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| disability society and the individual: Disability, Society, and the Individual Julie Smart, 2001 Readers gain valuable insight into definitions of disability, including the effects of categorization and the reasons why there are more disabilities than ever before; medical, environmental, and functional models of disability; issues related to the onset and diagnosis of disability; sources of societal prejudice, discrimination, and stigma; the effects and experience of prejudice and discrimination; individual responses to disability and the impact of the disability's onset, course, severity, visibility, associated chronic pain, and amount of stigma; and much more! With discussion questions, learning activities, suggested readings, and first-person accounts, this book is ideal for use as a course text.--BOOK JACKET. |
| disability society and the individual: Disability, Society, and the Individual Julie Smart, 2024 Disability, Society, and the Individual provides a comprehensive examination of the disability experience. The book defines disability not by dividing people into strict categories but by looking at four broad types of disabilities. The responses of people and government toward individuals with disabilities is then examined with an emphasis on ableism. Finally, the effects of disability on individuals themselves are shown in light of the fact that, due to medical advances, many people are in a never-before seen group--the first generation with certain types of disabilities to survive to adulthood-- |
| disability society and the individual: Disability, Society and the Individual Julie F. Smart, 1999-04 |
| disability society and the individual: Disability and Social Theory D. Goodley, B. Hughes, L. Davis, 2012-06-01 This comprehensive, interdisciplinary collection, examines disability from a theoretical perspective, challenging views of disability that dominate mainstream thinking. Throughout, social theories of disability intersect with ideas associated with sex/gender, race/ethnicity, class and nation. |
| disability society and the individual: Disability, Society and Assistive Technology Bodil Ravneberg, Sylvia Söderström, 2017-03-27 The provision of assistive technology is an important individual and collective service of the welfare state. The state plays a significant role towards linking users and products, and the matching of devices and users is both a science and an art. However, many people feel it is stigmatising to use individually designed assistive technologies as they often, in a subtle way, convey discriminating barriers in society. The major challenges of assistive technology are thus to reduce social exclusion and marginalisation and, importantly, to reduce individual risks and societal costs related to non-use due to deficiencies in usability, aesthetics and design of the technologies. This groundbreaking book discusses the relationships among society, disability and technology by using different empirical examples (e.g., school, everyday life) to show why the combination of disability studies and STS-studies (science, technology and society) is a fruitful approach to understanding and meeting these challenges. The book explores the significance of the technologies for users, society and the field; identifies challenges to designing, adopting and using assistive technologies; and points at theoretical challenges in research as well as professional challenges in assistive technology service provision. The book also scrutinises the role of assistive technology devices, as well as the organisational structure of the assistive technology market, in relation to disabled people’s lives. This book will be valuable reading for students, academics, teachers and social educators interested in Disability Studies, STS Studies, Product Design, Sociology, Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy, as well as engineers working in the field of assistive technology. |
| disability society and the individual: Disability and Society Renu Addlakha, 2009 In the 1980 s disabled scholars in the West began to develop a radical critique of biomedical conceptions of disability that focused exclusively on the individual body and its limitations. They also exposed the failure of the social sciences to critically address what this medical understanding of disability meant, and what it excluded from consideration. Out of their work emerged what is generally called the social model of disability. Over the past twenty years this perspective has generated a substantial literature, much of it making use of the methods of qualitative social research. Narratives and life histories produced by disabled people themselves have a central place in the Disability Studies literature. This work has major implications for professionals in the rehabilitation field, for the social sciences, and the ultimate goal, for the full integration of disabled people into society. However almost all of if focuses on the traditions, practices and dilemmas of northern countries. In India, in Thailand and in most of Asia, the field of disability continues to be dominated by the biomedical model. Thus, disability is understood as an incurable chronic illness and, increasingly, an object for medical diagnosis and investigation. Despite many positive developments, little convergence between disability politics and practice on the one hand, and sociology and anthropology on the other has taken place. Surveying the international literature on disability and rehabilitation, it becomes apparent that many studies carried out in Asian countries are designed to measure the extent of (unmet) need or the impact of services or attitudes to disabled people. Virtually no studies make use of the innovative, usually qualitative and often holistic approaches developed in Western countries over the past twenty years. This book introduces readers in Asian countries to the recent disability literature of the West. The editors hope that it will inspire new thinking among social scientist, rehabilitation professionals and organizations of disabled people themselves that could further the empowerment of people with disabilities. |
| disability society and the individual: Disability Visibility Alice Wong, 2020-06-30 “Disability rights activist Alice Wong brings tough conversations to the forefront of society with this anthology. It sheds light on the experience of life as an individual with disabilities, as told by none other than authors with these life experiences. It's an eye-opening collection that readers will revisit time and time again.” —Chicago Tribune One in five people in the United States lives with a disability. Some disabilities are visible, others less apparent—but all are underrepresented in media and popular culture. Activist Alice Wong brings together this urgent, galvanizing collection of contemporary essays by disabled people, just in time for the thirtieth anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, From Harriet McBryde Johnson’s account of her debate with Peter Singer over her own personhood to original pieces by authors like Keah Brown and Haben Girma; from blog posts, manifestos, and eulogies to Congressional testimonies, and beyond: this anthology gives a glimpse into the rich complexity of the disabled experience, highlighting the passions, talents, and everyday lives of this community. It invites readers to question their own understandings. It celebrates and documents disability culture in the now. It looks to the future and the past with hope and love. |
