Community Care

Implementing the Social Model of Disability: Theory and Research

As the second in a series of three books examining issues in relation to the social model of disability, this book explores disability theory and research, writes Trish Hafford-Letchfield. The ...
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Disability studies and the environmental humanities toward an eco-crip theory edited and with an introduction by Sarah Jaquette Ray and Jay Sibara ; foreword by Stacy Alaimo

Foreward / by Stacy Alaimo -- Introduction / Sarah Jaquette Ray and Jay Sibara -- Foundations. Risking bodies in the wild, the "corporeal unconscious" of American adventure culture / Sarah Jaquette ...
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Talk on the Limits of the ADA Examines Scope, Accommodations

In a Sept. 25 lecture at Riggs Library, Doron Dorfman, professor of disability law at Seton Hall University School of Law, contended that the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) remains too limited ...
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Workshop on Disability in America: A New Look: Summary and Background Papers

In the last quarter century, the conceptualization of disability has progressed dramatically. Two World Health Organization (WHO) international classification systems serve as bookends to this period.