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All about my brother

A story of disability, abuse and care

by Ilana Snyder ...

According to Archbishop Mannix, boys like David Kanatopsky were the lucky ones.Having sustained a traumatic brain injury at birth, Davey nevertheless grew up in a loving Jewish family in Melbourne. At 16, he was entrusted to the Hospitaller Brothers of St John of God, a Catholic order dedicated to meeting the needs of people with intellectual disability.But behind closed doors, and away from his ... Read more

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According to Archbishop Mannix, boys like David Kanatopsky were the lucky ones.Having sustained a traumatic brain injury at birth, Davey nevertheless grew up in a loving Jewish family in Melbourne. At 16, he was entrusted to the Hospitaller Brothers of St John of God, a Catholic order dedicated to meeting the needs of people with intellectual disability.But behind closed doors, and away from his
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Crip Authorship

Disability as Method

Edited by Mara Mills, Rebecca Sanchez ...

2024 Daniel E. Griffiths Research Award Winner2024 Outstanding Academic Title, given by Choice ReviewsAn expansive volume presenting crip approaches to writing, research, and publishing.Crip Authorship: Disability as Method is an expansive volume presenting the multidisciplinary methods brought into being by disability studies and activism. Mara Mills and Rebecca Sanchez have convened lead... ... Read more

$41.57 AUD

2024 Daniel E. Griffiths Research Award Winner2024 Outstanding Academic Title, given by Choice ReviewsAn expansive volume presenting crip approaches to writing, research, and publishing.Crip Authorship: Disability as Method is an expansive volume presenting the multidisciplinary methods brought into being by disability studies and activism. Mara Mills and Rebecca Sanchez have convened lead...
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Crip Times

Disability, Globalization, and Resistance

by Robert McRuer ...

Series Book 1 - Crip
Contends that disability is a central but misunderstood element of global austerity politics.Broadly attentive to the political and economic shifts of the last several decades, Robert McRuer asks how disability activists, artists and social movements generate change and resist the dominant forms of globalization in an age of austerity, or “crip times.”Throughout Crip Times, McRuer considers how ... Read more

$27.16 AUD

Contends that disability is a central but misunderstood element of global austerity politics.Broadly attentive to the political and economic shifts of the last several decades, Robert McRuer asks how disability activists, artists and social movements generate change and resist the dominant forms of globalization in an age of austerity, or “crip times.”Throughout Crip Times, McRuer considers how
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How to Be Disabled in a Pandemic

by Judith Heumann ...

Winner, 2026 Foundation for the Sociology of Health and Illness Book Prize, given by the British Sociological AssociationA chronicle of ableism and disability activism in New York City during the COVID-19 pandemicHow to Be Disabled in a Pandemic documents the pivotal experiences of disabled people living in an early epicenter of COVID-19: New York City. Among those hardest hit by the pandemic, ... Read more

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Winner, 2026 Foundation for the Sociology of Health and Illness Book Prize, given by the British Sociological AssociationA chronicle of ableism and disability activism in New York City during the COVID-19 pandemicHow to Be Disabled in a Pandemic documents the pivotal experiences of disabled people living in an early epicenter of COVID-19: New York City. Among those hardest hit by the pandemic,
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Global Perspectives on Legal Capacity Reform

Our Voices, Our Stories

Edited by Eilionóir Flynn, Anna Arstein-Kerslake, Clíona de Bhailís, Maria Laura Serra ...

Series series Routledge Research in Human Rights Law
This edited collection is the result of the Voices of Individuals: Collectively Exploring Self-determination (VOICES) based at the Centre for Disability Law and Policy, National University of Ireland Galway. Focusing on the exercise of legal capacity under Article 12 of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, the stories of people with disabilities are combined with responses ... Read more

$96.78 AUD

This edited collection is the result of the Voices of Individuals: Collectively Exploring Self-determination (VOICES) based at the Centre for Disability Law and Policy, National University of Ireland Galway. Focusing on the exercise of legal capacity under Article 12 of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, the stories of people with disabilities are combined with responses
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Mother Magistrate

Negress Of Saturn's Deeds, #17

by Zisa Aziza ...

Series Book 17 - Negress Of Saturn's Deeds
Love is Destiny. We burning the mis-signed contract of entropy. ... Read more

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Love is Destiny. We burning the mis-signed contract of entropy.
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Understanding Accessibility

by Dr. Kalyan C. Kankanala ...