| disability society and the individual: Disability and Identity Rosalyn Benjamin Darling, 2013 Rosalyn Darling offers a sweeping examination of disability identity, tracing its history and parsing the shifting forces that have shaped individual and societal understandings of ability and impairment across time.Darling focuses on the relationship between societal views and the self-conceptions of people with mental and physical impairments. She also illuminates the impact of the disability rights movement, life-course dynamics, and race and gender in creating a diversity of disability identities. Her seminal work reveals the remarkable resilience of individuals in the face of profound social and material barriers, at the same time that it enhances our understanding of the construction and experience of ¿difference¿ in our changing society. |
| disability society and the individual: Disability Rights and Wrongs Tom Shakespeare, 2006-12-05 Over the last thirty years, the field of disability studies has emerged from the political activism of disabled people. In this challenging review of the field, leading disability academic and activist Tom Shakespeare argues that the social model theory has reached a dead end. Drawing on a critical realist perspective, Shakespeare promotes a pluralist, engaged and nuanced approach to disability. Key topics discussed include: dichotomies - the dangerous polarizations of medical model versus social model, impairment versus disability and disabled people versus non-disabled people identity - the drawbacks of the disability movement's emphasis on identity politics bioethics in disability - choices at the beginning and end of life and in the field of genetic and stem cell therapies care and social relationships - questions of intimacy and friendship. This stimulating and accessible book challenges orthodoxies in British disability studies, promoting a new conceptualization of disability and fresh research agenda. It is an invaluable resource for researchers and students in disability studies and sociology, as well as professionals, policy makers and activists. |
| disability society and the individual: The Social Construction of Intellectual Disability Mark Rapley, 2004-06-10 Intellectual disability is usually thought of as a form of internal, individual affliction, little different from diabetes, paralysis or chronic illness. This study, the first book-length application of discursive psychology to intellectual disability, shows that what we usually understand as being an individual problem is actually an interactional, or social, product. Through a range of case studies, which draw upon ethnomethodological and conversation analytic scholarship, the book shows how persons categorized as 'intellectually disabled' are produced, as such, in and through their moment-by-moment interaction with care staff and other professionals. |
| disability society and the individual: Disability and Social Change Brian Watermeyer, 2006 This powerful volume represents the broadest engagement with disability issues in South Africa yet. Themes include theoretical approaches to, and representations of, disability; governmental and civil society responses to disability issues; aspects of education as these pertain to the oppression/liberation of disabled people; social security for disabled people; the complex politics permeating service provision relationships; and a consideration of disability in relation to human spaces - physical, economic and philosophical. Firmly located within the social model of disability, this collection resonates powerfully with contemporary thinking and research in the disability field and sets a new benchmark for cutting-edge debates in a transforming South Africa. |
| disability society and the individual: Rethinking Disability Patrick Devlieger, Beatriz Miranda-Galarza, Steven E. Brown, Megan Strickfaden, 2016-06-15 The act of life is a lived experience, common and unique, that ties each of us to every other lived experience. The fact of disability does not alter this fundamental truth. In this edition of Rethinking Disability: World Perspectives in Culture and Society, we are presented with a system of thinking that considers the values of disability, as a resource, as a creative source of culture that moves disability out of the realm of victimized people and insurmountable barriers, and provides opportunities to use the experience of disability to enter into networks that recognize strengths of differing abilities. The authors within will intrigue you, will move you, will charm you, but always will challenge your notion of sameness and difference as they confront the construct and (de)construct of disability and ableism. They present compelling arguments for viewing disABILITY through the multiple lenses of disability culture. They explore themes and issues that transcend past and origins, time and place, nuances of genetics, to experiences of present and becoming, and towards the future and beyond mere human, yet always intrinsically connected to being human. This book is intended for all audiences who dare to confront difference and sameness within themselves and in connection with others; to inspire researchers who wish to explore, and examine disability across social, cultural and economic barriers. It is an invitation to push away the barriers, bring ableism inside to a place where the prosthesis is no longer the elephant in the room. |
| disability society and the individual: Disability, Self, and Society Tanya Titchkosky, 2003 She argues that disability can and should be a 'teacher' to, and about, non-disabled or 'temporarily abled' society, hence, the vital necessity that disability stays with us.--BOOK JACKET. |
| disability society and the individual: Gender, Work and Social Control Jackie Gulland, 2019-07-17 This book uses previously unknown archive materials to explore the meaning of the term ‘incapable of work’ over a hundred years (1911–present). Nowadays, people claiming disability benefits must undergo medical tests to assess whether or not they are capable of work. Media reports and high profile campaigns highlight the problems with this system and question whether the process is fair. These debates are not new and, in this book, Jackie Gulland looks at similar questions about how to assess people’s capacity for work from the beginning of the welfare state in the early 20th century. Amongst many subject areas, she explores women’s roles in the domestic sphere and how these were used to consider their capacity for work in the labour market. The book concludes that incapacity benefit decision making is really about work: what work is, what it is not, who should do it, who should be compensated when work does not provide a sufficient income and who should be exempted from any requirement to look for it. |
