Disability

This fully revised and expanded new edition of Disability: The Basics, is an engaging and accessible text which explores the broad historical, social, environmental, economic and legal factors which affect the experiences of those living with an impairment or illness in contemporary society.The book explores key introductory topics including:the diversity of the disability experiencedisability rights and advocacyways in which disabled people have been treated throughout history and in different parts of the worldthe daily realities of living with an impairment or illnesshealth, education, employment and other services that exist to support and include disabled peopleethical issues at the beginning and end of lifea new chapter on culture and representations of disabilitya new chapter on climate change and disabilityProviding an understanding of the lived experiences of disabled people whilst highlighting the continuing gaps and barriers in social responses to the challenge of disability, this textbook will be of interest to general readers and students of disability studies, as well as those studying a disability module as part of a wider course within social work, health care, sociology, nursing, policy and media studies.