This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the development and consequences of disability policies, contrasting policies grounded in medical definitions of

We live at a paradoxical time for many disabled people: some achieve new freedoms while others face cuts in services and attempts to restrict who counts as disa

Comparing British policies with those of America, Australia and Sweden, this book provides a comprehensive analysis of the development and consequences of disab

Over the past 30 years, attitudes toward people with disabilities have changed dramatically, moving from deinstitutionalization in the 1960s to the Disability R

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