| disability society and the individual: What Can a Body Do? Sara Hendren, 2020-08-18 Named a Best Book of the Year by NPR and LitHub Winner of the 2021 Science in Society Journalism Book Prize A fascinating and provocative new way of looking at the things we use and the spaces we inhabit, and a call to imagine a better-designed world for us all. Furniture and tools, kitchens and campuses and city streets—nearly everything human beings make and use is assistive technology, meant to bridge the gap between body and world. Yet unless, or until, a misfit between our own body and the world is acute enough to be understood as disability, we may never stop to consider—or reconsider—the hidden assumptions on which our everyday environment is built. In a series of vivid stories drawn from the lived experience of disability and the ideas and innovations that have emerged from it—from cyborg arms to customizable cardboard chairs to deaf architecture—Sara Hendren invites us to rethink the things and settings we live with. What might assistance based on the body’s stunning capacity for adaptation—rather than a rigid insistence on “normalcy”—look like? Can we foster interdependent, not just independent, living? How do we creatively engineer public spaces that allow us all to navigate our common terrain? By rendering familiar objects and environments newly strange and wondrous, What Can a Body Do? helps us imagine a future that will better meet the extraordinary range of our collective needs and desires. |
| disability society and the individual: Capitalism and Disability Marta Russell, 2019-08-06 Spread out over many years and many different publications, the late author and activist Marta Russell wrote a number of groundbreaking and insightful essays on the nature of disability and oppression under capitalism. In this volume, Russell’s various essays are brought together in one place in order to provide a useful and expansive resource to those interested in better understanding the ways in which the modern phenomenon of disability is shaped by capitalist economic and social relations. The essays range in analysis from the theoretical to the topical, including but not limited to: the emergence of disability as a “human category” rooted in the rise of industrial capitalism and the transformation of the conditions of work, family, and society corresponding thereto; a critique of the shortcomings of a purely “civil rights approach” to addressing the persistence of disability oppression in the economic sphere, with a particular focus on the legacy of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990; an examination of the changing position of disabled people within the overall system of capitalist production utilizing the Marxist economic concepts of the reserve army of the unemployed, the labor theory of value, and the exploitation of wage-labor; the effects of neoliberal capitalist policies on the living conditions and social position of disabled people as it pertains to welfare, income assistance, health care, and other social security programs; imperialism and war as a factor in the further oppression and immiseration of disabled people within the United States and globally; and the need to build unity against the divisive tendencies which hide the common economic interest shared between disabled people and the often highly-exploited direct care workers who provide services to the former. |
| disability society and the individual: The Difference that Disability Makes Rod Michalko, 2002 Rod Michalko launches into this book asking why disabled people are still feared, still regarded as useless or unfit to live, not yet welcome in society? Michalko challenges us to come to grips with the social meanings attached to disability and the body that is not normal. Michalko's analysis draws from his own understanding of blindness and narratives by other disabled people. Connecting lived experience with social theory, he shows the consistent exclusion of disabled people from the common understandings of humanity and what constitutes the good life. He offers new insight into what suffering a disability means to individuals as well as to the polity as a whole. He shows how disability can teach society about itself, about its determination of what is normal and who belongs. Guiding us to a new understanding of how disability, difference, and suffering are related, this book enables us to choose disability as a social identity and a collective political issue. The difference that disability makes can be valuable and worthwhile, but only if we choose to make it so. Author note: Rod Michalko is Associate Professor of Sociology at St. Francis Xavier University. He is the author of The Mystery of the Eye and the Shadow of Blindness (1998) and The Two- in-One: Walking with Smokie, Walking with Blindness (Temple, 1999). |
| disability society and the individual: Intellectual Disability and Stigma Katrina Scior, Shirli Werner, 2016-09-16 This book examines how intellectual disability is affected by stigma and how this stigma has developed. Around two per cent of the world's population have an intellectual disability but their low visibility in many places bears witness to their continuing exclusion from society. This prejudice has an impact on the family of those with an intellectual disability as well as the individual themselves and affects the well-being and life chances of all those involved. This book provides a framework for tackling intellectual disability stigma in institutional processes, media representations and other, less overt, settings. It also highlights the anti-stigma interventions which are already in place and the central role that self-advocacy must play. |
| disability society and the individual: Reconsidering Intellectual Disability Jason Reimer Greig, 2015-11-02 Drawing on the controversial case of “Ashley X,” a girl with severe developmental disabilities who received interventionist medical treatment to limit her growth and keep her body forever small—a procedure now known as the “Ashley Treatment”—Reconsidering Intellectual Disability explores important questions at the intersection of disability theory, Christian moral theology, and bioethics. What are the biomedical boundaries of acceptable treatment for those not able to give informed consent? Who gets to decide when a patient cannot communicate their desires and needs? Should we accept the dominance of a form of medicine that identifies those with intellectual impairments as pathological objects in need of the normalizing bodily manipulations of technological medicine? In a critical exploration of contemporary disability theory, Jason Reimer Greig contends that L'Arche, a federation of faith communities made up of people with and without intellectual disabilities, provides an alternative response to the predominant bioethical worldview that sees disability as a problem to be solved. Reconsidering Intellectual Disability shows how a focus on Christian theological tradition’s moral thinking and practice of friendship with God offers a way to free not only people with intellectual disabilities but all people from the objectifying gaze of modern medicine. L'Arche draws inspiration from Jesus's solidarity with the least of these and a commitment to Christian friendship that sees people with profound cognitive disabilities not as anomalous objects of pity but as fellow friends of God. This vital act of social recognition opens the way to understanding the disabled not as objects to be fixed but as teachers whose lives can transform others and open a new way of being human. |
