilities. The book also examines what self-advocacy means for these people and provides an overview of how opportunities and services have changed for them over the decades. Many of the personal accounts, photographs and songs included in this book will be accessible and encouraging to people with learning disabilities, and they will provide inspiring reading for professionals who work with them, family members and community and government service providers.
Exploring The Disabled Experience In Higher Education
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Author : Mona Whisler Smith
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2013
Exploring The Disabled Experience In Higher Education written by Mona Whisler Smith and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with categories.
Individuals with disabilities historically have been stigmatized in terms of their capabilities and social value. Despite equal opportunity and protections though modern U.S. legislation, negative perceptions and discrediting often is experienced. For example, during the course of obtaining higher education, students with invisible disabilities are frequently under scrutiny regarding their "need" for accommodations (Bento 2011; Connor, Gabel, Gallagher, & Morton 2008; Olney & Brockelman 2003), the genuineness of the impairment (Bento 2011; Schambler 2009), and if in fact those who have disabilities (especially learning disabilities) are capable of obtaining such education. Students must negotiate not only the structural systems and their oppressions, but they must negotiate themselves in relation to the varied and multiple identities other than disability that they possess (West & Zimmerman 1987). Each identity carries its own oppression, stigma and obstacles to the students' success, challenging them daily to embrace or deny their identities in order to successfully navigate their experience of higher education. Most policies, procedures, and accommodations in both public policy and education have been developed based on the outsider's viewpoint grounded upon normative, medicalized, and legal definitions of disability rather that the experiences of people with disabilities themselves (Ranseen & Parks 2005; Riddle & Weedon 2006), creating oppressive systems. Studying the experiences of students with disabilities can give direct and specific information to address my research question: This understanding can give direct and specific information as to what students experience in their educational journey and answer the question of, "What are the experiences of students with invisible disabilities in higher education?"
Exploring Disability
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Author : Colin Barnes
language : en
Publisher: Polity
Release Date : 1999-08-10
Exploring Disability written by Colin Barnes and has been published by Polity this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999-08-10 with Social Science categories.
This is an exciting new introductory textbook for anyone studying disability. As well as providing an excellent overview of the existing literature in the area, the book also develops an understanding of disability that has implications for both sociology and society.
Experiences With Disabilities In Higher Education
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Author : Moira A. Carroll Miranda
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2014
Experiences With Disabilities In Higher Education written by Moira A. Carroll Miranda and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014 with People with disabilities categories.
According to the data from the National Center for Education Statistics, the participation of students living with disabilities (SLWD) attending institutions of higher education has risen. This qualitative phenomenological study was designed to explore the experiences of inclusion of SLWD attending higher education. The purpose of this study was to learn from the experiences of six SLWD attending an institution of higher education (IHE) in Puerto Rico and the role of assistive technologies (AT) in this process. The theoretical framework that guided this study was drawn from the tenets of critical theory and disability studies. The data was collected during a period of six months through the development of semi-structured interviews. Portraits-in-progress were developed to bring to the forefront the participants' voices and how they describe their experiences of participating in IHE and using AT in the process. Each of these stories provides insight into how SLWD describe, confront, experience, resist, struggle, and above all negotiate with social oppressions that manifest in multiples ways throughout their participation in IHE. The analysis of the interviews was done following the interpretative phenomenological analysis guidelines which revealed complex issues that surface when exploring the process of inclusion of SLWD in IHE such as: access, assistive technology, barriers and being pro-active which are interrelated. Among the findings of this study was that while AT provides the opportunity to participate and interact in IHE, the process towards gaining access to AT is surrounded by many complexities. It was also found that AT was used by participants as a means towards resisting and reacting to their exclusion. Several findings throughout this study provide insights to the different barriers SLWD encounter while attending IHE; being society's reaction to disability the one identified by the participants to have its most adverse effect on their daily experiences.
Exploring Disability Identity And Disability Rights Through Narratives
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Author : Ravi Malhotra
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2013-10-30
Exploring Disability Identity And Disability Rights Through Narratives written by Ravi Malhotra and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-10-30 with Law categories.
Building on David M. Engel and Frank W. Munger’s work analyzing the narratives of people with physical and learning disabilities, this book examines the life stories of twelve physically disabled Canadian adults through the prism of the social model of disablement. Using a grounded theory approach and with extensive reporting of the thoughts of the participants in their own words, the book uses narratives to explore whether an advocacy identity helps or hinders dealings with systemic barriers for disabled people in education, employment, and transportation. The book underscores how both physical and attitudinal barriers by educators, employers and service providers complicate the lives of disabled people. The book places a particular focus on the importance of political economy and the changes to the labour market for understanding the marginalization and oppression of people with disabilities. By melding socio-legal approaches with insights from feminist, critical race, and queer legal theory, Ravi Malhotra and Morgan Rowe ask if we need to reconsider the social model of disablement, and proposes avenues for inclusive legal reform.
Ableism In Academia
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Author : Nicole Brown
language : en
Publisher: UCL Press
Release Date : 2020-10-05
Ableism In Academia written by Nicole Brown and has been published by UCL Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-10-05 with Social Science categories.
Rather than embracing difference as a reflection of wider society, academic ecosystems seek to normalise and homogenise ways of working and of being a researcher. As a consequence, ableism in academia is endemic. However, to date no attempt has been made to theorise experiences of ableism in academia. Ableism in Academia provides an interdisciplinary outlook on ableism that is currently missing. Through reporting research data and exploring personal experiences, the contributors theorise and conceptualise what it means to be/work outside the stereotypical norm. The volume brings together a range of perspectives, including feminism, post-structuralism, such as Derridean and Foucauldian theory, crip theory and disability theory, and draw on the width and breadth of a number of related disciplines. Contributors use technicism, leadership, social justice theories and theories of embodiment to raise awareness and increase understanding of the marginalised; that is those academics who are not perfect. These theories are placed in the context of neoliberal academia, which is distant from the privileged and romanticised versions that exist in the public and internalised imaginations of academics, and used to interrogate aspects of identity, aspects of how disability is performed, and to argue that ableism is not just a disability issue. This timely collection of chapters will be of interest to researchers in Disability Studies, Higher Education Studies and Sociology, and to those researching the relationship between theory and personal experience across the Social Sciences.
Exploring The Experiences Of Mothers Of Children With Developmental Disabilities
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Author : Courtney Bond
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2014
Exploring The Experiences Of Mothers Of Children With Developmental Disabilities written by Courtney Bond and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014 with categories.
This qualitative study explores the experiences of mothers who have children with developmental disabilities. I sought to understand both the positive aspects of mothering a child with a disability, as well as understand the potential negative aspects of mothering a child with a developmental disability. I also explored how the mothers reflected on this experience of mothering a child with a disability. Furthermore, I sought information on what services and/or supports these mothers found helpful, and why. Six mothers were interviewed for this study. From these interviews, six themes were identified: 1. positive experiences and emotions; 2. mothering a child with a developmental disability as difficult, stressful, and overwhelming work; 3). mothers' fears for their children; 4). mothers' sense of loss; 5). mothers' relationships with their non-disabled children; and 6). mothers' perceptions of the helpfulness of formal and informal supports.