Understanding disability : from theory to practice
Michael Oliver (Author)
"In this long awaited new edition Oliver draws on his own experiences to paint a vivid picture of both the practical challenges of disablement and the theoretical understandings of disability. This approachable text is core reading for social work, nursing, health and social care and social science students taking modules in disability"--Provided by publisher
Print Book, English, 2009
Second editon
Palgrave Macmillan, Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire [England], 2009
x, 201 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
9780230220287, 0230220282
456729766
From personal struggle to political understanding and back again
Mobility impairment in a social context
The social model : history, critique and response
Unmet promises of disability law and policy (with Beth Omansky)
Special education into the twenty-first century
Disability and normalization : a critique
The relevance of emancipatory research for policy development
Disabling of enabling welfare : what next for disabled people? (with Colin Barnes)
Disability politics and the disabled people's movement in Britain (with Vic Finkelstein)
Disablement into the twenty-first century
Personalizing the political and politicizing the personal