Disability : the basics / Tom Shakespeare.
Publication details: London : Routledge, 2017.Description: 185 pages ; 20 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781138651395
- Disability rights and wrongs
- 23
- HV1568.2 .S53 2017
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| 2 week loan | Hockney Library DHB Main Collection | 305.908/SHA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 7412389226 |
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| 362.4/DIS Disabling barriers - enabling environments / | 362.4/PAR Social work with disadvantaged and marginalised people / | 362.4/PAR Social work with disadvantaged and marginalised people / | 362.4/SHA Disability : the basics / | 362.404560941/RYA Crippled : austerity and the demonization of disabled people / | 362.404560941/RYA Crippled : austerity and the demonization of disabled people / | 362.4048/SAF Safeguarding adults under the Care Act 2014 : understanding good practice / |
Previous edition: published as Disability rights and wrongs. 2006.
An engaging and accessible introduction to disability which explores the broad historical, social, environmental, economic and legal factors which affect the experiences of those living with an impairment or illness in contemporary society. The book explores key introductory topics including: the diversity of the disability experience; disability rights and advocacy; Ways in which disabled people have been treated throughout history and in different parts of the world; the daily realities of living with an impairment or illness; health, education, employment and other services that exist to support and include disabled people; ethical issues at the beginning and end of life.
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