Understanding what accessibility means, why it is important, and how it can be implemented is essential to facilitating full and equal participation of everyone in all walks of life. This book introduces accessibility, and explains its dimensions in simple and easy to understand language. It includes relatable examples from daily life to help illustrate the key topics.The book can be read in about ... Read more

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Understanding what accessibility means, why it is important, and how it can be implemented is essential to facilitating full and equal participation of everyone in all walks of life. This book introduces accessibility, and explains its dimensions in simple and easy to understand language. It includes relatable examples from daily life to help illustrate the key topics.The book can be read in about
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The Bloomsbury Guide to Philosophy of Disability

by Dr Shelley Lynn Tremain ...

The Bloomsbury Guide to Philosophy of Disability is a revolutionary collection encompassing the most innovative and insurgent work in philosophy of disability. Edited and anthologized by disabled philosopher Shelley Lynn Tremain, this book challenges how disability has historically been represented and understood in philosophy: it critically undermines the detrimental assumptions that various ... Read more

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The Bloomsbury Guide to Philosophy of Disability is a revolutionary collection encompassing the most innovative and insurgent work in philosophy of disability. Edited and anthologized by disabled philosopher Shelley Lynn Tremain, this book challenges how disability has historically been represented and understood in philosophy: it critically undermines the detrimental assumptions that various
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Keywords for Disability Studies

Edited by Rachel Adams, Benjamin Reiss, David Serlin ...

Series Book 7 - Keywords
Introduces key terms, concepts, debates, and histories for Disability StudiesKeywords for Disability Studies aims to broaden and define the conceptual framework of disability studies for readers and practitioners in the field and beyond. The volume engages some of the most pressing debates of our time, such as prenatal testing, euthanasia, accessibility in public transportation and the workplace, ... Read more

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Introduces key terms, concepts, debates, and histories for Disability StudiesKeywords for Disability Studies aims to broaden and define the conceptual framework of disability studies for readers and practitioners in the field and beyond. The volume engages some of the most pressing debates of our time, such as prenatal testing, euthanasia, accessibility in public transportation and the workplace,
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Words Made Flesh

Nineteenth-Century Deaf Education and the Growth of Deaf Culture

by R. A. R. Edwards ...

Series Book 4 - The History of Disability
During the early nineteenth century, schools for the deaf appeared in the United States for the first time. These schools were committed to the use of the sign language to educate deaf students. Manual education made the growth of the deaf community possible, for it gathered deaf people together in sizable numbers for the first time in American history. It also fueled the emergence of Deaf culture ... Read more

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During the early nineteenth century, schools for the deaf appeared in the United States for the first time. These schools were committed to the use of the sign language to educate deaf students. Manual education made the growth of the deaf community possible, for it gathered deaf people together in sizable numbers for the first time in American history. It also fueled the emergence of Deaf culture
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Lectura fácil

by Cristina Morales ...

Son cuatro: Nati, Patri, Marga y Àngels. Son parientas, tienen diversos grados de lo que la Administración y la medicina consideran «discapacidad intelectual» y comparten un piso tutelado. Han pasado buena parte de sus vidas en RUDIS y CRUDIS (residencias urbanas y rurales para personas con discapacidad intelectual). Pero ante todo son mujeres con una extraordinaria capacidad para enfrentarse a ... Read more

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Son cuatro: Nati, Patri, Marga y Àngels. Son parientas, tienen diversos grados de lo que la Administración y la medicina consideran «discapacidad intelectual» y comparten un piso tutelado. Han pasado buena parte de sus vidas en RUDIS y CRUDIS (residencias urbanas y rurales para personas con discapacidad intelectual). Pero ante todo son mujeres con una extraordinaria capacidad para enfrentarse a
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Child Protection and Parents with a Learning Disability

Good Practice for Assessing and Working with Adults - including Autism Spectrum Disorders and Borderline Learning Disability

by Penny Morgan ...

Child Protection and Parents with a Learning Disability provides the practical knowledge that professionals need in order to understand common intellectual disabilities and how they might affect parenting capability.It presents clear guidance on how to carry out effective assessments and explains how interventions might differ when working with parents who have a learning disability. It covers a ... Read more

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Child Protection and Parents with a Learning Disability provides the practical knowledge that professionals need in order to understand common intellectual disabilities and how they might affect parenting capability.It presents clear guidance on how to carry out effective assessments and explains how interventions might differ when working with parents who have a learning disability. It covers a
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Tout comprendre sur l'égalité en entreprise

Le droit accessible - Tome 14

by Anne Mauhin ...

