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Disability and Social Change: A Progressive Canadian Approach

Disability and Social Change: A Progressive Canadian Approach

Paperback

General Sociology

ISBN10: 1552668134
ISBN13: 9781552668139
Publisher: Fernwood Publishing
Published: May 26 2016
Pages: 250
Weight: 0.15
Height: 0.50 Width: 5.90 Depth: 8.90
Language: English

This edited collection uses a critical theory perspective and draws on expertise from a range of contemporary policy and practice areas. Contributors include people with disabilities, family members, researchers, academics and practitioners. This book is an ideal text for students of social work, human services, child and youth care and disability studies. Chapters include first-person accounts from persons with disabilities, perspectives of families and historical perspectives, as well as a critical exploration of demographics, human rights issues, disability legislation and policy in Canada, theoretical approaches to disability, intersectionality and disability, Aboriginal people and disability, mental health disability, principles of anti-ableist practice, advocacy and strategies for change.

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