The Lives of Children and Adolescents with Disabilities by Anne-Marie Callus Pap

The Lives of Children and Adolescents with Disabilities by Anne-Marie Callus, Angharad E. Beckett

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Description This book will be of interest to undergraduates, postgraduates and researchers in disability studies, childhood studies, medicine and health sciences, and sociology. It also provides insights that will be of use and value to professionals working with disabled children and adolescents in education, health and in disability-specific services.

Publisher Description

This book will be of interest to undergraduates, postgraduates and researchers in disability studies, childhood studies, medicine and health sciences, and sociology. It also provides insights that will be of use and value to professionals working with disabled children and adolescents in education, health and in disability-specific services.Opening with four narratives that offer the reader a window into the lived experience of disabled children, adolescents and their families, subsequent chapters explore a range of issues facing disabled children from early childhood through to late adolescence. Topics include family life, early intervention, inclusive and post-secondary education, the right to play, digital participation, the effects of labelling and matters relating to agency and sexuality.With chapters discussing research from Australia, Canada, Ireland, Italy, Malta, Mexico, New Zealand, Sweden and the UK amongst others, this book:contributes to the existing body of knowledge about the lives of disabled children and adolescents, with a focus on socially created disabling factorsprovides the reader with analysis of issues affecting disabled children and adolescents according to different conceptual frameworks, national contexts and with regard to different types of impairments/disabilitieshighlights the main issues that confront disabled children and adolescents, their families and their allies in the early twenty-first centuryhighlights the importance of actively listening to the perspectives of disabled children and adolescentsIt provides a rich source of knowledge and information about the lives of disabled children and adolescents, and a variety of perspectives on how their lives are affected by material and non-material factors, social structures and cultural constructions.

Author Biography

Angharad E. Beckett, FRSA, is Professor of Political Sociology and Social Inclusion at the University of Leeds. She is a member of the Centre for Disability Studies (Leeds), where she was for many years Co-Director. She is a researcher and educator in the area of disability and social justice, with a primary focus on rights and inclusion for disabled children. She regularly advises national and international governments and civil society organisations on related matters.Anne-Marie Callus is Associate Professor in the Department of Disability Studies, Faculty for Social Wellbeing, University of Malta. She lectures, researches, and has published on disability rights, empowerment of persons with intellectual disability, inclusive education and disabled children's rights, as well as cultural representations of persons with disability. She is Deputy Editor of Disability & Society.

Details ISBN 0367610191 ISBN-13 9780367610197 Title The Lives of Children and Adolescents with Disabilities Author Anne-Marie Callus, Angharad E. Beckett Format Paperback Year 2024 Pages 272 Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd GE_Item_ID:157809357; About Us

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