Disabilities and the Life Course

Heather E. Dillaway, Carrie L. Shandra, Alexis A. Bender, Heather E. Dillaway, Carrie L. Shandra, Alexis A. Bender

• Publisher: Emerald Publishing Limited
• Year: 2023
• ISBN:
  9781804552032
• Topic: Social Sciences
• Subtopic: Sociology
• Index: Social Sciences

Life course analysis recognizes that, depending on the exact life stage, different factors and contexts can become important in shaping identity and experience, as well as the ability to accomplish and respond to certain life transitions and events.

Prioritizing individuals' lived experiences, Disabilities and the Life Course broadens the application of life course perspective to explore how impairments and disabilities factor across life span and impact assorted life stages. Conceptual, methodological, and empirical, chapters consider how individuals might think about, maneuver, and encounter impairments, or 'become disabled, ' in a variety of ways depending on time, place, and life contexts. Contributors highlight commonalities and differences in identity and experience with special attention to intersecting social locations and the diversity of impairments and disabilities.

Featuring a framework rarely applied in the field of disability studies, Disabilities and the Life Course explores not only a range of disabilities and impairments but also a diverse array of life course experiences, deepening knowledge across both fields for the widest possible impact.

The Research in Social Science and Disability series is essential reading for researchers and students across the social sciences interested in disability, social movements, activism, and identity.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Series Editors
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• List of Figures
• List of Tables
• List of Contributors
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction: Disabilities and the Life Course
• Integrating the Social and Political Dimensions of Disability Into Life Course Theory
• Multiple Sclerosis Diagnosis Pathways: An Intersectional Feminist Disability Life Course Perspective
• Disability, Gender, or Something Else? Identity-Based Interpretations of Inequalities Over the Life Course in France
• Young-Adulthood Development in the Lived Experience of Persons With Kidney Failure: Challenges of Youth, Disability, and Transition
• Doing Gender, Doing Disability: How Disabled Young Adults Approach Gender in Response to Ableism
• The Reception of Disability Policy in France: A Qualitative Life Course Perspective on Policy Impact
• College Completion Among Young Adults With a Disabled Sibling
• Negotiating the Spousal Caregiving Relationship Following Spinal Cord Injury
• Disability and Precarious Work Over the Life Course: An Application of Key Concepts
• The Disability Gap in Time Use by Age Across the Life Course
• Index