The Disability Reader: Social Science Perspectives

Academic responses to impairment and disabilities have been challenged and changed by the impact of the disabled people's movement. This collection of articles, mainly commissioned especially for the volume, explores the intellectual implications disability equality perspective. Leading social scientists draw on current theory and research and offer an overview of contemporary debates. Topics include: the relevance of social theory; disabling architecture; feminist theory and the body; cultural representations; identity and interaction; employment and education. Politically engaged, yet scholarly, this book is an indispensable introduction to disability studies, both for students and for experienced researchers.