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Crip Times

Disability, Globalization, and Resistance

by Robert McRuer ...

Series Book 1 - Crip
Contends that disability is a central but misunderstood element of global austerity politics.Broadly attentive to the political and economic shifts of the last several decades, Robert McRuer asks how disability activists, artists and social movements generate change and resist the dominant forms of globalization in an age of austerity, or “crip times.”Throughout Crip Times, McRuer considers how ... Read more

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Contends that disability is a central but misunderstood element of global austerity politics.Broadly attentive to the political and economic shifts of the last several decades, Robert McRuer asks how disability activists, artists and social movements generate change and resist the dominant forms of globalization in an age of austerity, or “crip times.”Throughout Crip Times, McRuer considers how
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Lectura fácil

by Cristina Morales ...

Son cuatro: Nati, Patri, Marga y Àngels. Son parientas, tienen diversos grados de lo que la Administración y la medicina consideran «discapacidad intelectual» y comparten un piso tutelado. Han pasado buena parte de sus vidas en RUDIS y CRUDIS (residencias urbanas y rurales para personas con discapacidad intelectual). Pero ante todo son mujeres con una extraordinaria capacidad para enfrentarse a ... Read more

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Son cuatro: Nati, Patri, Marga y Àngels. Son parientas, tienen diversos grados de lo que la Administración y la medicina consideran «discapacidad intelectual» y comparten un piso tutelado. Han pasado buena parte de sus vidas en RUDIS y CRUDIS (residencias urbanas y rurales para personas con discapacidad intelectual). Pero ante todo son mujeres con una extraordinaria capacidad para enfrentarse a
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Disability and U.S. Politics: Participation, Policy, and Controversy [2 volumes]

Edited by Dana Lee Baker ...

More than 1 billion people worldwide have a disability, and they are all affected by politics. This two-volume work explores key topics at the heart of disability policy, such as voting, race, gender, age, health care, social security, transportation, abuse, and the environment.Disability policy is no longer an area that can be adequately addressed within major areas of public policy such as ... Read more

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More than 1 billion people worldwide have a disability, and they are all affected by politics. This two-volume work explores key topics at the heart of disability policy, such as voting, race, gender, age, health care, social security, transportation, abuse, and the environment.Disability policy is no longer an area that can be adequately addressed within major areas of public policy such as
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Disability: A Reference Handbook

by Michael Rembis ...

Series series Contemporary World Issues
This volume offers a rare mix of interpretive chapters and primary sources that will be of value to anyone interested in learning about important disability-related issues from the perspective of disabled people themselves.In the 21st century, disability rights have become a social justice issue that concerns all American citizens—access to safe, affordable, and effective health care, access to ... Read more

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This volume offers a rare mix of interpretive chapters and primary sources that will be of value to anyone interested in learning about important disability-related issues from the perspective of disabled people themselves.In the 21st century, disability rights have become a social justice issue that concerns all American citizens—access to safe, affordable, and effective health care, access to
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The Future of Disability Law in India

A Critical Analysis of the Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act 1995

by Jayna Kothari ...

According to some estimates, there are around 20 to 60 million people with disability in India. For long this invisible minority went without any kind of protection or even legislation aimed at recognizing their basic rights. It was only in 1995 that the government passed the Persons with Disabilities (PWD) Act, which addressed the issues of non-discrimination, right to equal opportunity, and ... Read more

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According to some estimates, there are around 20 to 60 million people with disability in India. For long this invisible minority went without any kind of protection or even legislation aimed at recognizing their basic rights. It was only in 1995 that the government passed the Persons with Disabilities (PWD) Act, which addressed the issues of non-discrimination, right to equal opportunity, and
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Disability Alliances and Allies

Opportunities and Challenges

Edited by Allison C. Carey, Joan M. Ostrove, Tara Fannon ...

Series Book 12 - Research in Social Science and Disability
In Disability Alliances and Allies: Opportunities and Challenges, Allison Carey, Joan Ostrove and Tara Fannon have gathered an interdisciplinary team of leading experts, to offer nuanced analyses of the meaning and practice of being an ally and of building effective alliances that account for the structural, individual, and interpersonal challenges involved in amplifying disabled voices and ... Read more

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In Disability Alliances and Allies: Opportunities and Challenges, Allison Carey, Joan Ostrove and Tara Fannon have gathered an interdisciplinary team of leading experts, to offer nuanced analyses of the meaning and practice of being an ally and of building effective alliances that account for the structural, individual, and interpersonal challenges involved in amplifying disabled voices and
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GenX What's Your Damage? A Medical Mystery Within a Broken System

by Autumn Mist ...

