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Disability and Psychology: Critical Introductions and Reflections

Disability and Psychology: Critical Introductions and Reflections

Paperback

General PsychologyGeneral Sociology

ISBN10: 1403936013
ISBN13: 9781403936011
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: Oct 1 2005
Pages: 248
Weight: 0.68
Height: 0.56 Width: 7.76 Depth: 8.00
Language: English

Disability is not just the physical, sensory or intellectual impairments a person has, but the exclusion from society they face as a result. Organisations for disabled people are a growing voice in challenging this exclusion and anti-discrimination legislation is helping to change the structures in society that have contributed to it.

This book examines the discipline of psychology in this regard. It argues that psychology has tended to ignore the socio-cultural aspects of disability and treat disabled people as objects rather than arbiters of psychological intervention. Bringing together disabled and non-disabled researchers and psychologists, this book proposes ideas for an enabling psychological theory and practice, and addresses questions such as:

-How can we support the inclusion of disabled children?

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