| disability society and the individual: Disability and Technology Alan Roulstone, Alison Sheldon, Jennifer Harris, 2017-10-02 This edited collection brings together keynote articles from the journal Disability & Society to provide a comprehensive and though-provoking exploration of the place of technology in disabled people’s lives, documenting and analysing the growing impact of technology on disability and society over recent decades. The authors explore theoretical, empirical and moral dilemmas that arise with the changing relationship between technological change and the lives, aspirations and possibilities of disabled people. The volume is organised into three parts which consider early foundational work connecting disability and technology; key empirical studies related to the optimum use of technologies for independence and inclusion; and new moral and social dynamics thrown up by technological developments for disabled people’s lives. |
| disability society and the individual: Ableism: The Causes and Consequences of Disability Prejudice Michelle R. Nario-Redmond, 2019-10-01 The first comprehensive volume to integrate social-scientific literature on the origins and manifestations of prejudice against disabled people Ableism, prejudice against disabled people stereotyped as incompetent and dependent, can elicit a range of reactions that include fear, contempt, pity, and inspiration. Current literature—often narrowly focused on a specific aspect of the subject or limited in scope to psychoanalytic tradition—fails to examine the many origins and manifestations of ableism. Filling a significant gap in the field, Ableism: The Causes and Consequences of Disability Prejudice is the first work to synthesize classic and contemporary studies on the evolutionary, ideological, and cognitive-emotional sources of ableism. This comprehensive volume examines new manifestations of ableism, summarizes the state of research on disability prejudice, and explores real-world personal accounts and interventions to illustrate the various forms and impacts of ableism. This important contribution to the field combines evidence from multiple theoretical perspectives, including published and unpublished work from both disabled and nondisabled constituents, on the causes, consequences, and elimination of disability prejudice. Each chapter places findings in the context of contemporary theories—identifying methodological limits and suggesting alternative interpretations. Topics include the evolutionary and existential origins of disability prejudice, cultural and impairment-specific stereotypes, interventions to reduce prejudice, and how to effect social change through collective action and advocacy. Adopting a holistic approach to the study of disability prejudice, this accessibly-written volume: Provides an inclusive, up-to-date exploration of the origins and expressions of ableism Addresses how to resist ableist practices, prioritize accessible policies, and create more equitable social relations with pages earmarked for activists and allies Focuses on interpersonal and intergroup analysis from a social-psychological perspective Integrates research from multiple disciplines to illustrate critical cognitive, affective and behavioral mechanisms and manifestations of ableism Suggests future research directions based on topics covered in each chapter Ableism: The Causes and Consequences of Disability Prejudice is an important resource for social, community and rehabilitation psychologists, scholars and researchers of disability studies, and students, activists, and academics across political, sociological, and humanistic disciplines. “This book is an excellent resource for both members of the academic field and lay readers seeking to know more about disability prejudice and ways to address it.” ~ Charlotte Schreyer, Syracuse University, Published on H-Disability (September 2022) |
| disability society and the individual: No Pity Joseph P. Shapiro, 2011-06-22 “A sensitive look at the social and political barriers that deny disabled people their most basic civil rights.”—The Washington Post “The primer for a revolution.”—The Chicago Tribune “Nondisabled Americans do not understand disabled ones. This book attempts to explain, to nondisabled people as well as to many disabled ones, how the world and self-perceptions of disabled people are changing. It looks at the rise of what is called the disability rights movement—the new thinking by disabled people that there is no pity or tragedy in disability and that it is society’s myths, fears, and stereotypes that most make being disabled difficult.”—from the Introduction |
| disability society and the individual: Disability, Society and Theology Samuel Kabue, 2011 Persons with disabilities in Church and society : a historical and sociological perspective /Samuel Kabue --Claiming and developing a disability hermeneutics : towards a liberating theology of disability /Arne Fritzson --Perfect God and imperfect creation : in the image of God and disabled /Joseph D. Galgalo --Sin, suffering, and disability in God's world /A. Wati Longchar --One in Christ : priesthood of the disabled and the exercising of gifts /C.B. Peter --Biblical perspectives on disability /Sammy Githuku --Lazarus, come out! : how contextual Bible study can empower the disabled /Janet Lees --The Church, public policy, and disability concerns in Kenya /Phitalis Were Masakhwe --Cultural barriers to the disabled people's participation in Church life /Reuben Kigame --Education, employment, and health : a disability perspective /Anjeline Okola --Society and leadership : challenges and opportunities for people with disabilities /Esther Mombo --Disability : social challenges and family responses /Joseph Shiriko --Disability and sexuality /Salome Wairimu Muigai --Gender and disability challenges wihin the Church /Joseph Sinyo --Combating HIV & Aids among persons with disability : a disability perspective /Paul Chappell --Persons with disabilities and psychological perspectives /Ndung'u J.B. Ikenye --Psychosocial disability : attitudes and barriers to social integration in Church and society /Janet Amegatcher --The Church and pastoral counseling for disability /David Kiarie --Persons with disabilities in Madagascar /Ralphine Razaka --Persons with disabilities in Malawi : what are the issues? /Rachel Kamchacha Kachaje --A profile of Tanzanians with disabilities /Kaganzi Rutachwamagyo --Persons with disabilities in Uganda /Gidudu Balayo N. Seezi --Persons with disability in South Africa /Joy Sebenzile P. Matsebula. |
