Beyond Disability: Towards an Enabling Society

by Gerald Hales (editor)

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 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 b

208 pages, Paperback

First published December 18, 1995

Reviews

[Janelle]

Dnf. This is probably an excellent book but it was to heavy for me.