Disabling Barriers-Enabling Environments (Published in Association with The Open University) - Softcover

Swain, John; Finkelstein, Vic; French, Sally

 
9780803988255: Disabling Barriers-Enabling Environments (Published in Association with The Open University)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0803988257 ISBN 13: 9780803988255
Verlag: SAGE Publications Ltd, 1992

Inhaltsangabe

The major theme of this accessible and engaging text is that `disability' is caused by the way society is organized. The contributors demonstrate the many ways in which disabled people have taken the initiative in reshaping both the meaning of disability and the services and support available to them. The notion that disability is either a medical condition or a `personal tragedy' is strongly challenged, and the marginalized position of black disabled people and disabled women is also addressed. Focusing on the barriers which disabled people encounter in education, housing, leisure and employment, this book critically reviews professional practice and describes alternative models of support which give disabled people control over their own

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Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

John Swain is Professor of Disability and Inclusion at Northumbria University.

Sally French is an associate lecturer at the Open University.

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Verlag
SAGE Publications Ltd
Erscheinungsdatum
1992
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0803988257
ISBN 13 
9780803988255
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
320
Herausgeber
Oliver Mike
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