Studying disability : multiple theories and responses / Elizabeth DePoy, Stephen French Gilson.
Publisher's summary: "This innovative text first reviews existing theories, then sets forth a new viewpoint that incorporates elements from disability studies, sociology, human services, rehabilitation counseling, and public health. Authors Elizabeth DePoy and Stephen French Gilson explore...
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SAGE,
[2011]
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Table of Contents:
- Foundations
- Looking back : ancient Greece through the 19th century
- Disability in the 20th and 21st centuries : medical condition, construction, or commodity
- The descriptive element of explanatory legitimacy
- Explanations introduced
- Longitudinal explanations
- Environmental explanations
- Categorical explanations
- Systems explanations
- Contemporary and emerging explanations
- Legitimacy : what is it?
- Who is a legitimate category member?
- Legitimate humanities responses
- Legitimate social science responses
- Legitimate professional responses
- Integrative academic-professional stance through disjuncture theory
- A model of community legitimacy : creating human-environment juncture.