Disability, Whose Handicap?
Author: Ann Shearer
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Published: 1981-01
Total Pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9780631127680
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Author: Ann Shearer
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Published: 1981-01
Total Pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9780631127680
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Katharine Quarmby
Publisher: Granta Books
Published: 2011-06-02
Total Pages: 198
ISBN-13: 1846273463
DOWNLOAD EBOOKEvery few months there's a shocking news story about the sustained, and often fatal, abuse of a disabled person. It's easy to write off such cases as bullying that got out of hand, terrible criminal anomalies or regrettable failures of the care system, but in fact they point to a more uncomfortable and fundamental truth about how our society treats its most unequal citizens. In Scapegoat, Katharine Quarmby looks behind the headlines to question and understand our discomfort with disabled people. Combining fascinating examples from history with tenacious investigation and powerful first person interviews, Scapegoat will change the way we think about disability - and about the changes we must make as a society to ensure that disabled people are seen as equal citizens, worthy of respect, not targets for taunting, torture and attack.
Author: Kendra J. Barrett
Publisher: Magination Press
Published: 2018
Total Pages: 32
ISBN-13: 9781433828690
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Carolyn is in a wheelchair, but she doesn't let that stop her! She can do almost everything the other kids can, even if sometimes she has to do it a little differently"--
Author: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Publisher: National Academies Press
Published: 2015-10-28
Total Pages: 397
ISBN-13: 0309376882
DOWNLOAD EBOOKChildren living in poverty are more likely to have mental health problems, and their conditions are more likely to be severe. Of the approximately 1.3 million children who were recipients of Supplemental Security Income (SSI) disability benefits in 2013, about 50% were disabled primarily due to a mental disorder. An increase in the number of children who are recipients of SSI benefits due to mental disorders has been observed through several decades of the program beginning in 1985 and continuing through 2010. Nevertheless, less than 1% of children in the United States are recipients of SSI disability benefits for a mental disorder. At the request of the Social Security Administration, Mental Disorders and Disability Among Low-Income Children compares national trends in the number of children with mental disorders with the trends in the number of children receiving benefits from the SSI program, and describes the possible factors that may contribute to any differences between the two groups. This report provides an overview of the current status of the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders, and the levels of impairment in the U.S. population under age 18. The report focuses on 6 mental disorders, chosen due to their prevalence and the severity of disability attributed to those disorders within the SSI disability program: attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, oppositional defiant disorder/conduct disorder, autism spectrum disorder, intellectual disability, learning disabilities, and mood disorders. While this report is not a comprehensive discussion of these disorders, Mental Disorders and Disability Among Low-Income Children provides the best currently available information regarding demographics, diagnosis, treatment, and expectations for the disorder time course - both the natural course and under treatment.
Author: Mark Nagler
Publisher: Palo Alto, Calif. : Health Markets Research
Published: 1993
Total Pages: 576
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKContains 55 articles by noted authorities, focusing on opportunities & challenges of the disabled in employment, education & society. Includes legal & ethical, medical & psychological, & sexual issues.
Author: Sharon N. Barnartt
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
Published: 2013-11-12
Total Pages: 340
ISBN-13: 178350157X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDisability can be either an ascribed status or an achieved status and its combination with other statuses will affect the person's social experiences. This issue challenges critical thinking about the interrelationships with disability. It questions if the concepts and methods of intersectionality can be applied to disability at all.
Author: United States. Public Health Service. Office of the Surgeon General
Publisher:
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 46
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Sharon N. Barnartt
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
Published: 2010-11-10
Total Pages: 323
ISBN-13: 0857243780
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDisability is often described in a way that suggests it is a permanent, relatively stable state. This volume argues that the relationship between impairment (physical state) and disability is neither fixed nor permanent but is fluid and not easily predicted.
Author: Brandon Sanderson
Publisher: Dragonsteel, LLC
Published: 2021-11-23
Total Pages: 81
ISBN-13: 1938570278
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAs Brandon Sanderson’s #1 bestselling Skyward series celebrates its third volume, Cytonic, travel back in time to the origin of Cytonics in the novella Defending Elysium. Centuries before Spensa looked skyward from the planet Detritus—back on Old Earth before it was lost—Jason Write faced a crucial question: was humanity ready to join galactic society? When faster-than-light communications were discovered by a small telephone company in 2071, alien species such as the Tenasi and Varvax overheard them and came to visit Earth. Because the Phone Company controls all communications with the aliens, their operatives like Jason operate above the law. Now, on the space platform Evensong, one of the Phone Company’s scientists has gone missing before surfacing in a hospital with amnesia, and Jason is sent to investigate. Right as he arrives, the body of a murdered Varvax ambassador is discovered, sure to cause a galactic incident. Coln Abrams of the United Intelligence Bureau seizes the opportunity to investigate Jason as he deals with the crisis. This could be the UIB’s chance to discover the Phone Company’s secrets—how does FTL communication work, and what is Jason hiding? Winner of Spain’s UPC Award for Science Fiction in 2007.
Author: Michael S. Beates
Publisher: Crossway
Published: 2012-07-31
Total Pages: 192
ISBN-13: 1433530481
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMichael Beates's concern with disability issues began nearly 30 years ago when his eldest child was born with multiple profound disabilities. Now, as more families like Michael's are affected by a growing number of difficulties ranging from down syndrome to autism to food allergies, the need for church programs and personal paradigm shifts is greater than ever. Working through key Bible passages on brokenness and disability while answering hard questions, Michael offers here helpful principles for believers and their churches. He shows us how to embrace our own brokenness and then to embrace those who are more physically and visibly broken, bringing hope and vision to those of us who need it most.