Disabling Barriers - Enabling Environments

Introduction/PART ONE: PERSPECTIVES ON DISABILITY AND IMPAIRMENT/An Historical Overview/Disability and Impairment/Disability, Disability Studies and the Academy/Developing an Affirmative Model of Disability and Impairment/Dependence, Independence and Normality/Reflections on Doing Emancipatory Disability Research/International Perspectives on Disability/PART TWO: IN OUR OWN IMAGE/Disability and the Body/Disability and Psychology/Women and Disability/Men, Masculinities and Disability/Lying Down Anyhow: Disability and the Rebel Body/Psycho-emotional Disablism and Internalised Oppression/Generating Debates: Why We Need a Life-Course Approach to Disability Issues/The Representation of Disabled People in the News Media/Disability Culture: The Story So Far/'Race', Ethnicity and Disability/Who Is Disabled? Exploring the Scope of the Social Model of Disability/Disabled People, Disability and Sexuality/PART THREE: CONTROLLING LIFESTYLES/Challenging Barriers and Enabling Inclusion: the Role of Families/Disability and Childhood: A Journey towards Inclusion/Housing and Independent Living/Changing Technology/Communication Barriers: Building Access and Inclusive Relationships/Controlling Exclusion in Education/User Involvement in Services for Disabled People/User-Led Organisations: Facilitating Independent Living?/Accessing Social and Leisure Activities: Barriers to Inclusion Experienced by Visually Impaired People/Disability, Sport and Exercising Bodies/Disability and Ageing/Disabled People, Work and Welfare/PART FOUR: IN CHARGE OF SUPPORT AND HELP/Care: Controlling and Personalising Services/Counselling and Disabled People: Help or Hindrance?/Developments in Mental Health Policy and Practice: Service User Critiques/The Global Economy of 'Care'/PART FIVE: LOOKING TO THE FUTURE FOR DISABLED PEOPLE/Disability and Social Inclusion in the Information Society/Designing Inclusive Environments and the Significance of Universal Design/Genetics, Disability and Bioethics/Disability, Death and Dying: A Rights-Based Discussion of the Ultimate Barrier Facing Disabled People/Hate Crime and the Criminal Justice System/Human Rights in Context: Making Rights Count/The Future of Disability Studies