The first three chapters lay the foundations by discussing the demand for counseling services by individuals with all types of disabilities; presenting clinical, legal, medical/biological, and personal definitions of disability; and describing physic...
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EBook for disabilities
This introductory text defines and describes disability, while providing concrete practice guidelines and recommendations for students in the fields of counseling, social work, and the helping professions. Various specialty areas are explored in deta...
Disability Definitions, Diagnoses & Practice
Disability arts festivals are growing in different parts of the world; theatre and dance companies with disabled artists are increasingly touring and collaborating with international partners. At the same time, theatre spaces are often not accessible...
How Does Disability Performance Travel? Access & Art
Offers concrete ways that students, schools, and teachers can unlearn disabling behaviors.
Illuminates how social processes of disablement take place, rather than simply describing their influence.
(Un)Learning Disability: Changing Views of Ability
While disclosing one’s disability and identifying shared experiences can engender moments of solidarity, the situation is always complicated by the intersecting factors of race and ethnicity, gender, sexuality, and class. With disability disclosure a...