Beyond Disability

Towards an Enabling Society
1. Auflage 1996
ISBN: 978-0-8039-7956-7
Verlag: Sage Publications UK

Buch, Englisch, 208 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 485 g

Reihe: Published in association with The Open University

This important text draws together a wealth of experience to present theoretical and practical insights into the way society intervenes in the lives of disabled people, and considers how resources could be used in ways that are more helpful and supportive. Stressing the social contexts within which disabilities become apparent, the contributors highlight two key points: disabled people have practical difficulties only in the area of life affected by their disability and in other respects are no different from anyone else; and they are handicapped not by the parameters of their disability but by the demands and attitudes of society. The contributors consider the position of people with specific types of disability, explore both sides of the `care' and `counselling' equation, and discuss training, legislation and aspects of management and attitudes among professionals. Beyond Disability has been developed as a Course Reader for the Open University course The Disabling Society (K255).

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hales, Gerald

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Gesundheitssystem, Gesundheitswesen
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Invalidität, Krankheit und Abhängigkeit: Soziale Aspekte
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik Soziale Dienste, Soziale Organisationen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction - Gerald Hales
PART ONE: SETTING THE SCENE
Aspects of Intervention - Ann Macfarlane
Consultation, Care, Help and Support
Key Issues in Support - Collette Welch
PART TWO: THE PRACTICALITIES
Mobility Impairment - Sue Napolitano
Visual Impairment and Disability - Colin Barnes
A Hearing Difficulty as Impairment - Mairian Corker
Learning Difficulties - Sheila Ford
PART THREE: HOW DOES IT FEEL?
The Experience of Care - Sian Vasey
Disabled People and the Equal Opportunities Movement - Bernard Leach
The Experience of Counselling - Sallie Withers
Being a Counsellor - Ray Woolfe
PART FOUR: MAKING IT WORK
Simulation Exercises in Disability Awareness Training - Sally French
A Critique
Disability and Legislation - Ken Davis
Rights and Equality
Legislation - Deborah Cooper
A Practical Example - Young People and Education
Working Choices - Brenda Smith
The Attitudes of Health Professionals towards Disabled People - Sally French
PART FIVE: THE WAY FORWARD
Four Camels of Disability - Dick Leaman
Developing New Services - Vic Finkelstein and Ossie Stuart

Über Autor(innen)

Hales, Gerald
Gerald Hales is a Research Fellow at the Institute of Educational Technology at The Open University

CONTRIBUTORS

Colin Barnes University of Leeds

Deborah Cooper National Bureau for Students with Disabilities

Marian Corker

Ken Davis Derbyshire Coalition of Disabled People

Vic Finkelstein Open University

Sally French Brunel University

Bernard Leach Manchester Metropolitan University

Dick Leaman Lambeth Accord

Ann Macfarlane Consultant Disability Services

Sue Napolitano

Brenda Smith City University

Ossie Stuart University of York

Sian Vasey, TV Producer and Presenter for 'Does He Take Sugar?'

Collette Welch London Borough of Waltham Forest

Sallie Withers Herefordshire Lifestyles

Ray Woolfe Keele University