Researching Disability Issues (Disability, Human Rights & Society) - Hardcover
Book 1 of 5: Disability, Human Rights, and Society
Synopsis
Designed to meet a growing need for clear guidance on how to carry out research on disability issues, this text aims to demonstrate the value of a critical attention to social, rather than medical, approaches to disability research. It reviews a variety of studies on the lives of the disabled. Different quantitive and qualitative methodological frameworks are considered, ranging from analysis of observation data concerning disabled children in schools to conversation-based data which focuses on family life. A central theme concerns the pivotal role of disabled people in research. The book provides substantive examples of the dilemmas which face researchers and connects these to ideas for individual action. The book should prove of interest to disabled and non-disabled researchers, professionals and students from a wide range of disciplines.
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Review
"This is not a book about 'how to do it', rather an exploration of 'what it's like to do it', and how difficult and personally challenging that can be...all those involved in disability research will find this book of value" - Community Care
About the Author
All authors have considerable expertise in relevant areas, including many years of teaching research design and methodology on undergraduate, postgraduate and in-service courses. The book has emerged from years of applied disability research experience and their successful development of a unique course in Psychology, Research and Empowerment. June Maelzer is herself a disabled person, and has won national acclaim for her personal contribution to the pioneering advocacy of disability issues.
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