Author | : Robert F. Drake |
File Size | : 51,5 Mb |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Language | : English |
Release Date | : 08 February 1999 |
ISBN | : 9781349273119 |
Pages | : 248 pages |
Understanding Disability Policies by Robert F. Drake Book PDF Summary
This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the development and consequences of disability policies, contrasting policies grounded in medical definitions of disability with a 'social model' of disability supported by disability rights campaigners in their pursuit of anti-discrimination legislation. British policies are set in comparative context, and the impacts of policy on disabled people according to their class, gender, age and ethnicity are explored.