| disability society and the individual: The Politics of Disablement Michael Oliver, 1990 This is essential reading for anyone who wished to understand the true nature of disability, especially as disability comes to occupy a more prominent place on the political agenda. |
| disability society and the individual: Social Inclusion of People with Disabilities Arie Rimmerman, 2013 Social inclusion is often used interchangeably with the terms social cohesion, social integration, and social participation, positioning social exclusion as the opposite. This book provides a thorough conceptual review and search for domestic and international perspectives of social inclusion and disability. It highlights and responds to core questions related to social inclusion of people with disabilities nationally and internationally. |
| disability society and the individual: The Power of Disability Al Etmanski, 2020-02-04 “This book reminds us of what we have in common: the power to create a good life for ourselves and for others, no matter what the world has in store for us.” —Michael J. Fox This book reveals that people with disabilities are the invisible force that has shaped history. They have been instrumental in the growth of freedom and birth of democracy. They have produced heavenly music and exquisite works of art. They have unveiled the scientific secrets of the universe. They are among our most popular comedians, poets, and storytellers. And at 1.2 billion, they are also the largest minority group in the world. Al Etmanski offers ten lessons we can all learn from people with disabilities, illustrated with short, funny, inspiring, and thought-provoking stories of one hundred individuals from twenty countries. Some are familiar, like Michael J. Fox, Greta Thunberg, Stephen Hawking, Helen Keller, Stevie Wonder, and Temple Grandin. Others deserve to be, like Evelyn Glennie, a virtuoso percussionist who is deaf—her mission is to teach the world to listen to improve communication and social cohesion. Or Aaron Philip, who has revolutionized the runway as the first disabled, trans woman of color to become a professional model. The time has come to recognize people with disabilities for who they really are: authoritative sources on creativity, love, sexuality, resistance, dealing with adversity, and living a good life. |
| disability society and the individual: Foucault and the Government of Disability Shelley Lynn Tremain, 2010-02-22 Foucault and the Government of Disability is the first book-length investigation of the relevance and importance of the ideas of Michel Foucault to the field of disability studies-and vice versa. Over the last thirty years, politicized conceptions of disability have precipitated significant social change, including the landmark Americans with Disabilities Act in 1990, the redesign of urban landscapes, the appearance of closed-captioning on televisions, and the growing recognition that disabled people constitute a marginalized and disenfranchised constituency. The provocative essays in this volume respond to Foucault's call to question what is regarded as natural, inevitable, ethical, and liberating, while they challenge established understandings of Foucault's analyses and offer fresh approaches to his work. The book's roster of distinguished international contributors represents a broad range of disciplines and perspectives, making this a timely and necessary addition to the burgeoning field of disability studies. |
| disability society and the individual: Disability in Japan Carolyn Stevens, 2013-03-05 Disability and chronic illness represents a special kind of cultural diversity, the other to normal able-bodiedness. Most studies of disability consider disability in North American or European contexts; and studies of diversity in Japan consider ethnic and cultural diversity, but not the differences arising from disability. This book therefore breaks new ground, both for scholars of disability studies and for Japanese studies scholars. It charts the history and nature of disability in Japan, discusses policy and law relating to disability, examines caregiving and accessibility, and explores how disability is viewed in Japan. Throughout the book highlights the tension between individual responsibility and state intervention, the issues concerning how care for disability is paid for, and the special problem of how Japan is providing care for its large and increasing population of elderly people. |
| disability society and the individual: Research Anthology on Physical and Intellectual Disabilities in an Inclusive Society Management Association, Information Resources, 2021-08-27 Discussions surrounding inclusivity have grown exponentially in recent years. In today’s world where diversity, equity, and inclusion are the hot topics in all aspects of society, it is more important than ever to define what it means to be an inclusive society, as well as challenges and potential growth. Those with physical and intellectual disabilities, including vision and hearing impairment, Down syndrome, locomotor disability, and more continue to face challenges of accessibility in their daily lives, especially when facing an increasingly digitalized society. It is crucial that research is brought up to date on the latest assistive technologies, educational practices, work assistance, and online support that can be provided to those classified with a disability. The Research Anthology on Physical and Intellectual Disabilities in an Inclusive Society provides a comprehensive guide of a range of topics relating to myriad aspects, difficulties, and opportunities of becoming a more inclusive society toward those with physical or intellectual disabilities. Covering everything from disabilities in education, sports, marriages, and more, it is essential for psychologists, psychiatrists, pediatricians, psychiatric nurses, clinicians, special education teachers, social workers, hospital administrators, mental health specialists, managers, academicians, rehabilitation centers, researchers, and students who wish to learn more about what it means to be an inclusive society and best practices in order to get there. |
| disability society and the individual: Disability M. Bonner, 2023-05-05 What is disability? Why terminate a pregnancy when disabling traits are diagnosed in the foetus? Can disability be part of a person’s identity? These are important questions in the current climate of increased pre-natal screening programmes designed to further reduce the numbers of children born with disabilities. This book looks at disablement from a philosophical perspective by examining these questions through a combination of critical review, discussion and narrative theory. Disability: definitions, value and identity provides practical and concise information for social care workers, counsellors, academics, students, genetics counsellors, and medical and healthcare ethicists. It will also be invaluable for disability pressure groups and policy makers. |
