insights from across fields and around the world /
First Statement of Responsibility
edited by Catherine A. Marshall [and others] ; foreword by Thomas Bornemann.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Westport, Conn. :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Praeger,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2009.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
1 online resource (3 volumes) :
Other Physical Details
illustrations.
SERIES
Series Title
Praeger perspectives
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
CONTENTS NOTE
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v 1. The experience : definitions, causes, and consequences -- v. 2. The context : environmental, social, and cultural considerations -- v. 3. Responses : practice, legal, and political frameworks.
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v. 1. The experience: Definitions, causes, and consequences: How rich and fulfilled my life has been: A personal perspective of mobility "Impairment" / Ela Yazzie-King -- Understandings of the disability concept: A complex and diverse concept / Marianne Hedlund -- Disability harms: Exploring internalized ableism / Fiona Kumari Campbell -- But stroke happens to older people doesn't it? The experiences of "Young" people following stroke / Tara Catalano and Elizabeth Kendall -- "Come sit with me; let's yarn together for a little while": Resilience factors in facing cardiovascular and emotional disabilities / Lauraine Barlow -- Disability in Arab societies / Numan Gharaibeh -- We can cry later: A story of surviving cancer / Paige Stager -- Disability as a human perception: Personal and professional reactions to American Indian families' narratives about their children's disabilities / R. Cruz Begay, Betty G. Brown, and Roger G. Bounds -- Traumatic brain injury and disability as a consequence of assault: Focus on intimate partner violence / Rosalie J. Ackerman and Martha E. Banks -- "I thought I was going to live forever" / Reva Mariah S. Gover -- Coping following traumatic brain injury: Lessons from autobiographical accounts / Elizabeth Kendall, Melissa Kendall, and Heidi Muenchberger -- Functional and psychosocial aspects of late-onset hearing loss / Charlene M. Kampfe -- Disability in Islam: Insights into theology, law, history, and practice / Isra Bhatty, Asad Ali Moten, Mobin Tawakkul, and Mona Amer -- Living with a learning disability and other marginalized statuses: A multilevel analysis / Katherine E. McDonald, Christopher B. Keys, and Fabricio E. Balcazar -- Persons and nonpersons: Intellectual disability, personhood, and social capital among the Mixe of Southern Mexico / George S. Gotto IV -- Sharing my strengths and winning against obesity / Michelle Pieper -- The discursive construction and invalidation of disability / Stephen Lee Hodgkins and Sid Baility -- Shubharthis in India: Destigmatizing schizophrenia, a move toward inclusion / Anuradha Sovani -- Excerpts from "Meditations of the heart on the workings (or not) of the hand" / Bernadette Blount Salley -- A Taonga is a Taonga in any language / Huhana Hickey.
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v. 2. The context: Environmental, social, and cultural considerations: Creating mental health disability through inadequate disaster response: Lessons from Hurricane Katrina / Paula A. Madrid, Roy Grant, and Rachel Rosen -- Autonomy and disability: A quest for quality of life / Bedarius Bell Jr., Shelley R. Henthorne, Doris Adams Hill, Jane W. Turnbull-Humphries, and Stephanie T. Zito -- Children who care for their parents: The impact of parental disability on young lives / Kenneth I. Pakenham -- The digital town square: Information and communication technology as an opportunity and a barrier to social relations for disabled youth / Sylvia Soderstrom -- Understanding the experience of parenting a child with autism / Samantha Bursnall, Eilis Kennedy, Rob Senior, and Jo Violet -- Through my rose-colored glasses: When disability strikes a health professional / Melissa Kendall -- Australian indigenous health and the SIPES model of well-being: The legacy of Lauraine Barlow / Leda Barnett and Dianne Barnett -- "Surely someone can support me": A caregiver's perspective / Tara Catalano and Debra Domalewski -- Navigating societal norms: The psychological implications of living in the United States with disability / Jennifer Gibson -- Disabilities and employment in the United States, Kenya, and the Philippines: A race and class perspective / Elaine A. Burke and Patricia Denise Lopez -- Youth with intellectual disabilities in foster care: Examining accompanying risks and service outcomes / Crystal L. Cederna, Melissa Palguta, Jacqueline Remondet Wall, and Steven M. Koch -- Mental disorder, disability, and society / David Pilgrim and Anne Rogers -- Parental perspectives on disability: The story of Sam, Anna, and Marcus / Heather Douglas and Sally Borbasi -- Bullying of children with developmental disabilities: An ecological approach to program development / Rocky Liesman -- Mosaic reflections of American Muslims on disability: Challenges and solutions / Mobin Tawakkul, Isra Bhatty, and Mohammed Yousuf -- Voices of people with disabilities (PWD) in Vietnam / David N. Morrisey -- Substance use disorders and disability: An examination of co-occurring disorders in Nigeria / Stephanie L. Lusk and Teresia M. Paul -- Chasing your dreams / Connie Susa -- Afterword: Reclaiming globalization for disability--further insights.
