Families Raising Disabled Children: Enabling Care and Social Justice
- ISBN-10
- 0230583512
- ISBN-13
- 9780230583511
- Category
- Political Science
- Pages
- 228
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2008-10-10
- Publisher
- Springer
- Authors
- Emma Clavering, Dan Goodley, J. McLaughlin
Description
Drawing upon qualitative material from parents and professionals, including ethnography, narrative inquiry, interviews and focus groups, this book brings together feminist and critical disability studies theories.
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