Series Book 14 - Le droit accessible
Dans ce guide en Legal Design, vous apprendrez :-Discrimination, inclusion : de quoi parle-t-on exactement ?-Harcèlement, racisme, écart salarial : quels comportements sont punissables ?-Politique RH inclusive : comment assurer un traitement égalitaire, de l’embauche à la fin du contrat ?En plus de nombreux cas pratiques et de conseils, vous trouverez :-Une check-list pour faire le point sur l ... Read more

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Dans ce guide en Legal Design, vous apprendrez :-Discrimination, inclusion : de quoi parle-t-on exactement ?-Harcèlement, racisme, écart salarial : quels comportements sont punissables ?-Politique RH inclusive : comment assurer un traitement égalitaire, de l’embauche à la fin du contrat ?En plus de nombreux cas pratiques et de conseils, vous trouverez :-Une check-list pour faire le point sur l
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Spaces of Care

Edited by Loraine Gelsthorpe, Dr Perveez Mody, Brian Sloan ...

The collection examines the ways in which the emerging interdisciplinary study of care provokes a reassessment of the connections and disjuncture between care and governance, ethics, and public, personal and professional identities.Evolving from a project coordinated by the Cambridge Socio-Legal Group, Spaces of Care brings together leading international scholars to articulate what we may consider ... Read more

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The collection examines the ways in which the emerging interdisciplinary study of care provokes a reassessment of the connections and disjuncture between care and governance, ethics, and public, personal and professional identities.Evolving from a project coordinated by the Cambridge Socio-Legal Group, Spaces of Care brings together leading international scholars to articulate what we may consider
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Behindertenrecht

Edited by Hoffmann ...

Erlaß über die Stiftung der Silbermedaille für den Behindertensport Gesetz über die Conterganstiftung für behinderte Menschen (Conterganstiftungsgesetz - ContStifG) Gesetz über die interne Teilung beamtenversorgungsrechtlicher Ansprüche von Bundesbeamtinnen und Bundesbeamten im Versorgungsausgleich (Bundesversorgungsteilungsgesetz - BVersTG) Gesetz über die unentgeltliche Beförderung ... Read more

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Erlaß über die Stiftung der Silbermedaille für den Behindertensport Gesetz über die Conterganstiftung für behinderte Menschen (Conterganstiftungsgesetz - ContStifG) Gesetz über die interne Teilung beamtenversorgungsrechtlicher Ansprüche von Bundesbeamtinnen und Bundesbeamten im Versorgungsausgleich (Bundesversorgungsteilungsgesetz - BVersTG) Gesetz über die unentgeltliche Beförderung
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Code des pensions civiles et militaires de retraite

Partie législative - Livre II : Dispositions particulières du régime général des retraites (droit français)

by Various ...

Découvrez le Code des pensions civiles et militaires de retraite, Partie législative - Livre II : Dispositions particulières du régime général des retraites, un ouvrage incontournable pour les professionnels du droit. Ce recueil exhaustif vous plonge au cœur des textes réglementaires et des dispositions officielles qui régissent le régime des retraites en France. Conçu pour répondre aux besoins ... Read more

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Découvrez le Code des pensions civiles et militaires de retraite, Partie législative - Livre II : Dispositions particulières du régime général des retraites, un ouvrage incontournable pour les professionnels du droit. Ce recueil exhaustif vous plonge au cœur des textes réglementaires et des dispositions officielles qui régissent le régime des retraites en France. Conçu pour répondre aux besoins
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Configuración de la noción de discapacidad en un contexto de vulnerabilidad en Bogotá

Análisis interdisciplinar

by Mónica Mendoza Molina ...

Series series Instituto Rosarista de Acción Social –SERES
La discapacidad se consolida de forma muy diversa en cada caso particular, influyendo en ella aspectos de índole personal, familiar, social y del entorno. Por ello, el Equipo Interdisciplinario de Estudios en Desarrollo Local de la Universidad del Rosario realizó un proyecto de investigación cuyos resultados se presentan en este libro. El objetivo de esta investigación fue determinar los ... Read more

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La discapacidad se consolida de forma muy diversa en cada caso particular, influyendo en ella aspectos de índole personal, familiar, social y del entorno. Por ello, el Equipo Interdisciplinario de Estudios en Desarrollo Local de la Universidad del Rosario realizó un proyecto de investigación cuyos resultados se presentan en este libro. El objetivo de esta investigación fue determinar los
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Implementing International Disability Law in the European Union

A Substantive and Procedural Appraisal

by Ottavio Quirico ...

Series series Routledge Research in EU Law
This book investigates the implementation of disability rights and duties in the European Union, aiming to understand its functioning and explore ways forward through a critical analysis of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) within the context of international regulation. Along the lines of the integration of fundamental rights within the common market, the EU has ... Read more

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This book investigates the implementation of disability rights and duties in the European Union, aiming to understand its functioning and explore ways forward through a critical analysis of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) within the context of international regulation. Along the lines of the integration of fundamental rights within the common market, the EU has
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Dwarfism, Spatiality and Disabling Experiences

by Erin Pritchard ...

