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Families Raising Disabled Children
Palgrave Macmillan 2008; US$ 105.00Drawing upon qualitative material from parents and professionals, including ethnography, narrative inquiry, interviews and focus groups, this book brings together feminist and critical disability studies theories. more...
Appreciating Asperger Syndrome
Jessica Kingsley Publishers 2009; US$ 19.95Brenda Boyd shows that for every characteristic of AS that can be looked at negatively, there are several positive aspects that can be drawn on and developed. Discussing AS in general terms, she talks through the reasons why people with AS approach life in the way they do, and what an enormous contribution they make to the world. more...
Effective Communication
Jessica Kingsley Publishers 2009; US$ 27.95Supporting people with a variety of difficulties including hearing loss, impaired speech, visual impairment, dementia and learning disabilities requires a range of communication skills. This book will provide workers with the ability to enable adults with limited or no verbal communication skills to make decisions, and to express themselves. more...
Mental Disability and the European Convention on Human Rights
BRILL 2006; US$ 210.00Mental disability has come of age as a subject of concern under the European Convention on Human Rights. This volume provides an account of where the law stands and speculation as to how it may develop. It also offers practical guidance to lawyers concerning the mechanics of representing people with mental disabilities. more...
Disability and Disadvantage
OUP Oxford 2009; US$ 34.99This book offers a much-needed investigation of moral and political issues concerning disability, and explores how the experiences of people with disabilities can lead to reconsideration of prominent positions on normative issues. Thirteen new essays examine such topics as the concept of disability, the conditions of justice, the nature of autonomy,... more...
When the Mind Hears
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2010; US$ 20.00The authoritative statement on the deaf, their education, and their struggle against prejudice. From the Trade Paperback edition. more...
Dementia Studies
SAGE Publications 2009; US$ 53.00Lively and critical study of the main approaches to Dementia Studies, examining current principles and ideologies as well as presenting alternative ideas for future care and understanding. more...
Making Life Work
University of Minnesota Press 2010; US$ 67.50Group homes emerged in the United States in the 1970s as a solution to the failure of the large institutions that, for more than a century, segregated and abused people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Yet community services have not, for the most part, delivered on the promises of rights, self-determination, and integration made more... more...
Information Services for People with Developmental Disabilities: The Library Manager's Handbook
ABC-CLIO 1995; US$ 100.00Developmental disabilities are the most numerous of disabilities, and they are exceptionally complex. This professional reference overviews developmental disabilities, discusses the information needs of people with developmental disabilities, and provides practical guidance to librarians and information professionals who serve them. Particular attention... more...
Multicultural Aspects of Disabilities
Charles C Thomas 2007; US$ 54.95This book is an effort to bring to the attention of helping professionals the need to give significant consideration to cultural factors in their efforts to develop effective rehabilitation plans for persons of color with disabilities. This book goes beyond increasing awareness by offering information with regard to intervention strategies. It is hoped... more...









