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 Cana
What key issues and challenges affect the lives of people with severe disabilities todaya€”and what should tomorrowa€?s professionals do to address them? Aligned with the core values and agenda of TAS
Emerging Perspectives on Disability Studies contains the work of emerging scholars who are producing work that extends disability studies into new interdisciplinary contexts. This book highlights sch
Foundations of Disability Studies is a collection of eight essays by scholars who have published extensively within the disability studies literature, including Robert Bogdan and Doug Biklen, Tobin Si
Crawford, an occupational therapist who works with infants and toddlers in early intervention, and Weber, a speech-language pathologist who works with infants and toddlers, show early intervention pro
This text provides, from a rehabilitation perspective, comprehensive coverage of the dominant theories and techniques related to the occupational development, vocational behavior, and the organization
This report documents RAND’s assessment of a program designed to facilitate care coordination for service members and veterans recovering from traumatic brain injuries.
Many know the story of Helen Keller's journey to learn to communicate. And many have heard of Anne Sullivan, the brilliant teacher who helped Helen understand. But have you ever heard about Belle the
This book is for clinical psychologists and other professionals who work with parents and families of children with developmental disabilities. Citing a total of 550 research articles and books (most
As an African American woman born in 1943, Maxine Childress Brown possessed a unique vantage point to witness the transformative events in her parents’ lives. Both came from the South -- her father, H
The Disability History Group, an international association promoting the history of disability, sponsored a conference in June 2010, in Preston, UK. Arising from that first conference, 14 contribution
Caring for Children with Special Healthcare Needs and Their Families: A Handbook for Healthcare Professionals provides a guide for addressing the challenges of providing optimal general and routine ca
Much has been written about the profoundly deaf, but the lives of the nearly 30 million partially deaf people in the United States today remain hidden. Gerald Shea’s witty and candid memoir of how he
?For psychotherapist, painter, feminist, filmmaker, writer, and disability activist Harilyn Rousso, hearing well-intentioned people tell her, "You're so inspirational!" is patronizing, not complimenta
?For psychotherapist, painter, feminist, filmmaker, writer, and disability activist Harilyn Rousso, hearing well-intentioned people tell her, "You're so inspirational!" is patronizing, not complimenta
This book provides an international comparative study of the implementation of disability rights law and policy focused on the emerging principles of self-determination and personalisation. It explores how these principles have been enshrined in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and how different jurisdictions have implemented them to enable meaningful engagement and participation by persons with disabilities in society. The philosophy of 'active citizenship' underpinning the Convention - that all citizens should (be able to) actively participate in the community - provides the core focal point of this book, which grounds its analysis in exploring how this goal has been imagined and implemented across a range of countries. The case studies examine how different jurisdictions have reformed disability law and policy and reconfigured how support is administered and funded to ensure maximum choice and independence is accorded to people with disabiliti
This book describes how an amputee and war-wounded community was created after a decade long conflict (1991-2002) in Sierra Leone. Beginning with a general socio-cultural and historical analysis of wh
From the National Book Award–winning author of The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression comes a monumental new work, a decade in the writing, about family. In Far from the Tree, Andrew Solomon tells
An inspirational chronicle of the former U.S. Army soldier who, while serving in Iraq, was burned over 40 percent of his body, describes how he triumphed over many obstacles through pure resilience, o
