Rethinking Disability : The Emergence of New Definitions, Concepts and Communities

by Devlieger, Patrick

• ISBN13: 9789044113945
• ISBN10: 9044113941
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-09-01
• Publisher: Coronet Books Inc

Summary

This book provides an interdisciplinary approach to the challenges of the interface between disability & culture. Twelve papers discuss the following topics: Towards a cultural model of disability. Disability Values, Representations & Realities. Labeling in the Name of Equality: Political & Social Realities in the Schooling of Disabled Students. Understanding Disabilities-the Emergence of Our Understanding of Sameness. Can Disability Be Thought of in Terms of Difference? The Disability Studies Paradigm. Examining the Fit Between Deafness & Disability. Winks, Blinks, Squints & Twitches-Looking for Disability & Culture Through My Son's Left Eye. The Common Agenda of Aging & Disabilities-Stalemate or Progress. From "Idiot" to "Person with Mental Retardation"-Defining Difference in an Effort to Dissolve It. Virtual Support Groups-An Ethnographic Interpretation. Patrick Devlieger is Assistant Professor at the University of Illinois' Department of Disability, as well as Associate Professor at the Department of Social & Cultural Anthropology, University of Leuven (Belgium).

Table of Contents

Rethinking disability as same and different! Towards a cultural model of disability	p. 9
In Memoriam Irving Kenneth Zola (1935-1994)	p. 17
Disability Values, Representations and Realities	p. 27
Labeling in the Name of Equality: Political and Social Realities in the Schooling of Disabled Students	p. 45
Understanding Disabilities: The Emergence of Our Understanding of Sameness	p. 63
Can Disability Be Thought Of In Terms of Difference?	p. 79
The Disability Studies Paradigm	p. 95
Examining the Fit Between Deafness and Disability	p. 111
Winks, Blinks, Squints and Twitches: Looking for Disability and Culture Through My Son's Left Eye	p. 131
The Common Agenda of Aging and Disabilities: Stalemate or Progress	p. 149
From "Idiot' to "Person with Mental Retardation": Defining Difference in an Effort to Dissolve It	p. 169
'Virtual' Support Groups: An Ethnographic Interpretation	p. 189
Contributors	p. 205
Index	p. 209
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