Controversial issues in a disabling society (Disability, Human Rights, and Society) - Softcover

Book 5 of 5: Disability, Human Rights, and Society

Swain, .

 
9780335209040: Controversial issues in a disabling society (Disability, Human Rights, and Society)

Synopsis

Controversial Issues in a Disabling Society has been written specifically to raise questions and stimulate debate. It has been designed for use with students in group discussion, and to support in-depth study on a variety of professional courses. It covers a wide range of specific, substantive issues within Disability Studies in a series of succinct chapters. Each chapter sets a question for debate, places the key issues in context and presents a particular argument. This is an accessible and engaging book which challenges dominant positions and ideologies from a social model viewpoint of disability.

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About the Author

Johh Swain is Reader in Disability Studies and Principal Lecturer in Research, in the Faculty of Health, Social Work and Education at the University of Northumbria, Newcastle upon Tyne.

Sally French is Senior Lecturer in the School of Social Sciences at King Alfred's College of Higher Education, London.

Colin Cameron is a freelance disability equality trainer and consultant, providing training and teaching for organizations in south east Scotland, including Lothian Centre for Integrated Living, the City of Edinburgh Social Work Department and the University of Edinburgh.

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