Overview
- Provides a comprehensive overview of the key concepts, theories, debates, and practices about disability
- Offers a timely and systematised summary of the vocabulary of an emerging, transdisciplinary area of research
- Features 800 entries arranged across four volumes in A-Z format
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About this book
Disability is a human experience that most of us will encounter, either directly (i.e., being born disabled or acquiring a disability via injury) or indirectly (i.e., knowing someone with a disability). The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Disability provides the most comprehensive and contemporary research from leading international scholars about specific disabilities and how our understanding of these disabilities is shaped by historical, social, legal, religious, economic, geopolitical, and cultural factors. Offering multidisciplinary insights and analysis, this encyclopedia is an authoritative guide intended for scholars and students from different medical and allied health disciplines. It is also of benefit to those who develop health policies, medical doctors, psychologists, allied health professionals, legal experts etc.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Dr Gabriel Bennett holds a PhD in Disability Studies from Flinders University. He has lectured in Disability Studies at Griffith University, Queensland. He has also advised the Australian Government’s AutismCRC and has published articles for the Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. He is also actively involved in supporting autistics to achieve their potential in society by disseminating his knowledge about the autism spectrum via lectures, conference presentations, and publications. Along with Dr Emma Goodall, Dr Bennett has published seven books about the autism spectrum.
Dr Emma Goodall holds a PhD in Education from the University of Canterbury, New Zealand. She is an executive member of the Australian Society for Autism Research, and a keynote speaker in the areas of autism, sexuality and relationships, education, and interception.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Disability
Editors: Gabriel Bennett, Emma Goodall
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-40858-8
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Springer Reference Behavioral Science and Psychology, Reference Module Humanities and Social Sciences, Reference Module Business, Economics and Social Sciences
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-40858-8Due: 20 June 2024
Number of Illustrations: 20 b/w illustrations
Topics: Developmental Psychology, Social Policy, Politics of the Welfare State, Social Work and Community Development, Comparative Social Policy, Education, general