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Disability and social change: private lives and public policies
- Authors:
- SHAH Sonali, PRIESTLY Mark
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- Publication year:
- 2011
- Pagination:
- 224p.
- Place of publication:
- Bristol
Combining critical policy analysis with biographical accounts, this book provides a socio-historical account of the changing treatment of disabled people in Britain from the 1940s to the present day. It explores how public policies and institutional care have influenced the types of life-choices and the opportunities available to people. It also asks whether life has really changed for disabled people. A key strength of the book is how it uses biographical methods in new and critical ways to examine social and historical change over time. Chapters cover: Policy, history and biography; Telling stories; Keeping it in the family; Living with medicine; Learning about life; and Working for a living. Especially relevant for researchers, students and policy makers.
An introduction to disability studies
- Author:
- JOHNSTONE David
- Publisher:
- David Fulton
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 186p, bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
- Edition:
- 2nd
Disability studies is now a legitimate area of academic study. It is multidisciplinary in its critique of oppressions that have historically 'dumped' people on the margins of society. Contents include: critical factors in community care and independent living; legislation in the UK and USA; what is the meaning of quality of life?; euthanasia and the new eugenics; disability research; medical health and disability; the enabling environment.
Growing up with disability
- Editors:
- ROBINSON Carol, STALKER Kirsten
- Publisher:
- Jessica Kingsley
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 215p.,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- London
Adopts a child centred approach to growing up with a disability. Contains papers on: theoretical perspectives on research with disabled children; an historical perspective; early intervention; the pre-school years; children's experiences of school; parents and family; leisure and friendship; quality of life of children and young people with serious medical conditions; disabled children and child protection; group advocacy in a residential setting; disabled children in permanent substitute families; young people's aspirations; and the dynamic of transition to adulthood.
Human welfare and technology: papers from the Husita 3 conference on IT and the quality of life and services held in Maastricht, June 1993
- Editor:
- GLASTONBURY Bryan
- Publisher:
- Van Gorcum
- Publication year:
- 1993
- Pagination:
- 290p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Den Haag
Papers from a conference focusing on the use of information technology in the human services. In 3 sections: setting the scene; quality of life; and quality of services. Includes the following papers: client information systems and their built-in values; community computing - linking health and human service resources to the community; supporting independent living through Adaptable Smart Home; an application of video telephones to maintain the quality of life of elderly people with special needs; new technologies and the Americans with Disabilities Act; networking; assessment and training of people with disabilities using new technologies; collecting accurate information about child abuse; issues within emergency planning in the United Kingdom; implementing case management technology; and in search of hidden knowledge - retrieve more information from your client database.