What else could I do? I defeated my first monster by age eleven. I did what it took to get safe, buried that trauma and I kept going. I did not know that the terror I'd escaped, planted a bomb in my nervous system. How could I know?This is the true story of how I found myself trapped in a medical mystery, with the answers to my fate buried in my own mind. It's the true story of how I went to the ... Read more

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What else could I do? I defeated my first monster by age eleven. I did what it took to get safe, buried that trauma and I kept going. I did not know that the terror I'd escaped, planted a bomb in my nervous system. How could I know?This is the true story of how I found myself trapped in a medical mystery, with the answers to my fate buried in my own mind. It's the true story of how I went to the
... Read more
El discurso que duele

Psicoanálisis, discapacidad y exclusión social

by Eva Sala ...

Eva Sala parte de un interrogante lógico para analizar los pasos necesarios que permitan transformar la dolorosa realidad de quienes viven bajo el estigma de la "diferencia". A través de conceptos freudianos, la autora explora la psicología de masas, la construcción de los liderazgos y las narrativas políticas que avalan la exclusión.El discurso que duele plantea qué mecanismos clínicos, sociales ... Read more

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Eva Sala parte de un interrogante lógico para analizar los pasos necesarios que permitan transformar la dolorosa realidad de quienes viven bajo el estigma de la "diferencia". A través de conceptos freudianos, la autora explora la psicología de masas, la construcción de los liderazgos y las narrativas políticas que avalan la exclusión.El discurso que duele plantea qué mecanismos clínicos, sociales
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The Disabled Contract

Severe Intellectual Disability, Justice and Morality

by Jonas-Sébastien Beaudry ...

Series series Cambridge Disability Law and Policy Series
Social contract theories generally predicate the authority of rules that govern society on the idea that these rules are the product of a contractual agreement struck between members of society. These theories embody values, such as equality, reciprocity and rationality, that are highly prized within our culture. Yet a closer inspection reveals that these features exclude other important values, ... Read more

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Social contract theories generally predicate the authority of rules that govern society on the idea that these rules are the product of a contractual agreement struck between members of society. These theories embody values, such as equality, reciprocity and rationality, that are highly prized within our culture. Yet a closer inspection reveals that these features exclude other important values,
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Indigenous Disability Studies

Edited by John T. Ward ...

This book provides a comprehensive approach to the perspectives, lived experiences, and socio-cultural beliefs of Indigenous scholars regarding disabilities through a distinctions-based approach. Indigenous people demonstrate considerable knowledge in a multitude of capacities in spite of legal, monetary, social, economic, health, and political inequalities that they experience within from ... Read more

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This book provides a comprehensive approach to the perspectives, lived experiences, and socio-cultural beliefs of Indigenous scholars regarding disabilities through a distinctions-based approach. Indigenous people demonstrate considerable knowledge in a multitude of capacities in spite of legal, monetary, social, economic, health, and political inequalities that they experience within from
... Read more
Understanding Parent Blame

Institutional Failure and Complex Trauma

by Andy Bilson, Vivien Cooper, Kaydence Drayak, Louise Parker Engels, Lucy Fullard, Cathleen Long ...

Blame the parents. It’s a common reaction to any failure in children’s behaviour or to their safety, and yet so many issues – from education and economic to social care and mental health – arise from the failure of the state to provide adequate support to children and their families.This edited collection brings together academics, practitioners and activists along with contributions from parents ... Read more

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Blame the parents. It’s a common reaction to any failure in children’s behaviour or to their safety, and yet so many issues – from education and economic to social care and mental health – arise from the failure of the state to provide adequate support to children and their families.This edited collection brings together academics, practitioners and activists along with contributions from parents
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Allies and Obstacles

Disability Activism and Parents of Children with Disabilities

by Allison C. Carey, Pamela Block, Richard Scotch ...

Parents of children with disabilities often situate their activism as a means of improving the world for their child. However, some disabled activists perceive parental activism as working against the independence and dignity of people with disabilities. This thorny relationship is at the heart of the groundbreaking Allies and Obstacles.The authors chronicle parents’ path-breaking advocacy in ... Read more

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Parents of children with disabilities often situate their activism as a means of improving the world for their child. However, some disabled activists perceive parental activism as working against the independence and dignity of people with disabilities. This thorny relationship is at the heart of the groundbreaking Allies and Obstacles.The authors chronicle parents’ path-breaking advocacy in
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Third-Party and Self-Created Trusts

A Modern Look

by Rebecca C. Morgan Morgan, Robert B. Fleming Jr., Bryn Poland ...

