Disability Issues
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Disability Rights and Wrongs Revisited
2nd Edition
Over the last forty years, the field of disability studies has emerged from the political activism of disabled people. In this challenging review of the field, leading disability academic and activist Tom Shakespeare argues that disability research needs a firmer conceptual and empirical footing....
To Be Published October 6th 2013 by Routledge
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Intellectual Disability and Social Theory
Philosophical Debates on Being Human
Series: Routledge Advances in Disability Studies
Intellectual disability is often overlooked within mainstream disability studies and theories developed about disability and physical impairment may not always be appropriate when thinking about intellectual (or learning) disability. This pioneering book discusses social theory and philosophical...
To Be Published January 19th 2014 by Routledge
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Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
Interdisciplinary perspectives
Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASDs) have emerged as a major phenomenon within the education, health, criminal justice and social care systems of many countries, with current prevalence figures suggesting that one in a hundred children and young people have FASDs. In this publication, academics...
To Be Published October 10th 2013 by Routledge
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The Multisensory Handbook
A guide for children and adults with sensory learning disabilities
Do you support a child or adult with sensory perceptual issues or cognitive impairment? For people with challenging sensory and cognitive conditions, everyday life can become so unpredictable and chaotic that over time, lack of engagement can often lead to a state of learned helplessness. In this...
Published April 10th 2012 by Routledge
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Towards a Contextual Psychology of Disablism
Series: Routledge Advances in Disability Studies
In recent years, disability studies has been driven by a model of disability which focuses on the social and economic oppression of disabled people. Although an important counterbalance to a pathologising medical model, the social model risks presenting an impoverished and disembodied view of...
Published July 2nd 2012 by Routledge
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Routledge Handbook of Disability Studies
The Routledge Handbook of Disability Studies takes a multidisciplinary approach to disability and provides an authoritative and up-to-date overview of the main issues in the field around the world today. Adopting an international perspective and consisting entirely of newly commissioned chapters...
Published February 1st 2012 by Routledge
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Family Support and Family Caregiving across Disabilities
Family members provide the majority of care for individuals with disabilities in the United States. Recognition is growing that family caregiving deserves and may require societal support, and evidence-based practices have been established for reducing stress associated with caregiving. Despite the...
Published August 21st 2011 by Routledge
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Autism
Series: The Routledge Series Integrating Science and Culture
Autism is the first book on the condition that seeks to combine medical, historical and cultural approaches to an understanding of the condition. Its purpose is to present a rounded portrayal of the ways in which autism is currently represented in the world, It focuses on three broad areas: the...
Published September 8th 2011 by Routledge
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Nursing Children and Young People with ADHD
ADHD is one of the most commonly diagnosed behavioural disorders in children and young people. It is a complex and contested condition, with potential causes and treatments in biological, psychological and social domains. This is the first comprehensive text for nurses and other health...
Published December 15th 2008 by Routledge