Handbook of Disability Studies [Paperback]

This path-breaking Handbook of Disability Studies signals the emergence of a vital new area of scholarship, social policy and activism. Drawing on the insights of disability scholars around the world and the creative advice of an international editorial board, the book engages the reader in the critical issues and debates framing disability studies and places them in an historical and cultural context. Five years in the making, this one volume summarizes the ongoing discourse ranging across continents and traditional academic disciplines.

The Handbook answers the need expressed by the disability community for a thought provoking, interdisciplinary, international examination of the vibrant field of disabilityThis path-breaking Handbook of Disability Studies signals the emergence of a vital new area of scholarship, social policy and activism. Drawing on the insights of disability scholars around the world and the creative advice of an international editorial board, the book engages the reader in the critical issues and debates framing disability studies and places them in an historical and cultural context. Five years in the making, this one volume summarizes the ongoing discourse ranging across continents and traditional academic disciplines.

The Handbook answers the need expressed by the disability community for a thought provoking, interdisciplinary, international examination of the vibrant field of disabilityIntroduction: The Formation of Disability Studies - Gary L Albrecht, Katherine D Seelman, and Michael Bury
PART ONE: THE SHAPING OF DISABILITIES STUDIES AS A FIELD
An Institutional History of Disability - David L Braddock and Susan Parish
Counting Disability - Glenn T Fujiura and Violet Rutkowski-Kmitta
Disability Definitions, Models, Classification Schemes and AppllÓ+