Intellectual Disability and Being Human

This pioneering book discusses social theory and philosophical debates in relation to intellectual disability, exploring where and how different theoretical frameworks can be illuminating and providing a critique of the social model of disability.

Chrissie Rogers joined Aston University as a sociologist in the School of Languages and Social Sciences in September 2012. She graduated from Essex with her PhD (ESRC) in Sociology (2004) and then secured an ESRC post-doctoral fellowship (Cambridge). She subsequently published a monograph Parenting and Inclusive Education. Chrissie has held posts at Keele, Brunel and Anglia Ruskin. Chrissie has published in the areas of mothering, disability, intimacy, and sociology of education. She also completed a small piece of research with young disabled people on relationships, friendships and leisure time. Chrissie co-edited Critical Approaches to Care: with Dr Susie Weller and is editing a special issue for Sexualities on Intellectual Disability and Sexuality. Chrissie is also writing in the area of women in the academy, and co-construction of research with disabled people.

1. Introduction: Being Human  2. A Care Ethics Model of Disability: Ways of Being Human and Intellectual Disability  3. Re-humanising Education  4. Mothering and (In)Humanity: Care-less Spaces  5. Sexual and Friendship Politics: Considering Relationships  6. Concluding Remarks