Disability

Author : Deborah Stienstra
Publisher : Fernwood Publishing
Page : 169 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2020-08-26T00:00:00Z
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781773634241

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About Canada: Disability Rights by Deborah Stienstra Pdf

Including people with disabilities fully into Canadian society, with the rights enjoyed by non-disabled people, requires a fundamental social transformation, not simply “fixing” some bodies. It requires deep changes in the attitudes, cultural images and policies that make people with disabilities invisible, set them aside, undermine or reject their contributions and value, and justifies their neglect, abuse and death. This shift involves the simple recognition and honouring of the dignity, autonomy and rights of all people, including those who experience disabilities. In the second edition of About Canada: Disability Rights, Deborah Stienstra explores the historical and current experiences of people with disabilities in Canada, as well as the policy and advocacy responses to these experiences. Stienstra demonstrates that disability rights enable people with disabilities to make decisions about their lives and future, claim rights on their own behalf, and participate actively in all areas of Canadian society. Disability rights can and does increase access to and inclusion in critical areas like education, employment, transportation, telecommunications and health care. Additionally, Stienstra identifies new approaches and practices, such as universal design, disability supports and income supports, that can transform Canadian society to be more inclusive and accommodating for everyone.

Author : A.J. Withers
Publisher : Fernwood Publishing
Page : 103 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2020-06-19T00:00:00Z
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781773633435

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Disability Politics and Theory by A.J. Withers Pdf

An accessible introduction to disability studies, Disability Politics and Theory provides a concise survey of disability history, exploring the concept of disability as it has been conceived from the late 19th century to the present. Further, A.J. Withers examines when, how and why new categories of disability are created and describes how capitalism benefits from and enforces disabled people’s oppression. Critiquing the model that currently dominates the discipline, the social model of disability, this book offers an alternative: the radical disability model. This model builds on the social model but draws from more recent schools of radical thought, particularly feminism and critical race theory, to emphasize the role of intersecting oppressions in the marginalization of disabled people and the importance of addressing disability both independently and in conjunction with other oppressions. Intertwining theoretical and historical analysis with personal experience this book is a poignant portrayal of disabled people in Canada and the U.S. – and a radical call for social and economic justice.

Author : DIANNE E.G. DYCK
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2023
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0433525401

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DISABILITY MANAGEMENT by DIANNE E.G. DYCK Pdf

Author : Al Etmanski
Publisher : Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2020-02-04
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781523087570

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The Power of Disability by Al Etmanski Pdf

“This book reminds us of what we have in common: the power to create a good life for ourselves and for others, no matter what the world has in store for us.” —Michael J. Fox This book reveals that people with disabilities are the invisible force that has shaped history. They have been instrumental in the growth of freedom and birth of democracy. They have produced heavenly music and exquisite works of art. They have unveiled the scientific secrets of the universe. They are among our most popular comedians, poets, and storytellers. And at 1.2 billion, they are also the largest minority group in the world. Al Etmanski offers ten lessons we can all learn from people with disabilities, illustrated with short, funny, inspiring, and thought-provoking stories of one hundred individuals from twenty countries. Some are familiar, like Michael J. Fox, Greta Thunberg, Stephen Hawking, Helen Keller, Stevie Wonder, and Temple Grandin. Others deserve to be, like Evelyn Glennie, a virtuoso percussionist who is deaf—her mission is to teach the world to listen to improve communication and social cohesion. Or Aaron Philip, who has revolutionized the runway as the first disabled, trans woman of color to become a professional model. The time has come to recognize people with disabilities for who they really are: authoritative sources on creativity, love, sexuality, resistance, dealing with adversity, and living a good life.

Author : Robert McRuer,Anna Mollow
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 431 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2012-01-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780822351542

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Sex and Disability by Robert McRuer,Anna Mollow Pdf

This collection brings together scholars and artists in disability studies, sexuality, queer theory, and feminism, to show how much sexuality studies and disability studies have to learn from each other.

Author : Jeanette Robertson
Publisher : Fernwood Publishing
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2020-07-10T00:00:00Z
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781773633862

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Disability and Social Change by Jeanette Robertson Pdf

This edited collection uses a critical theory perspective and draws on expertise from a range of contemporary policy and practice areas. Contributors include people with disabilities, family members, researchers, academics and practitioners. This book is an ideal text for students of social work, human services, child and youth care and disability studies. Chapters include first-person accounts from persons with disabilities, perspectives of families and historical perspectives, as well as a critical exploration of demographics, human rights issues, disability legislation and policy in Canada, theoretical approaches to disability, intersectionality and disability, Aboriginal people and disability, mental health disability, principles of anti-ableist practice, advocacy and strategies for change. This book offers as a fresh Canadian perspective on disability from a critical lens, challenging and inspiring students and practitioners alike to think outside the box and to examine their own attitudes and values toward disability, ensuring that they do not inadvertently impose ableist and oppressive practices on one of Canada’s most marginalized populations.

