Disability: social aspects books

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Recovering Bodies: Illness, Disability and Life-writing

Recovering Bodies: Illness, Disability and Life-writing...

Author: G.Thomas Couser ,  Nancy Mairs
ISBN: 9780299155643
Format: Paperback
$49.50

This is a compelling look at how people with illness or disability come to terms with their condition by writing...  Read More >>

Recovering Bodies: Illness, Disability and Life-writing

Recovering Bodies: Illness, Disability and Life-writing...

Author: University of Wisconsin Press ,  Nancy Mairs
ISBN: 9780299155605
Format: Hardback
$97.90

This is a compelling look at how people with illness or disability come to terms with their condition by writing...  Read More >>

Working with Visually Disabled People: Bridging the Theory and Practice

Working with Visually Disabled People: Bridging the...

Author: Sally French ,  etc.
ISBN: 9781861780140
Format: Paperback
$27.17

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Justice for People with Disabilities

Justice for People with Disabilities

Author: Marge Hauritz ,  Charles Sampford
ISBN: 9781862872721
Format: Paperback
$79.20

This volume reflects the fact that there are no simple solutions to the achievement of rights and citizenship for...  Read More >>

Designing for the Disabled: The New Paradigm

Designing for the Disabled: The New Paradigm

Author: Selwyn Goldsmith
ISBN: 9780750634427
Format: Hardback
$273.00

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Nothing about Us Without Us

Nothing about Us Without Us

Author: James I Charlton
ISBN: 9781280090479
Format: Electronic book text
$79.07

James Charlton has produced a ringing indictment of disability oppression, which, he says, is rooted in degradation,...  Read More >>

Helen Keller: Courage in the Dark

Helen Keller: Courage in the Dark

Author: Johanna Hurwitz ,  Nerverne Covington
ISBN: 9780679877059
Format: Paperback
$10.53

A biography of the blind and deaf girl who overcame both handicaps with the help of her teacher, Annie Sullivan....  Read More >>

Understanding Disability: A Lifespan Approach

Understanding Disability: A Lifespan Approach

Author: Peggy Quinn
ISBN: 9780761905271
Format: Paperback
$369.00

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Understanding Disability: A Lifespan Approach

Understanding Disability: A Lifespan Approach

Author: Peggy Quinn
ISBN: 9780761905264
Format: Hardback
$533.00

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Getting Into the System: Living with Serious Mental Illness

Getting Into the System: Living with Serious Mental...

Author: Gwen Howe
ISBN: 9781853024573
Format: Paperback
$62.99

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Social Work in Mental Health: Trends and Issues

Social Work in Mental Health: Trends and Issues

Author: Erdener Kaynak ,  Uri Aviram
ISBN: 9780789003836
Format: Hardback
$79.20

In the context of massive changes in the mental health treatment and care systems of developed countries, social...  Read More >>

The Body and Physical Difference: Discourses of Disability

The Body and Physical Difference: Discourses of Disability...

Author: David T. Mitchell ,  Sharon L. Snyder
ISBN: 9780472066599
Format: Paperback
$71.15

Groundbreaking perspectives on disability in culture and the arts that shed light on notions of identity and social...  Read More >>

The History of Bethlem

The History of Bethlem

Author: Jonathan Andrews ,  Asa Briggs
ISBN: 9780415017732
Format: Hardback
$609.00

The History of Bethlem is a scholarly history of this key establishment, looking at Bethlem's role within the caring...  Read More >>

Asperger's Syndrome: A Guide for Parents and Professionals

Asperger's Syndrome: A Guide for Parents and Professionals...

Author: Dr Anthony Attwood
ISBN: 9781853025778
Format: Paperback
$45.99

The book provides a description and analysis of the unusual characteristics of the syndrome and practical strategies...  Read More >>

Living With Schizophrenia

Living With Schizophrenia

Author: Stuart Emmons ,  Craig Geiser
ISBN: 9781560325567
Format: Paperback
$58.99

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Buddhas in Disguise: Deaf People of Nepal

Buddhas in Disguise: Deaf People of Nepal

Author: Irene Taylor
ISBN: 9780915035595
Format: Hardback
$118.80

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The Sociology of Health and Illness in Ireland

The Sociology of Health and Illness in Ireland

Author: Anne Cleary ,  Margaret P. Treacy
ISBN: 9781900621113
Format: Paperback
$41.95

These essays on health and illness from a sociological perspective, look at health and health models within social...  Read More >>

I Can't Remember: Family Stories of Alzheimer's Disease

I Can't Remember: Family Stories of Alzheimer's Disease...

Author: Esther Strauss Smoller ,  Kathleen O'Brien (Executive Director, St. Louis Alzheimer's Association, USA)
ISBN: 9781566395557
Format: Hardback
$109.56

Presents a photo essay of four families and their process of coping with Alzheimer's Disease, a process of coming...  Read More >>

Idea Advocacy for Children Who Are Deaf or Hard-of-Hearing: A Question and Answer Book for Parents and Professionals

Idea Advocacy for Children Who Are Deaf or Hard-of-Hearing:...

Author: Bonnie Tucker (Attorney - Professor of Law, Arizona State University, College of Law) ,  Bonnie P. Tucker
ISBN: 9781565938960
Format: Paperback
$94.91

Written primarily for parents who have children who are deaf or hard of hearing, this work offers guidance in obtaining...  Read More >>

Media Madness: Public Images of Mental Illness

Media Madness: Public Images of Mental Illness

Author: Otto F. Wahl
ISBN: 9780813522135
Format: Paperback
$65.87

This work seeks to expose the myths about mental illness and the way it is distorted by the American media. The...  Read More >>

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