| disability society and the individual: Being Heumann Judith Heumann, Kristen Joiner, 2021-05-27 A story of fighting to belong in a world that wasn't built for all of us and of one woman's activism--from the streets of Brooklyn and San Francisco to inside the halls of Washington--Being Heumann recounts Judy Heumann's lifelong battle to achieve respect, acceptance, and inclusion in society. Paralyzed from polio at eighteen months, Judy Heumann began her struggle for equality early in life. From fighting to attend grade school after being described as a fire hazard to later winning a lawsuit against the New York City school system for denying her a teacher's license, to leading the section 504 sit-in that led to the creation of the Americans with Disabilities Act, Judy's actions set a precedent that fundamentally improved rights for disabled people around the globe. Candid, intimate, and irreverent, Judy Heumann's memoir about resistance to exclusion invites readers to imagine and make real a world in which we all belong. |
| disability society and the individual: Psychosocial Aspects of Disability Irmo Marini, PhD, DSc, CRC, CLCP, Noreen M. Graf, RhD, CRC, Michael J. Millington, PhD, CRC, 2011-07-27 What a marvelous and amazing textbook. Drs. Marini, Glover-Graf and Millington have done a remarkable job in the design of this highly unique book, that comprehensively and very thoughtfully addresses the psychosocial aspects of the disability experience. These highly respected scholars have produced a major work that will be a central text in rehabilitation education for years to come. From the Foreword by Michael J. Leahy, Ph.D., LPC, CRC Office of Rehabilitation and Disability Studies Michigan State University This is an excellent book, but the best parts are the stories of the disabled, which give readers insights into their struggles and triumphs. Score: 94, 4 Stars--Doody's Medical Reviews What are the differences between individuals with disabilities who flourish as opposed to those who never really adjust after a trauma? How are those born with a disability different from individuals who acquire one later in life? This is the first textbook about the psychosocial aspects of disability to provide students and practitioners of rehabilitation counseling with vivid insight into the experience of living with a disability. It features the first-person narratives of 16 people living with a variety of disabling conditions, which are integrated with sociological and societal perspectives toward disability, and strategies for counseling persons with disabilities. Using a minority model perspective to address disability, the book focuses on historical perspectives, cultural variants regarding disability, myths and misconceptions, the attitudes of special interest and occupational groups, the psychology of disability with a focus on positive psychology, and adjustments to disability by the individual and family. A wealth of counseling guidelines and useful strategies are geared specifically to individual disabilities. Key Features: Contains narratives of people living with blindness, hearing impairments, spinal cord injuries, muscular dystrophy, polio, mental illness, and other disabilities Provides counseling guidelines and strategies specifically geared toward specific disabilities, including dos and don'ts Includes psychological and sociological research relating to individual disabilities Discusses ongoing treatment issues and ethical dilemmas for rehabilitation counselors Presents thought-provoking discussion questions in each chapter Authored by prominent professor and researcher who became disabled as a young adult |
| disability society and the individual: Disability and Social Media Katie Ellis, Mike Kent, 2016-11-10 Social media is popularly seen as an important media for people with disability in terms of communication, exchange and activism. These sites potentially increase both employment and leisure opportunities for one of the most traditionally isolated groups in society. However, the offline inaccessible environment has, to a certain degree, been replicated online and particularly in social networking sites. Social media is becoming an increasingly important part of our lives yet the impact on people with disabilities has gone largely unscrutinised. Similarly, while social media and disability are often both observed through a focus on the Western, developed and English-speaking world, different global perspectives are often overlooked. This collection explores the opportunities and challenges social media represents for the social inclusion of people with disabilities from a variety of different global perspectives that include Africa, Arabia and Asia along with European, American and Australasian perspectives and experiences. |
| disability society and the individual: Enabling America Institute of Medicine, Committee on Assessing Rehabilitation Science and Engineering, 1997-11-24 The most recent high-profile advocate for Americans with disabilities, actor Christopher Reeve, has highlighted for the public the economic and social costs of disability and the importance of rehabilitation. Enabling America is a major analysis of the field of rehabilitation science and engineering. The book explains how to achieve recognition for this evolving field of study, how to set priorities, and how to improve the organization and administration of the numerous federal research programs in this area. The committee introduces the enabling-disability process model, which enhances the concepts of disability and rehabilitation, and reviews what is known and what research priorities are emerging in the areas of: Pathology and impairment, including differences between children and adults. Functional limitationsâ€in a person's ability to eat or walk, for example. Disability as the interaction between a person's pathologies, impairments, and functional limitations and the surrounding physical and social environments. This landmark volume will be of special interest to anyone involved in rehabilitation science and engineering: federal policymakers, rehabilitation practitioners and administrators, researchers, and advocates for persons with disabilities. |
| disability society and the individual: Mental Disability and the Death Penalty Michael L. Perlin, 2013-01-17 There is no question that the death penalty is disproportionately imposed in cases involving defendants with mental disabilities. There is clear, systemic bias at all stages of the prosecution and the sentencing process – in determining who is competent to be executed, in the assessment of mitigation evidence, in the ways that counsel is assigned, in the ways that jury determinations are often contaminated by stereotyped preconceptions of persons with mental disabilities, in the ways that cynical expert testimony reflects a propensity on the part of some experts to purposely distort their testimony in order to achieve desired ends. These questions are shockingly ignored at all levels of the criminal justice system, and by society in general. Here, Michael Perlin explores the relationship between mental disabilities and the death penalty and explains why and how this state of affairs has come to be, to explore why it is necessary to identify the factors that have contributed to this scandalous and shameful policy morass, to highlight the series of policy choices that need immediate remediation, and to offer some suggestions that might meaningfully ameliorate the situation. Using real cases to illustrate the ways in which the persons with mental disabilities are unable to receive fair treatment during death penalty trials, he demonstrates the depth of the problem and the way it’s been institutionalized so as to be an accepted part of our system. He calls for a new approach, and greater attention to the issues that have gone overlooked for so long. |