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v. 3. Responses: Practice, legal, and political frameworks: Evolution of disability policies and practices in the United States: Implications for global implementation of person-centered planning / Carol J. Blessing, Thomas P. Golden, and Susanne M. Bruyere -- Global networking, social justice, and implications for chronic illness and disability / Elizabeth Kendall and Catherine A. Marshall -- Disability in the State of Qatar / Asma Al Attiyah and Marcellina Mian -- Attitudes toward inclusion in primary education in Greece / Maria Agorastou, Efrosini Kalyva, Efthalia Kaderoglou, and Filippos Stefanidis -- Vocational rehabilitation at a cancer agency in Canada: A pioneer and model service when cancer results in disability / Maureen Parkinson -- Mental health care in Turkey: Present status and future directions / Rebecca Spirito-Dalgin, Tuncay Ergene, Joseph Marrone, and Kerim Munir -- What's all this about a "World" Wide Web? The need and mandate for Web accessibility / Joe E. Wheaton and Patrizia Bertini -- Disability management: A global response to disability in the workplace / Nicholas Buys and Christine Randall -- When systems hurt rather than heal: Outcomes following psychological injury at work / Elizabeth Kendall and Heidi Muenchberger -- Equal treatment in working life for people with disabilities: Sweden and Norway perspectives / Marianne Hedlund, Bodil J. Landstad, and Asa Svensson -- Wellness rhetoric: Implications for policy and practice in Australian childhood health and disability services / Lauren J. Breen and Sherry Saggers -- Health care, disability, and living with chronic illness: Rehabilitation and beyond / Marie A. DiCowden -- Acting for advocacy: An innovative team training approach to self-advocacy / Deborah Zuver, Robyn Dorton, Wilson Finks, and Kira Fisher -- International accessibility: Reflections on the value of disability rights approach to providing supports and services / Cheryl L. Crocker -- Advocacy in the 21st century: An integrated model for self-advocates, parents, and professionals / Steven M. Koch, Katy Beggs, Joy Bailey, and Jacqueline Remondet Wall -- A journey of self through the lives of others: Historical removal, displacement, and sanctioned injustice / Rae Kelly -- States of exceptionality: Provisional disability, its mitigation, and citizenship / Fiona Kumari Campbell -- Disability in Kenya: A situational analysis / Edward O. Manyibe, George I. Mamboleo, George C.T. Mugoya, and Charlene M. Kampfe -- Changing the system: "Strong indigenous women--we are the voice" / Robyn Burnett -- Afterword: Reclaiming globalization for disability--further insights.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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In these unprecedented volumes, experts from around the world spotlight the latest research on physical and psychological disabilities, as well as the social, legal, and political issues that come to bear on those people affected. These authors teach us what the disabilities are, how common they have become, what challenges people with disabilities face, what treatments are available, and whether new promising efforts for rehabilitation are on the horizon.