Full Description
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.
Contents
Part 1 - Contextualising Disability
Chapter 1 - Understanding Disability
Chapter 2 - Disability Studies
Chapter 3 - Critical Disability Studies
Chapter 4 - Disability and Society
Chapter 5 - Researching Disability
Part 2 - Investigating Disability
Chapter 6 - Disability and Intersectionality
Chapter 7 - Disability and Health
Chapter 8- Disability Activism
Chapter 9 - Disability Online
Chapter 10 - Disability and Education
Chapter 11 - Conclusion