| disability society and the individual: Literature and Intellectual Disability in Early Modern England Alice Equestri, 2021-08 This book discusses how early modern legal and medical definitions of intellectual disability influenced the characterisation of fool characters in early modern English literature-- |
| disability society and the individual: The Sexual Politics of Disability Tom Shakespeare, Kath Gillespie-Sells, Dominic Davies, 1996 While the civil rights movement has put disability issues centre-stage, there has been minimal discussion of disabled people's sexuality. This book, based on first-hand accounts, takes a close look at questions of identity, relationships, sex, love, parenting and abuse and demolishes the taboo around disability and sex. It shows the barriers to disabled people's sexual rights and sexual expression, and also the ways in which these obstacles are being challenged. Variously moving, angry, funny and proud, The Sexual Politics of Disability is about disabled people sharing their stories and claiming their place as sexual beings. It is a pioneering work, and essential reading for anyone interested in disability or sexual politics. |
| disability society and the individual: The Future of Disability in America Institute of Medicine, Board on Health Sciences Policy, Committee on Disability in America, 2007-10-24 The future of disability in America will depend on how well the U.S. prepares for and manages the demographic, fiscal, and technological developments that will unfold during the next two to three decades. Building upon two prior studies from the Institute of Medicine (the 1991 Institute of Medicine's report Disability in America and the 1997 report Enabling America), The Future of Disability in America examines both progress and concerns about continuing barriers that limit the independence, productivity, and participation in community life of people with disabilities. This book offers a comprehensive look at a wide range of issues, including the prevalence of disability across the lifespan; disability trends the role of assistive technology; barriers posed by health care and other facilities with inaccessible buildings, equipment, and information formats; the needs of young people moving from pediatric to adult health care and of adults experiencing premature aging and secondary health problems; selected issues in health care financing (e.g., risk adjusting payments to health plans, coverage of assistive technology); and the organizing and financing of disability-related research. The Future of Disability in America is an assessment of both principles and scientific evidence for disability policies and services. This book's recommendations propose steps to eliminate barriers and strengthen the evidence base for future public and private actions to reduce the impact of disability on individuals, families, and society. |
| disability society and the individual: What We Have Done Fred Pelka, 2012 Compelling first-person accounts of the struggle to secure equal rights for Americans with disabilities |
| disability society and the individual: A Quarter-century of Normalization and Social Role Valorization Robert John Flynn, Raymond A. Lemay, 1999 During the late 1960s, Normalization and Social Role Valorization (SRV) enabled the widespread emergence of community residential options and then provided the philosophical climate within which educational integration, supported employment, and community participation were able to take firm root. This book is unique in tracing the evolution and impact of Normalization and SRV over the last quarter-century, with many of the chapter authors personally involved in a still-evolving international movement. Published in English. |
Social Model of Disability
The Social Model of Disability by comparison does not recognise the disabled persons impairment, health condition or neurodivergence as a barrier. It turns the Medical Model …
THE INDIVIDUAL AND SOCIAL MODELS OF DISABILITY
In this paper I shall initially discuss the differences between the individual and social models of disability before going on to suggest why the medicalisation of disability is inappropriate.
The social model of disability: thirty years on - Archive.org
Keywords: individual model; social model; disabled peoples’ movement; cut-backs in benefits and services; disabling barriers The idea behind the social model of disability stemmed from …
Disability as Culture - ed
Disability culture promotes a sense of common identity and interests that unites disabled people and helps to create and sustain meanings, identities, and the con-sciousness that takes a …
BOOK REVIEWS - JSTOR
Disability, Society, and the Individual fills that gap. In one comprehen-sive package, Smart brings together a number of complex issues and diverse bodies of literature regarding disability. …
The Systems Theory Concept of Disability: one is not
Both the medical model and the individual–society model are obvious in the WHO’s three level classification between impairments, disabilities and handicaps. According to the WHO …
Disability Society And The Individual (2024) - uswhite.com
Understanding the complex relationship between disability, society, and the individual requires acknowledging the profound impact of societal attitudes, structural barriers, and individual …
Conceptualizations Disclosure Effects on Disability of Disability
Disability is a deficiency or abnormality (Albrecht, 2006) Disability resides in the individual (Albrecht, 2006) The remedy for disability-related problems is cure or normalization of the …
Disability and Development: A Rights- Based Approach
Understand the framing of disability in human rights law and in development policy & how disability rights are reflected in international standards to inform inclusive development.
2 UNDERSTANDING THE SOCIAL MODEL OF DISABILITY
I found the social model of disability in the 1980s in a book by Mike Oliver (1983), Social Work with Disabled People, when I went to university to study disability. The book summarised what I …
The social model of disability
Aug 10, 2005 · the former defines disability as a social creation – a relationship between people with impairment and a disabling society – the latter defines disability in terms of individual deficit.
