Disabled People and Employment

Sally French, King Alfred's College, UK

• Contents: Disabled People and Employment: Theoretical Issues: Models of disability; Disability and employment; Disabled health and welfare professionals. The Experiences of Visually Impaired Physiotherapists: Visually impaired physiotherapists: an historical overview; A comparison of visually impaired and sighted physiotherapists; Educational inclusion: barriers and coping strategies; The changing work environment: its impact on visually impaired physiotherapists; Personal narratives: disabling barriers - enabling contexts. Overview and Concluding Comments: Discussion and conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

’...[Sally French] provides valuable personal insight into the world of disabled workers and the boundaries they face...’ International Journal of Employment Studies