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15 of the Best Books and Articles on: People with Physical Disabilities

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Handbook of Communication and People with Disabilities: Research and Application » Read Now
by Dawn O. Braithwaite, Teresa L. Thompson. 555 pgs.

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...Relationships of People With Disabilities 17...Persons With Physical Disabilities...interacting with people who have visible physical disabilities, we have...associated...
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Cross-Cultural Rehabilitation: An International Perspective (Chap. 10 "International Classification of Impairments, Disabilities, and Handicaps: A Universial Framework") » Read Now
by Ronnie Linda Leavitt. 393 pgs.

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This book helps build an awareness of cultural and racial issues that are increasingly vital for today's rehabilitation professionals. This new resource explores this subject in depth, providing valuable insights from an interdisciplinary team of authors.
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by Dale Borman Fink. 205 pgs.

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Dale Borman Fink, the author of the only book on inclusion of youth with special needs in after school child care, now presents the first book to examine the experiences of children with disabilities participating in youth programs alongside their typical peers. Using a case study technique, he...
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Dale Borman Fink, the author of the only book on inclusion of youth with special needs in after school child care, now presents the first book to examine the experiences of children with disabilities participating in youth programs alongside their typical peers. Using a case study technique, he probes into the issues and dynamics that influence the increasing participation of kids with disabilities in such activities as Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, and park and recreation programs.
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Family Caregivers: Disability, Illness, and Ageing » Read Now
by Hilary Schofield, Sidney Bloch, Helen Herrman, Barbara Murphy, Julie Nankervis, Bruce Singh. 342 pgs.

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The first book to deal compassionately and objectively with a major social problem.
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The Difference a Job Makes: The Effects of Employment among People with Disabilities, in Journal of Economic Issues » Read Now
by Lisa Schur. 9 pgs.

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...effects of employment among people with disabilities by Lisa Schur...employment affect the lives of people with disabilities? While employment can have...often denied...
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Disability and Managed Care: Problems and Opportunities at the End of the Century » Read Now
by Arnold Birenbaum. 179 pgs.

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Since the passage in 1990 of the Americans with Disabilities Act, society has made considerable strides in improving the quality of life and the productivity of individuals with disabilities. At the same time, however, the American health care system has undergone considerable change, with some...
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Since the passage in 1990 of the Americans with Disabilities Act, society has made considerable strides in improving the quality of life and the productivity of individuals with disabilities. At the same time, however, the American health care system has undergone considerable change, with some unforeseen consequences for those with disabilities. Birenbaum explores all of the disability and health policy issues that are generated by the present state of managed care.
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Cultural Diversity in the Workplace: Issues and Strategies (Chap. 5 "Workers with Disabilities") » Read Now
by George Henderson. 268 pgs.

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All CEOs, managers, supervisors, training professionals, and educators must be able to effectively recruit, train, manage, and promote a culturally diverse work force. Unfortunately, few of them have been adequately trained to do so. Effective management of diversity is good business. It takes...
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All CEOs, managers, supervisors, training professionals, and educators must be able to effectively recruit, train, manage, and promote a culturally diverse work force. Unfortunately, few of them have been adequately trained to do so. Effective management of diversity is good business. It takes effective communication, conflict resolution, and the creation of an inclusive organizational culture to succeed. This comprehensive book helps administrators better understand the problems they face--and how to deal with them--by dispelling the myths and facing the realities of cultural diversity.
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Disability and the Family Life Cycle » Read Now
by Laura E. Marshak, Milton Seligman, Fran Prezant. 324 pgs.

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The study of disability and its clinical treatment has become exponentially more complex as ever more interventions are developed that increase the life span. Consequently, developmental challenges facing people with disabilities and their families change throughout a lifetime.
Unlike other texts...
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The study of disability and its clinical treatment has become exponentially more complex as ever more interventions are developed that increase the life span. Consequently, developmental challenges facing people with disabilities and their families change throughout a lifetime.
Unlike other texts, which concentrate only on the childhood years, Disability and the Family Life Cycle covers the entire life span within the family context, emphasizing maturational issues, with each chapter focusing on a different period of life. Disability and the Family Life-Cycle is the only book to cover such topics as adult sons and daughters with disabilities, the developmental needs of the disabled elderly, and the needs of spouses and siblings.
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Sexual Esteem, Sexual Satisfaction, and Sexual Behavior among People with Physical Disability, in Archives of Sexual Behavior » Read Now
by Marita P. McCabe, George Taleporos, G. Dip. 11 pgs.

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

...male counterparts. For people with physical disabilities, the frequency of oral...sexual expression of people with physical disabilities. For example, reduced...Taleporos...
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Social Support and Leisure Activities Following Severe Physical Disability: Testing the Mediating Effects of Depression, in Basic and Applied Social Psychology » Read Now
by Timothy R. Elliott, Richard M. Shewchuk. 18 pgs.

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

...with severe physical disabilities. Measures...among persons with chronic...posits that people with supportive...debilitating physical conditions...among persons with...
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A Contextual-Behavioral Model of Empowerment: Case Studies Involving People with Physical Disabilities, in American Journal of Community Psychology » Read Now
by Stephen B. Fawcett, Glen W. White, Fabricio E. Balcazar, Yolanda Suarez-Balcazar, R. Mark Mathews, Adrienne Paine-Andrews, Tony Seekins, John F. Smith. 26 pgs.

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...case studies involving people with physical disabilities by Stephen B...support. Similarly, people with physical disabilities frequently face environmental...in...
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Stigma by Association: Perceptions of the Dating Partners of College Students with Physical Disabilities, in Basic and Applied Social Psychology » Read Now
by Susan B. Goldstein, Vera A. Johnson. 10 pgs.

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

...relatives of people with disabilities are often...individuals with physical disabilities...attitudes toward people with disabilities". Journal...attributions about...
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Regular Educators and Students with Physical Disabilities, in Education » Read Now
by Delar K. Singh. 10 pgs.

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...educators and students with physical disabilities. by Delar K. Singh...prepared to teach students with physical disabilities (Best, Heller, Arora...the inclusion of...
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Women with Disabilities: Essays in Psychology, Culture, and Politics (Chap. 1 "On Embodiment: A Case Study of Congenital Limb Deficiency in American Culture") » Read Now
by Michelle Fine, Adrienne Asch. 347 pgs.

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

...health of people with disabilities, see S...Lussier, "The Physical Handicap...with Early Physical Malformations...writing. on people with disabilities, see A...for most...
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Extraordinary Bodies: Figuring Physical Disability in American Culture and Literature » Read Now
by Rosemarie Garland Thomson. 200 pgs.

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Inaugurates a new field of disability studies by framing disability as a minority discourse rather than a medical one, revising oppressive narratives and revealing liberatory ones. The book examines disabled figures in Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin and Rebecca Harding Davis's Life in the...
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Inaugurates a new field of disability studies by framing disability as a minority discourse rather than a medical one, revising oppressive narratives and revealing liberatory ones. The book examines disabled figures in Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin and Rebecca Harding Davis's Life in the Iron Mills, in African-American novels by Toni Morrison and Audre Lorde, and in the popular cultural ritual of the freak show.
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