THE INVISIBLE PEOPLE: DISABILITY, DIVERSITY, AND …
At what point does a physical anomaly become a disability and who decides--the individual or society--when one is a person with a disability and a member of that particular minority group?
The Social Identity Approach to Disability
We suggest that a bridge between the critical epistemological perspectives found in disability studies and the methodological rigor and theoretical breadth and parsimony of a social identity …
Social Model of Disability
Disability Wales promotes the adoption and implementation of the Social Model of Disability, which identifies that it is environmental, organisational, and attitudinal barriers that disable …
The Definition of Disability: Perspective of the Disability …
Part I of this Article describes the four historical and social mod-els of disability, as defined by disability policy scholars. Part II in-cludes an analysis of the ADA definition of disability and …
The Social Model of Disability - dpiap.org
There are two distinct models of disability, the medical model and the social model. A model is a framework for understanding information. Through the medical model, disability is understood …
defining impairment and disability - University of Leeds
Defining Impairment and Disability A disabled person is a person with an impairment who experiences disability. Disability is the result of negative interactions that take place between a …
Developing a model of disability that focuses on the actions of ...
In this article I develop the active model of disability, that focuses on the efects of the actions of disabled people on disability, individually (e.g. self-help) and col-lectively (e.g. activism).
Impairment and Disability: Constructing an Ethics of Care …
Disability is the disadvantage or restriction of activity caused by a society which takes little or no account of people who have impairments and thus excludes them from mainstream activity. …
The Social Model of Disability and the Disability Movement
Disability’ document (2) “... it is society which disables physically impaired people. Disability is something imposed on top of our impairments ...”. In this interpretation it is obvious and clear …
Social Model of Disability
The Social Model of Disability by comparison does not recognise the disabled persons impairment, health condition or neurodivergence as a barrier. It turns the Medical Model approach on its head …
THE INDIVIDUAL AND SOCIAL MODELS OF DISABILITY
In this paper I shall initially discuss the differences between the individual and social models of disability before going on to suggest why the medicalisation of disability is inappropriate.
The social model of disability: thirty years on - Archive.org
Keywords: individual model; social model; disabled peoples’ movement; cut-backs in benefits and services; disabling barriers The idea behind the social model of disability stemmed from the …
Disability as Culture - ed
Disability culture promotes a sense of common identity and interests that unites disabled people and helps to create and sustain meanings, identities, and the con-sciousness that takes a …
BOOK REVIEWS - JSTOR
Disability, Society, and the Individual fills that gap. In one comprehen-sive package, Smart brings together a number of complex issues and diverse bodies of literature regarding disability. Smart's …
The Systems Theory Concept of Disability: one is not
Both the medical model and the individual–society model are obvious in the WHO’s three level classification between impairments, disabilities and handicaps. According to the WHO scheme ...
Disability Society And The Individual (2024) - uswhite.com
Understanding the complex relationship between disability, society, and the individual requires acknowledging the profound impact of societal attitudes, structural barriers, and individual …
Conceptualizations Disclosure Effects on Disability of Disability
Disability is a deficiency or abnormality (Albrecht, 2006) Disability resides in the individual (Albrecht, 2006) The remedy for disability-related problems is cure or normalization of the …
Disability and Development: A Rights- Based Approach
Understand the framing of disability in human rights law and in development policy & how disability rights are reflected in international standards to inform inclusive development.
2 UNDERSTANDING THE SOCIAL MODEL OF DISABILITY
I found the social model of disability in the 1980s in a book by Mike Oliver (1983), Social Work with Disabled People, when I went to university to study disability. The book summarised what I …
The social model of disability
Aug 10, 2005 · the former defines disability as a social creation – a relationship between people with impairment and a disabling society – the latter defines disability in terms of individual deficit.
THE INVISIBLE PEOPLE: DISABILITY, DIVERSITY, AND …
At what point does a physical anomaly become a disability and who decides--the individual or society--when one is a person with a disability and a member of that particular minority group?
The Social Identity Approach to Disability
We suggest that a bridge between the critical epistemological perspectives found in disability studies and the methodological rigor and theoretical breadth and parsimony of a social identity …
Social Model of Disability
Disability Wales promotes the adoption and implementation of the Social Model of Disability, which identifies that it is environmental, organisational, and attitudinal barriers that disable people and …
The Definition of Disability: Perspective of the Disability …
Part I of this Article describes the four historical and social mod-els of disability, as defined by disability policy scholars. Part II in-cludes an analysis of the ADA definition of disability and case …
The Social Model of Disability - dpiap.org
There are two distinct models of disability, the medical model and the social model. A model is a framework for understanding information. Through the medical model, disability is understood as …
defining impairment and disability - University of Leeds
Defining Impairment and Disability A disabled person is a person with an impairment who experiences disability. Disability is the result of negative interactions that take place between a …
Developing a model of disability that focuses on the …
In this article I develop the active model of disability, that focuses on the efects of the actions of disabled people on disability, individually (e.g. self-help) and col-lectively (e.g. activism).
Impairment and Disability: Constructing an Ethics of Care …
Disability is the disadvantage or restriction of activity caused by a society which takes little or no account of people who have impairments and thus excludes them from mainstream activity. …
The Social Model of Disability and the Disability Movement
Disability’ document (2) “... it is society which disables physically impaired people. Disability is something imposed on top of our impairments ...”. In this interpretation it is obvious and clear …