Author : Kelly Fritsch,Jeffrey Monaghan,Emily van der Meulen
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2022-02-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780774867153

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Disability Injustice by Kelly Fritsch,Jeffrey Monaghan,Emily van der Meulen Pdf

Ableism is embedded in Canadian criminal justice institutions, policies, and practices, making incarceration and institutionalization dangerous – even deadly – for disabled people. Disability Injustice examines disability in contexts that include policing and surveillance, sentencing and the courts, prisons and alternatives to confinement. The contributors confront challenging topics such as the pathologizing of difference as deviance; eugenics and crime control; criminalization based on biased physical and mental health approaches; and the role of disability justice activism in contesting discrimination. This provocative collection highlights how, with deeper understanding of disability, we can challenge the practices of crime control and the processes of criminalization.

Author : Graham Pullin
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2011-09-30
Category : Design
ISBN : 9780262516747

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Design Meets Disability by Graham Pullin Pdf

How design for disabled people and mainstream design could inspire, provoke, and radically change each other. Eyeglasses have been transformed from medical necessity to fashion accessory. This revolution has come about through embracing the design culture of the fashion industry. Why shouldn't design sensibilities also be applied to hearing aids, prosthetic limbs, and communication aids? In return, disability can provoke radical new directions in mainstream design. Charles and Ray Eames's iconic furniture was inspired by a molded plywood leg splint that they designed for injured and disabled servicemen. Designers today could be similarly inspired by disability. In Design Meets Disability, Graham Pullin shows us how design and disability can inspire each other. In the Eameses' work there was a healthy tension between cut-to-the-chase problem solving and more playful explorations. Pullin offers examples of how design can meet disability today. Why, he asks, shouldn't hearing aids be as fashionable as eyewear? What new forms of braille signage might proliferate if designers kept both sighted and visually impaired people in mind? Can simple designs avoid the need for complicated accessibility features? Can such emerging design methods as “experience prototyping” and “critical design” complement clinical trials? Pullin also presents a series of interviews with leading designers about specific disability design projects, including stepstools for people with restricted growth, prosthetic legs (and whether they can be both honest and beautifully designed), and text-to-speech technology with tone of voice. When design meets disability, the diversity of complementary, even contradictory, approaches can enrich each field.

Author : Dianne Pothier,Richard Devlin
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2011-11-01
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780774841566

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Critical Disability Theory by Dianne Pothier,Richard Devlin Pdf

Despite the widespread belief that Canada is a country of liberty, equality, and inclusiveness, many persons with disabilities experience social exclusion and marginalization. In this book, twenty-four scholars from a variety of disciplines contend that achieving equality for the disabled is not fundamentally a question of medicine or health, nor is it an issue of sensitivity or compassion. Rather, it is a question of politics, and of power and powerlessness. This book argues that we need a new understanding of participatory citizenship that encompasses the disabled, new policies to respond to their needs, and a new vision of their entitlements.

Author : Kirsty Johnston
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780773539945

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Stage Turns by Kirsty Johnston Pdf

How Canadian theatre artists are challenging traditional theatre practices and reimagining disability on stage.

Author : Rich Donovan
Publisher : ECW Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2018-09-04
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781773052687

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Unleash Different by Rich Donovan Pdf

If you discovered a new market comprising 53% of the world’s population, would you act to invest in it? There are 1.3 billion people around the world who identify as having a disability. When you include friends and family, the disability market touches 53% of all consumers. It is the world’s largest emerging market. Unleash Different illustrates how companies like Google, PepsiCo, and Nordstrom are attracting people with disabilities as customers and as employees. Replacing “nice to do” with “return on investment” allows market forces to take over and the world’s leading brands to do what they do best: serve a market segment — in this case, the disability market. Business managers will come to understand how taking a charity-oriented approach to people with disabilities has failed, what action is required to capitalize on the world’s biggest emerging market, and how their organizations can grow revenue and cut costs by attracting people with disabilities as customers and talent. Rich gives the reader a peek into how he rose from a Canadian school for “crippled children” to manage $6 billion for one of Wall Street’s leading firms. He makes it easy to relate to the business goal of serving disability — because he has actually done it.

Author : Hannalora Leavitt
Publisher : Orca Book Publishers
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2021-04-13
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781459819306

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The Disability Experience by Hannalora Leavitt Pdf

People with disabilities (PWDs) have the same aspirations for their lives as you do for yours. The difference is that PWDs don’t have the same access to education, employment, housing, transportation and healthcare in order to achieve their goals. In The Disability Experience you’ll meet people with different kinds of disabilities, and you'll begin to understand the ways PWDs have been ignored, reviled and marginalized throughout history. The book also celebrates the triumphs and achievements of PWDs and shares the powerful stories of those who have fought for change.

Author : Jay Dolmage
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2017-11-22
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780472053711

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Academic Ableism by Jay Dolmage Pdf

Places notions of disability at the center of higher education and argues that inclusiveness allows for a better education for everyone

Author : Sara Blake
Publisher : Markham, Ont. : Butterworths
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Law
ISBN : STANFORD:36105044566698

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Administrative Law in Canada by Sara Blake Pdf

Author : Paul K. Longmore
Publisher : Temple University Press
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 159213775X

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Why I Burned My Book and Other Essays on Disability by Paul K. Longmore Pdf

'Personal inclination made me a historian. Personal encounter with public policy made me an activist.'