Written by Clifton B. Kruse, Jr., a well-known expert in the fields of estate planning and elder law, this updated edition of Third-Party and Self-Created Trusts explains the effect that governmental legislation has had on trust law and guides you through the maze of federal laws that affect planning for the elderly and disabled. Focusing on the effect of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of ... Read more

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Written by Clifton B. Kruse, Jr., a well-known expert in the fields of estate planning and elder law, this updated edition of Third-Party and Self-Created Trusts explains the effect that governmental legislation has had on trust law and guides you through the maze of federal laws that affect planning for the elderly and disabled. Focusing on the effect of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of
... Read more
Representing People With Dementia

A Practical Guide for Criminal Defense Lawyers

Edited by Elizabeth Kelley ...

The criminal justice system as a whole is not the place for someone with dementia. Jail, or worse, prison, would be absolute torture. This book is an attempt to help those who, because of dementia, are fragile, bewildered, and vulnerable – and to give their attorneys the tools to obtain a fair and just resolution of their case.Table of Contents:ForewordIntroductionWhat Is Dementia? Dr. Marc ... Read more

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The criminal justice system as a whole is not the place for someone with dementia. Jail, or worse, prison, would be absolute torture. This book is an attempt to help those who, because of dementia, are fragile, bewildered, and vulnerable – and to give their attorneys the tools to obtain a fair and just resolution of their case.Table of Contents:ForewordIntroductionWhat Is Dementia? Dr. Marc
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Scrounger

by Athena Stevens ...

Series series Oberon Modern Plays
Everyone likes to make speculations about Scrounger. Scrounger doesn't care. A successful online personality, she's got more power from her bedroom than anyone on the Southwark estates could dream of. She's educated, she's ballsy, Scrounger is a woman who knows how to make change happen. ... Read more

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Everyone likes to make speculations about Scrounger. Scrounger doesn't care. A successful online personality, she's got more power from her bedroom than anyone on the Southwark estates could dream of. She's educated, she's ballsy, Scrounger is a woman who knows how to make change happen.
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Untapped Talent

A Practical Guide for Hiring and Retaining Neurodivergent Staff

by Aron Mercer, Dr Damian Mellifont, PhD, Dr Jennifer Smith-Merry, PhD ...

Series series Disability Studies
How can employers develop their hiring processes for neurodivergent people and best support people with diverse neurotypes to thrive in the workplace?Drawing on academic research and professional and lived experiences, Untapped Talent offers strategies for managers and allies to create a more inclusive workplace that empowers neurodivergent people with conditions including autism, ADHD, and ... Read more

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How can employers develop their hiring processes for neurodivergent people and best support people with diverse neurotypes to thrive in the workplace?Drawing on academic research and professional and lived experiences, Untapped Talent offers strategies for managers and allies to create a more inclusive workplace that empowers neurodivergent people with conditions including autism, ADHD, and
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DAS HANDBUCH FÜR SCHLAGANFALL-ÜBERLEBENDE

by Brian Maram ...

Ihr unverzichtbarer Begleiter auf Ihrem PflegewegJeden Tag wird jemand wie du über Nacht zum Betreuer.Keine Warnung. Keine Vorbereitung. Nur du, dein geliebter Mensch – und tausend Fragen, die in deinem Kopf widerhallen:Mache ich das richtig? Was ist, wenn ich einen Fehler mache? Wie fange ich überhaupt an?Du bist nicht allein mit diesem Gefühl der Überforderung.Die schlaflosen Nächte, in denen du ... Read more

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Ihr unverzichtbarer Begleiter auf Ihrem PflegewegJeden Tag wird jemand wie du über Nacht zum Betreuer.Keine Warnung. Keine Vorbereitung. Nur du, dein geliebter Mensch – und tausend Fragen, die in deinem Kopf widerhallen:Mache ich das richtig? Was ist, wenn ich einen Fehler mache? Wie fange ich überhaupt an?Du bist nicht allein mit diesem Gefühl der Überforderung.Die schlaflosen Nächte, in denen du
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Literature and Intellectual Disability in Early Modern England

Folly, Law and Medicine, 1500-1640

by Alice Equestri ...

Series series Routledge Studies in Renaissance Literature and Culture
Fools and clowns were widely popular characters employed in early modern drama, prose texts and poems mainly as laughter makers, or also as ludicrous metaphorical embodiments of human failures. Literature and Intellectual Disability in Early Modern England: Folly, Law and Medicine, 1500–1640 pays full attention to the intellectual difference of fools, rather than just their performativity: what ... Read more

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Fools and clowns were widely popular characters employed in early modern drama, prose texts and poems mainly as laughter makers, or also as ludicrous metaphorical embodiments of human failures. Literature and Intellectual Disability in Early Modern England: Folly, Law and Medicine, 1500–1640 pays full attention to the intellectual difference of fools, rather than just their performativity: what
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Defining the Boundaries of Disability

Critical Perspectives

Edited by Licia Carlson, Matthew C. Murray ...

