Handbook of communication and people with disabilities
Subtitle: research and application
By: edited by Dawn O. Braithwaite, Teresa L. Thompson.
Contributors: Braithwaite, Dawn O.; Thompson, Teresa L.
Series: LEA's communication series
Publisher: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates; Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Publishers
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Mahwah, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 555
Subjects: People with disabilities -- Means of communication -- United States; Sociology of disability -- United States; Communication in services for people with disabilities -- United States; Communication devices for people with disabilities -- United States
Description: "This handbook represents the first comprehensive collection of research on communication and people with disabilities. Editors Dawn O. Braithwaite and Teresa L. Thompson have brought together original contributions focusing on the identity, social, and relationship adjustments faced by people with disabilities and those with whom they relate.

Essays report on topics across the communication spectrum - interpersonal and relationship issues, people with disabilities in organizational settings, disability and culture, media and technologies, communication issues as they impact specific types of disabilities - and establish a future agenda for communication and disability research.

Each chapter provides a state-of-the-art literature review, practical applications of the material, and key words and discussion questions to facilitate classroom use."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.