The successful integration of psychological factors into the management of physical disabilities is critical to successful health-care delivery. This book provides a comprehensive and accessible guide
Morris Frank lost his sight in 1924, when he was only sixteen. But it wasn't just his sight that he lost-he lost his independence, too. Morris didn't want to be led around by a paid helper or find wo
Improve peoplea€?s quality of life throughPlanning forInclusiveCommunitiesTogetherUsingReinforcement andEvaluationFor person-centered planning to succeed, people with intellectual and developmental di
This remarkable volume examines the process by which three deaf, French biographers from the 19th and 20th centuries attempted to cross the cultural divide between deaf and hearing worlds through thei
The first book of its kind, this text outlines and defines the process for selecting, integrating, and utilizing assistive technology in the work environment. Each stage of the process is examined in
As a young blind girl, Georgina Kleege repeatedly heard the refrain, “Why can’t you be more like Helen Keller?” Kleege’s resentment culminates in her book Blind Rage: Letters to Helen Keller, an ingen
The authors (both of the Centre for Disability Studies, School of Sociology and Social Policy, U. of Leeds, UK) describe the origins and development of British organizations created and run by disable
With an emphasis on grassroots efforts, this text traces the history of the struggle for equal access to telecommunications technology for deaf and hard of hearing people in the U.S. Strauss offers a
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 poiso
Now, more than ever, the field of rehabilitation psychology is growing. This book--one of the few that focuses solely on rehabilitation psychology research--provides the reader with the most up-to-dat
In The Golden Bridge, Patty Dobbs Gross provides both personal and professional advice on how specially bred and trained dogs help to facilitate communication for children with autism and other develo
Theories of distributive justice are most severely tested in the area of disability. In this book, Mark Stein argues that utilitarianism performs better than egalitarian theories in this area: wherea
The seminal study of the antecedents of Deaf culture is now back in print. Edited by renowned scholar Harlan Lane, The Deaf Experience: Classics in Language and Education presents a selection of the
In 1952, after two weeks of typhoid fever and the mumps, 11-year-old Madan Vasishta awoke one night to discover that he could no longer hear. He was horrified because in India, the word for??deaf” in
This book provides a valuable route map to the development of thinking in disability studies over the last eighteen years. It includes over twenty essential articles from the journal Disability and So