Series series Routledge Advances in Disability Studies
This ground-breaking volume considers what it means to make claims of disability membership in view of the robust Disability Rights movement, the rich areas of academic inquiry into disability, increased philosophical attention to the nature and significance of disability, a vibrant disability culture and disability arts movement, and advances in biomedical science and technology.By focusing on ... Read more

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This ground-breaking volume considers what it means to make claims of disability membership in view of the robust Disability Rights movement, the rich areas of academic inquiry into disability, increased philosophical attention to the nature and significance of disability, a vibrant disability culture and disability arts movement, and advances in biomedical science and technology.By focusing on
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Disability, Care and Family Law

Edited by Beverley Clough, Jonathan Herring ...

This book explores the series of issues that emerge at the intersection of disability, care and family law.Disability studies is an area of increasing academic interest. In addition to a subject in its own right, there has been growing concern to ensure that mainstream subjects diversify and include marginalised voices, including those of disabled people. Family law in modern times is often based ... Read more

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This book explores the series of issues that emerge at the intersection of disability, care and family law.Disability studies is an area of increasing academic interest. In addition to a subject in its own right, there has been growing concern to ensure that mainstream subjects diversify and include marginalised voices, including those of disabled people. Family law in modern times is often based
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Everyday Law for Individuals with Disabilities

by Ruth Colker, Adam A. Milani ...

If you are an individual with a disability and believe you have been discriminated against, it is often hard to find a lawyer to help remedy your situation. Accordingly, 'self-help' may often be your most, or your only, viable strategy. But how to proceed? This book serves as a badly needed practical guide to disability discrimination law. Covering a wide range of issues faced by individuals with ... Read more

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If you are an individual with a disability and believe you have been discriminated against, it is often hard to find a lawyer to help remedy your situation. Accordingly, 'self-help' may often be your most, or your only, viable strategy. But how to proceed? This book serves as a badly needed practical guide to disability discrimination law. Covering a wide range of issues faced by individuals with
... Read more
Where Biology Ends and Bias Begins

Lessons on Belonging from Our DNA

by Shoumita Dasgupta ...

A geneticist and internationally recognized anti-racism educator provides a powerful, science-based rebuttal to common fallacies about human difference.Well-meaning physicians, parents, and even scientists today often spread misinformation about what biology can and can’t tell us about our bodies, minds, and identities. In this accessible, myth-busting book, geneticist Shoumita Dasgupta draws on ... Read more

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A geneticist and internationally recognized anti-racism educator provides a powerful, science-based rebuttal to common fallacies about human difference.Well-meaning physicians, parents, and even scientists today often spread misinformation about what biology can and can’t tell us about our bodies, minds, and identities. In this accessible, myth-busting book, geneticist Shoumita Dasgupta draws on
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100 idées pour transformer l'offre de service dans le secteur du handicap

Autodétermination, inclusion sociale, accompagnement, nouveaux métiers et autres modèles…

by François Bernard ...

Series series 100 Idées pour
Droit de vivre dans la société et de s’y insérer, liberté de choix, pleine intégration et participation à la société ; choisir son lieu de résidence, où et avec qui elles vont vivre, ne pas être obligées de vivre dans un milieu de vie particulier ; avoir accès à une gamme de services à domicile ou en établissement, ne pas être isolées ou victimes de ségrégation... Voilà en substance ce que nous ... Read more

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Droit de vivre dans la société et de s’y insérer, liberté de choix, pleine intégration et participation à la société ; choisir son lieu de résidence, où et avec qui elles vont vivre, ne pas être obligées de vivre dans un milieu de vie particulier ; avoir accès à une gamme de services à domicile ou en établissement, ne pas être isolées ou victimes de ségrégation... Voilà en substance ce que nous
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Disability and Shopping

Customers, Markets and the State

by Ieva Eskytė ...

Series series Routledge Advances in Disability Studies
Disability and Shopping:Customers, Markets and the State provides an examination of the diverse experiences and perspectives of disabled customers, industry and civil society. It discusses how the interaction between the three stakeholders should be shaped at aiming to decrease inequality and marginalisation.Shopping is a part of everyday modern life and yet businesses struggle to adequately meet ... Read more

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Disability and Shopping:Customers, Markets and the State provides an examination of the diverse experiences and perspectives of disabled customers, industry and civil society. It discusses how the interaction between the three stakeholders should be shaped at aiming to decrease inequality and marginalisation.Shopping is a part of everyday modern life and yet businesses struggle to adequately meet
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