Understanding Disability: From Theory to Practice
- ISBN-10
- 1349242691
- ISBN-13
- 9781349242696
- Series
- Understanding Disability
- Category
- Sports & Recreation
- Pages
- 202
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1995-11-13
- Publisher
- Macmillan International Higher Education
- Author
- Michael Oliver
Description
A development of some of the main themes and issues surrounding disability that have arisen since the mid-1970s. By relating these developments to the author's own biography throughout this time, this text challenges the personal and social perceptions of disability.
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