Disability, Society, and the Individual

Description

This unique book provides a comprehensive examination of the disability experience. The content focuses on definitions of disability, societal response to people with disabilities, and the experience of disability from the perspectives of individuals with disability. It is organized around broad themes rather than disability categories. With an engaging writing style and extensive and completely updated references, *Disability, Society, and the Individual–Third Edition* prepares the reader to understand and be able to use complex, important, and new ideas surrounding disability—its experience and social and cultural context. The text includes discussion questions, learning activities, suggested readings, and first-person accounts.

First Sentence

On the first day of class, I ask my students: “When you walk into any major chain bookstore, do you find any books about people with disabilities?”

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Other Editions

• Disability, society, and the individualPRO-ED2008-01-01
• Disability, Society, and the IndividualPaperbackPRO-ED, Inc.2016
• Disability, Society, and the IndividualPRO-ED, Incorporated2024-01-01