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  • Perícias Médicas Judiciais

    by Jorge Paulete Vanrell ...
    Ante os avanços do atual estado da técnica, da evolução dos procedimentos de diagnóstico e da moderna orientação jurisprudencial, esta edição inclui novidades. Além de dividir seu conteúdo de acordo com os temas mais momentosos das lesões que resultam de traumas cotidianos, teve de incluir conceitos bioéticos ? que devem nortear o dia a dia pericial ? e noções de Auditoria Médica que complementam ... Read more

    RM 40.18 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Experiencia moral de la discapacidad

    Elementos para una interpretación hermenéutica

    by Ánderson Henao Orozco ...
    Series series Ciencias humanas
    Este libro se desarrolla un análisis hermenéutico y crítico en torno a cierta experiencia moral de la discapacidad y a sus efectos en la constitución de los horizontes morales o universos de sentido de las sociedades occidentales judeocristianas. A lo largo de este, se discute sobre una existencia ambivalente y dilemática de aquellos que actualmente nombramos "personas con discapacidad", así como ... Read more

    RM 19.47

  • Family Policy and Disability

    by Arie Rimmerman ...
    Series series Cambridge Disability Law and Policy Series
    This book explores the status and scope of family policies related to households of children with disabilities, providing an in-depth, evidence-based review of legal, programmatic issues. It includes a discussion of the gaps between family needs and contemporary family policies in the United States and European countries, as demonstrated in these households' surveys. In addition, the volume offers ... Read more

    RM 464.09

  • Pessoa com Deficiência - Inclusão e Acessibilidade

    inclusão e acessibilidade

    by José Marcelo Menezes Vigliar ...
    Series series Obras Coletivas
    Fruto de pesquisas dos alunos do Programa de Mestrado em Direito da Sociedade da Informação, do Centro Universitário das Faculdades Metropolitanas Unidas, sob a coordenação do Prof. Dr. Jose Marcelo Menezes Vigliar, vem a público a obra Pessoa com Deficiência – Inclusão e Acessibilidade, cujos artigos denotam o compromisso com a remoção de barreiras e a apresentação de possíveis soluções para a ... Read more

    RM 85.82 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Laws We Need To Know

    Understanding Rules and Programs for Persons with Mental Illness

    by Baron L Miller ...
    Those suffering from mental illness and their supporters need to understand and access complex rules and programs. As a knowledgeable attorney cannot be called every time a question arises, this book provides a ready reference tool. The author, Baron Miller, is a practicing attorney in San Francisco. He has been dealing for decades with legal issues affecting persons with mental illness. With ... Read more

    RM 77.59 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Human Rights and Disability Advocacy

    Edited by Maya Sabatello, Marianne Schulze ...
    Series series Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights
    The United Nations adoption of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) constituted a paradigm shift in attitudes and approaches to disability rights, marking the first time in law-making history that persons with disabilities participated as civil society representatives and contributed to the drafting of an international treaty. On the way, they brought a new kind of ... Read more

    RM 301.59

  • Studies in Law, Politics, and Society

    Edited by Austin Sarat ...
    Series Book 76 - Studies in Law, Politics, and Society
    Studies in Law, Politics, and Society provides a vehicle for the publication of scholarly articles within the broad parameters of interdisciplinary legal scholarship. In this latest edition of this highly successful research series, chapters examine a diverse range of legal issues and their impact on and intersections with society. This volume features a special section with papers dedicated to ... Read more

    RM 467.79

  • Spaces of Care

    Edited by Loraine Gelsthorpe, Dr Perveez Mody, Brian Sloan ...
    The collection examines the ways in which the emerging interdisciplinary study of care provokes a reassessment of the connections and disjuncture between care and governance, ethics, and public, personal and professional identities.Evolving from a project coordinated by the Cambridge Socio-Legal Group, Spaces of Care brings together leading international scholars to articulate what we may consider ... Read more

    RM 183.19

  • Nolo's Guide to Social Security Disability

    Getting & Keeping Your Benefits

    by David A. Morton III, M.D. ...
    Qualify for Social Security disability benefits, quickly and easilyThis comprehensive and compassionate book covers both SSDI and SSI, shows you how to prove a disability, and explains how your age, education, work experience, and income affect your chances. Parents will find special information about benefits available to children with a disability.Learn how to:find the disability criteria for ... Read more

    RM 112.39 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Death, Disability, and the Superhero

    The Silver Age and Beyond

    by José Alaniz ...
    The Thing. Daredevil. Captain Marvel. The Human Fly. Drawing on DC and Marvel comics from the 1950s to the 1990s and marshaling insights from three burgeoning fields of inquiry in the humanities—disability studies, death and dying studies, and comics studies—José Alaniz seeks to redefine the contemporary understanding of the superhero. Beginning in the Silver Age, the genre increasingly challenged ... Read more

    RM 84.29

  • Routledge Handbook of Mental Health Law

    Edited by Brendan D. Kelly, Mary Donnelly ...
    Series series Routledge Handbooks in Law
    Mental health law is a rapidly evolving area of practice and research, with growing global dimensions. This work reflects the increasing importance of this field, critically discussing key issues of controversy and debate, and providing up-to-date analysis of cutting-edge developments in Africa, Asia, Europe, the Americas, and Australia.This is a timely moment for this book to appear. The United ... Read more

    RM 265.33

  • Learning with Learning Disability

    What Learning Disability Can Teach Us About Being Human

    by Owen Barden ...
    Series series Autocritical Disability Studies
    This book uses the concept of “learning disability” to explore what it means to be human. It argues that we need to learn with rather than from or about learning disability. This crucial distinction means being open to what learning disability can teach us about what it means to be human. This approach comes from recognising learning disability as an organising concept – a concept which radically ... Read more

