| Growing Up with Disability Contributor(s): Robinson, Carol (Editor), Stalker, Kirsten (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1853025682 ISBN-13: 9781853025686 Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers OUR PRICE: $35.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 1998 Annotation: Encompassing a wide range of perspectives on childhood impairment and its social implications, Growing Up with Disability adopts a child-centered approach, including interviews with disabled young people and their own writing to enable their voices to be heard. Pre-school and school age children describe their behavior and feelings within their own families, substitute families and residential homes. The book explores how such children can be best protected, and how their quality of life can be improved. Using the social model of disability which identifies the barriers to inclusion faced by disabled people, contributors give examples of progressive practice, and examine the aspirations of young disabled people, their friendships, and how they come to terms with adolescence and the transition to adulthood. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Medical - Social Science | Sociology - General - Social Science | Social Work |
| Dewey: 305.908 |
| LCCN: 98213929 |
| Physical Information: 0.53" H x 6.16" W x 9.24" (0.77 lbs) 224 pages |
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Contributor Bio(s): Stalker, Kirsten: - Dr Kirsten Stalker is a Reader in the Education Faculty at Strathclyde University. She has published widely in the field of social work. |