Disability Studies
A Student's Guide
- Colin Cameron - Northumbria University, UK
Disability & Rehabilitation | Learning & Physical Disabilities | Sociology of Health & Illness
An interdisciplinary and broad-ranging text, the book includes 50 chapters on topics relevant across health and social care. Reflective questions and suggestions for further reading throughout will help readers gain a critical appreciation of the subject and expand their knowledge.
This will be valuable reading for students and professionals across disability studies, health, nursing, social work, social care, social policy and sociology.
This will be a very useful teaching resource. The coverage of the subject area is impressive and should provide valuable reading and provocation for students and lecturers.
Very good selection of short chapters. Ideal for students gaining an introduction to a complex field.
This is an excellent book that helps to bring the hitherto neglected area of disability into a central place within social work education. The book is usefully presented in short, digestable, sections that are clearly written. Students will find this book a valuable source throughout their studies.
Unusually organised alphabetically by topic, this is in itself a strength as students can use the short chapters as initial points of reference as well as for revision purposes. The 'further reading' at the end of each chapter take the reader to more substantial texts.
An ideal First Year text !
A very exhaustive, updated and useful source on disability from a UK, social model, critical and militant perspective which aligns with disabled people's movements. Implicitly, the stress is on disability associated to physical impairment, with 'the wheelchair' as a referent and icon. Yet the book is successful in promoting critical reflection on all relevant areas, dimensions and conditions of the experience of disability.
I am unsure about the Glossary format of the book, since its contents compose an integrated approach that might have been structured in a coherent argument otherwise. On the other hand, the "For Discussion" section is sometimes useful, but in most chapters it is reduced to a few "reading comprehension" questions where we could have more inspiring and case-oriented proposals.
These complaints are minor. As a whole, I am very happy to have found this source which has enlightened me and changed my views on disability issues to better, and it will definitely help improve my teaching in the matter.
This book provides a wide range of relevant information in short but concise chapters. A very good introduction to disability studies.
Relevant beginners reference
An interesting read. Combines theory with relevant case studies to highlight the concept of disability and its complexity.
a very interesting and informative text, will be ordering more
Captures the essence of health and social care within the disability perspective.
