Disability Studies

Disability Studies An Interdisciplinary Introduction

Third edition

Paperback (14 Dec 2024)

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Publisher's Synopsis

What if disability isn′t a problem but a resource? This updated edition of a classic text in the field of disability studies interrogates the commonly held view that disability is something that needs to be ′cured′ or ′eradicated′. It shows us how disability can challenge our thinking and help us to imagine a more socially just society, offering an engaging introduction to a diverse and globally expanding subject. Taking an interdisciplinary approach, this text will be of interest to undergraduates, graduates, and researchers across the social sciences. Making the case that disability is much more than just impairment, this book uncovers the ways in which disabled people are challenging discrimination and marginalisation. Ranging across topics such as health, activism and education, this book asks questions about the ways in which society tends to understand disability and offers alternative explanations that are more exciting, radical and transformative.          

Book information

ISBN: 9781529682281
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Imprint: Sage
Pub date:
Edition: Third edition
DEWEY: 362.4
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 272
Weight: -1g
Height: 242mm
Width: 170mm