Series series Interdisciplinary Disability Studies
This book provides an in-depth analysis of the social and spatial experiences of people with dwarfism, an impairment that results in a person being no taller than 4' 10".This book engages with the concept that dwarfism’s most prominent feature – body size and shape – can form the basis of social discrimination and disadvantages within society. By ignoring body size as a disability, it is hard to ... Read more

$93.99 AUD

This book provides an in-depth analysis of the social and spatial experiences of people with dwarfism, an impairment that results in a person being no taller than 4' 10".This book engages with the concept that dwarfism’s most prominent feature – body size and shape – can form the basis of social discrimination and disadvantages within society. By ignoring body size as a disability, it is hard to
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Nussbaum and Law

by Robin West ...

Series series Philosophers and Law
The essays collected in this volume reflect the profound impact of Martha Nussbaum‘s philosophical writings on law and legal scholarship. The capabilities approach that she has largely authored has influenced the approach scholars take to the law of disabilities, both in the United States and in Canada, as well as to international human rights and to domestic private law‘s protections of ... Read more

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The essays collected in this volume reflect the profound impact of Martha Nussbaum‘s philosophical writings on law and legal scholarship. The capabilities approach that she has largely authored has influenced the approach scholars take to the law of disabilities, both in the United States and in Canada, as well as to international human rights and to domestic private law‘s protections of
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Coercive Care

Rights, Law and Policy

Edited by Bernadette Mcsherry, Ian Freckelton ...

Series series Biomedical Law and Ethics Library
There has been much debate about mental health law reform and mental capacity legislation in recent years with the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities also having a major impact on thinking about the issue. This edited volume explores the concept of ‘coercive care’ in relation to individuals such as those with severe mental illnesses, those with intellectual and cognitive ... Read more

$113.68 AUD

There has been much debate about mental health law reform and mental capacity legislation in recent years with the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities also having a major impact on thinking about the issue. This edited volume explores the concept of ‘coercive care’ in relation to individuals such as those with severe mental illnesses, those with intellectual and cognitive
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Denied Does Not Mean Undisabled

The Benefit Appeal Survival Blueprint

by Matthew Petchinsky ...

A benefit denial can feel like someone has reduced years of symptoms, appointments, limitations, and struggle to a single word: denied. Denied Does Not Mean Undisabled: The Benefit Appeal Survival Blueprint helps readers separate that emotional blow from the administrative process and respond with clarity, organization, and evidence.This practical guide walks readers through understanding what a ... Read more

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A benefit denial can feel like someone has reduced years of symptoms, appointments, limitations, and struggle to a single word: denied. Denied Does Not Mean Undisabled: The Benefit Appeal Survival Blueprint helps readers separate that emotional blow from the administrative process and respond with clarity, organization, and evidence.This practical guide walks readers through understanding what a
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The Spaces of Mental Capacity Law

Moving Beyond Binaries

by Beverley Clough ...

Series series Social Justice
This book explores the conceptual spaces and socio-legal context which mental capacity laws inhabit. It will be seen that these norms are created and reproduced through the binaries that pervade mental capacity laws in liberal legal jurisdictions- such as capacity/incapacity; autonomy/paternalism; empowerment/protection; carer/cared-for; disabled/non-disabled; public/private. Whilst on one level ... Read more

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This book explores the conceptual spaces and socio-legal context which mental capacity laws inhabit. It will be seen that these norms are created and reproduced through the binaries that pervade mental capacity laws in liberal legal jurisdictions- such as capacity/incapacity; autonomy/paternalism; empowerment/protection; carer/cared-for; disabled/non-disabled; public/private. Whilst on one level
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Legal Rights, 6th Ed.

The Guide for Deaf and Hard of Hearing People

by National Association of the Deaf ...

The standard handbook on law affecting deaf and hard of hearing people has been completely rewritten and updated. The sixth edition of Legal Rights: The Guide for Deaf and Hard of Hearing People meticulously describes those statutes that prohibit discrimination against deaf and hard of hearing people, and any others with physical challenges. Written in easy-to-understand language, the new edition ... Read more

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The standard handbook on law affecting deaf and hard of hearing people has been completely rewritten and updated. The sixth edition of Legal Rights: The Guide for Deaf and Hard of Hearing People meticulously describes those statutes that prohibit discrimination against deaf and hard of hearing people, and any others with physical challenges. Written in easy-to-understand language, the new edition
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