Understanding disability
Subtitle: from theory to practice
By: Michael Oliver.
Publisher: Macmillan Press
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire
Language: eng
Number of pages: 192
Subjects: Sociology of disability.; Handicapped -- Social conditions.; Handicapped -- Civil rights.
Description: A development of some of the main themes and issues surrounding disability that have arisen since the mid-1970s. By relating these developments to the author's own biography throughout this time, this text challenges the personal and social perceptions of disability.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-181) and index.