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Disabling barriers - enabling environments

|The strengths of this text are many. It has breadth and diversity in its content yet is presented in bite-size chapters. For those wishing to know more, it offers signposts to the relevant literature. The contributors have been carefully selected for their specific perspective yet these have been skilfully inter-related by the editors. It is now some 11 years since the first edition of this text was published. In my view, this second edition was worth the wait' - SCOLAG Journal. |This has been a ground-breaking book and I whole-heartedly welcome a new edition'- Professor Len Barton, School of.

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  • "Introduction - Pt I: Perspectives of disability and impairment - If I had a hammer"

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  • "This text has established itself as essential reading for anyone coming to the subject of disability studies. The book tackles a wide range of issues in numerous succinct chapters written by contributing authors, many of whom are disabled themselves. From the outset, the chapters take a multidisciplinary and international approach. This edition is made up of 42 chapters, 15 of which are completely new to this edition, including: Early seminal writings in disabled studies ; Death and dying ; Psychology ; Hate crime and the criminal justice system ; Sport ; Psycho-emotional disablism and internal oppression. This textbook conveys the continuing developments in the lives and experiences of disabled people. It is valuable reading for students and professionals in the fields of social work, sociology, social policy, health and nursing as well as disabled people."
  • "There has been considerable development in disability studies in the ten years since the publication of the first edition of this title, and this new edition introduces and expands on important areas such as international issues, diversity among disabled people, sexuality, and bioethics."
  • "|The strengths of this text are many. It has breadth and diversity in its content yet is presented in bite-size chapters. For those wishing to know more, it offers signposts to the relevant literature. The contributors have been carefully selected for their specific perspective yet these have been skilfully inter-related by the editors. It is now some 11 years since the first edition of this text was published. In my view, this second edition was worth the wait' - SCOLAG Journal. |This has been a ground-breaking book and I whole-heartedly welcome a new edition'- Professor Len Barton, School of."@en
  • "The strengths of this text are many. It has breadth and diversity in its content yet is presented in bite-size chapters. For those wishing to know more, it offers signposts to the relevant literature. The contributors have been carefully selected for their specific perspective yet these have been skillfully inter-related by the editors. It is now some 11 years since the first edition of this text was published. In my view, this second edition was worth the wait."
  • "T̀he strengths of this text are many. It has breadth and diversity in its content yet is presented in bite-size chapters. For those wishing to know more, it offers signposts to the relevant literature. The contributors have been carefully selected for their specific perspective yet these have been skilfully inter-related by the editors. It is now some 11 years since the first edition of this text was published. In my view, this second edition was worth the wait' - SCOLAG Journal. T̀his has been a ground-breaking book and I whole-heartedly welcome a new edition'- Professor Len Barton, School of."@en

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  • "Disabling barriers - enabling environments"@en
  • "Disabling barriers - enabling environments"
  • "Disabling barriers : Enabling environments"
  • "Disabling Barriers : Enabling Environments"@en
  • "Disabling barriers, enabling environments"
  • "Disabling barriers--enabling environments"
  • "Disabling barriers--enabling environments"@en
  • "Disabling barriers-- enabling environments"@en
  • "Disabling barriers-- enabling environments"
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