    RM 132.65

  • Disabled Education

    A Critical Analysis of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act

    by Ruth Colker ...
    Enacted in1975, the Education for All Handicapped Children Act – now called theIndividuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) provides all children withthe right to a free and appropriate public education. On the face of it, theIDEA is a shining example of law’s democratizing impulse. But is that reallythe case? In Disabled Education, Ruth Colker digs deep beneath theIDEA’s surface and reveals ... Read more

    RM 175.69

  • Capacity, Participation and Values in Comparative Legal Perspective

    Edited by Camillia Kong, John Coggon, Penny Cooper, Michael Dunn, Alex Ruck Keene ...
    With contributions from an international team of experts, this collection provides a much-needed international, comparative approach to mental capacity law.The book focuses particularly on exploring substantive commonalities and divergences in normative orientation and practical application embedded in different legal frameworks. It draws together contributions from eleven different jurisdictions ... Read more

    RM 122.09

  • Fragile Rights

    Disability, Public Policy, and Social Change

    by Anne Revillard ...
    Series series Law, Society, Policy
    The French version of this book was the winner of the 2022 Grand Prix de la Protection Sociale.Over the years many disability-related rights have been legally recognized, but how has this changed the everyday lives of people with disabilities?Drawing on biographical interviews collected from individuals with mobility or visual impairments in France, this book analyses the reception of disability ... Read more

    RM 114.49

  • The Routledge International Handbook of Disability Human Rights Hierarchies

    Edited by Stephen Meyers, Megan McCloskey, Gabor Petri ...
    Series series Routledge International Handbooks
    Disability is defined by hierarchy. Regardless of culture or context, persons with disabilities are almost always pushed to the bottom of the social hierarchy.With the advent of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (2006), disability human rights seemingly provided a path forward for tearing down ableist social hierarchies and ensuring that all persons with disabilities ... Read more

    RM 277.04

  • Mental Health Law in China

    A Socio-legal Analysis

    by Bo Chen ...
    Series series Routledge Research in Health Law
    This book provides an important critique of mental health law and practice in China, with a focus on involuntary detention and treatment. The work explores China’s mental health law reform regarding treatment decision-making in the new era of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). It adopts a socio-legal approach, not only by undertaking a comprehensive desk-based ... Read more

    RM 245.82

  • Social Security Disability Law and the American Labor Market

    by Jon C. Dubin ...
    How social security disability law is out of touch with the contemporary American labor marketPassing down nearly a million decisions each year, more judges handle disability cases for the Social Security Administration than federal civil and criminal cases combined.In Social Security Disability Law and the American Labor Market, Jon C. Dubin challenges the contemporary policies for determining ... Read more

    RM 144.09

  • Creative Minds, Divergent Paths

    Exploring Neurodiversity in the Arts and Employment

    by Dan Lovesey ...
    Series series Emerald Studies in Workplace Neurodiversity
    Neurodivergent individuals frequently face distinct challenges within creative fields such as music, literature, performance, media, and the visual arts. Recognising how their experiences intersect with creative expression and employment is essential, not only to support individual potential but also to expand our understanding of inclusivity in these fields. The perspectives of neurodivergent ... Read more

    RM 368.09

  • Deaf People in the Criminal Justice System

    Selected Topics on Advocacy, Incarceration, and Social Justice

    Edited by Debra Guthmann, Gabriel I. Lomas, Damara Goff Paris, Gabriel A. “Tony” Martin ...
    The legal system is complex, and without appropriate access, many injustices can occur. Deaf people in the criminal justice system are routinely denied sign language interpreters, videophone access, and other accommodations at each stage of the legal process. The marginalization of deaf people in the criminal justice system is further exacerbated by the lack of advocates who are qualified to work ... Read more

    Was RM 160.79 Now RM 140.39

  • Eine Geschichte der Menschen mit Behinderung Dis/abled in 500-1620

    by Robert Ralf Keintzel ...
    Eine Geschichte der Menschen mit Behinderung Dis/abled in 500 - 1620 Im Jahr 2013 waren in Mitteleuropa 12,7% der deutschsprachigen Bevölkerung Menschen mit sogenannter Behinderung, also mehr als jede zehnte Person. Dennoch wurden diese Menschen lange Zeit von der Geschichtsschreibung vergessen. Menschen mit Behinderung haben aber sehr wohl eine lange Geschichte, die sich auf ihre Gegenwart und ... Read more

    RM 56.99 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • 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 and exploring the perspectives of disabled people.Disability has become a human rights and social justice issue that should concern all Americans. Access to safe, affordable, and effective health care, access to safe and ... Read more

    RM 219.89

  • The Beyond26 Story

    by Dirk Bakhuyzen ...
    How Community Based Employment for Individuals with Disabilities Changes Lives.The Bakhuyzen family is introduced to the world of disability by their adopted son, Will. Join their journey, from adopting a special needs boy from Hong Kong to beginning a faith-based nonprofit that finds employment opportunities for individuals with disabilities. Through inspiring stories, Dirk Bakhuyzen shows how ... Read more

    RM 63.69

  • Multiple Sclerosis

    Your Legal Rights

    by Lanny Perkins, Sara Perkins ...
    This extensively revised third edition continues to provide reliable basic information and possible solutions to the legal problems that often affect people with multiple sclerosis (MS).In the past seven years, since the publication of the last edition, significant legislative changes have taken place that affect the lives of anyone living with MS. Trying to decipher new laws can be overwhelming, ... Read more

    RM 76.29