Disability Studies

This updated edition of what is becoming a classic text in the field of disability studies shows us how disability can challenge our thinking and help us to imagine a more inclusive society, offering an instructive and engaging introduction to a diverse and globally expanding subject.

Dan Goodley is based at the Research Institute for Health and Social Change and Manchester Metropolitan University. He has has written widely in both qualitative research and disability studies over the years. He's the author of Families with Disabled Children (Palgrave, 2008) and Researching Life Stories Method (Routledge, 2004), the editor of Disability and Psychology (Palgrave, 2005) and Another Disability Studies Reader (Garant, 2005), and has published numerous articles in journals, from the Journal of Cultural and Literary Disability Studies and Disability & Society, to Discourse and International Journal of Social Research Methodology.

Part 1 - Contextualising Disability
Chapter 1 - Understanding Disability
Chapter 2 - Disability Studies
Chapter 3 - Critical Disability Studies
Chapter 4 - Disability and Society
Chapter 5 - Researching Disability
Part 2 - Investigating Disability
Chapter 6 - Disability and Intersectionality
Chapter 7 - Disability and Health
Chapter 8- Disability Activism
Chapter 9 - Disability Online
Chapter 10 - Disability and Education
Chapter 11 - Conclusion