Disability and Social Change
eBook - ePub

Disability and Social Change

A Progressive Canadian Approach

  1. 256 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Disability and Social Change

A Progressive Canadian Approach

About this book

This edited collection uses a critical theory perspective and draws on expertise from a range of contemporary policy and practice areas. Contributors include people with disabilities, family members, researchers, academics and practitioners. This book is an ideal text for students of social work, human services, child and youth care and disability studies. Chapters include first-person accounts from persons with disabilities, perspectives of families and historical perspectives, as well as a critical exploration of demographics, human rights issues, disability legislation and policy in Canada, theoretical approaches to disability, intersectionality and disability, Aboriginal people and disability, mental health disability, principles of anti-ableist practice, advocacy and strategies for change.

This book offers as a fresh Canadian perspective on disability from a critical lens, challenging and inspiring students and practitioners alike to think outside the box and to examine their own attitudes and values toward disability, ensuring that they do not inadvertently impose ableist and oppressive practices on one of Canada's most marginalized populations.

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Yes, you can access Disability and Social Change by Jeanette Robertson, Jeanette Robertson,Grant Larson, Jeanette Robertson, Grant Larson in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Social Sciences & Disabilities in Sociology. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Acknowledgements
  2. List of Contributors
  3. Introduction by Jeanette Robertson and Grant Larson
  4. 1. Privileging the Voices of People with Disabilities by Mike Touchie, Melanie Thomas, Jaclyn Porter & Lorea Regan
  5. 2. Looking Back, Rethinking Historical Perspectives and Reflecting upon Emerging Trends by Peter Dunn and Terri-Lynn Langdon
  6. 3. Exploring the Conceptualization of Disability and Demographics as “Facts” by Jeanette Robertson
  7. 4. Critical Disability Theory: Developing a Post-Social Model of Disability by Roy Hanes
  8. 5. Human Rights, Disability and the Law in Canada by Jennifer Murphy
  9. 6. Disability Policy in Canada: Fragments of Inclusion and Exclusion by Michael J. Prince
  10. 7. Experiences and Perspectives of Families who Have Children with Disabilities by Kevin Lusignan
  11. 8. Intersectionality and Disability by Judy E. MacDonald
  12. 9. Indigenous People with Disabilities: Stories of Resilience and Strength by Douglas Durst
  13. 10. Mental Health Disability: The Forgotten Terrain by Grant Larson
  14. 11. Empowering Strategies for Change: Advocacy by and for People with Disabilities by Irene Carter
  15. 12. Reflections and Final Thoughts by Grant Larson and Jeanette Robertson
  16. Index