Understanding Disability

From Theory to Practice

By: Michael Oliver

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Paperback | 26 August 2009 | Edition Number 2

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In this absorbing text by a leading writer and respected activist, theory, policy, historical background and personal experience are combined to give readers a rich and illuminating picture of the key issues raised by disability.

In the author's uniquely clear and lively narrative style, the book explores:

the practical and political challenges that disablement presents
theoretical understandings of disability
disability law and the realities of policy implementation
key points of contention for the disability movement

This long-awaited new edition of a best-selling text includes new stories from the author's experience, as well as sharply framed debate about
the development of policy over the last decade and a half. Its expansive coverage includes discussion of welfare, rehabilitation, special education and normalization.

This book is core reading for students of social work, nursing, health and applied social science taking modules in disability studies. Michael Oliver was the first Professor of Disability Studies in the United Kingdom and is Emeritus Professor of Disability Studies at the University of Greenwich, UK. He is the author of the path-breaking The Politics of Disablement and Social Work with Disabled People (in its third edition, co-authored with Bob Sapey).

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'...a fantastic and readable introduction to disability politics for activists, practitioners and students across social work and social policy, covering ground as diverse as theoretical models of disability, legal challenges and (missed) opportunities, special education provisions and the complex relationship between reserach and policy...Oliver issues an important rallying call to action and to the defence of the social model of disability, where the personal is inherently political.' - Professional Social Work '..Oliver's style is a personal one, skilfully mixing his own experience of disability with teaching, research and contemporary song lyrics...In less than 200 pages, Oliver encapsulates the last 30 years of disability politics...This book is core reading for students of social work, nursing, health and applied social science taking modules in disability studies.' - Sue Watling, Learning and Teaching Coordinator, University of Lincoln, Practical: Social Work in Action

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List of Figures and Tables	p. viii
Acknowledgements	p. ix
Notes on Contributors	p. x
Experiencing and Challenging a Disabling World
Introduction	p. 3
From Personal Struggle to Political Understanding and Back Again	p. 13
Mobility Impairment in a Social Context	p. 27
The Social Model: History, Critique and Response	p. 41
Unmet Promises of Disability Law and Policy (with Beth Omansky)	p. 58
Special Education into the Twenty-first Century	p. 70
Theorizing and Changing a Disabling World
Disability and Normalization: A Critique	p. 87
The Relevance of Emancipatory Research for Policy Development	p. 106
Disabling or Enabling Welfare: What Next for Disabled People? (with Colin Barnes)	p. 119
Disability Politics and the Disabled People's Movement in Britain (with Vic Finkelstein)	p. 133
Disablement into the Twenty-first Century	p. 154
Personalizing the Political and Politicizing the Personal	p. 171
Bibliography	p. 185
Index	p. 193
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