Handbook of Disability Studies

Gary L. Albrecht is a Fellow of the Royal Belgian Academy of Arts and Sciences, Extraordinary Guest Professor of Social Sciences, University of Leuven, Belgium and Professor Emeritus of Public Health and of Disability and Human Development at the University of Illinois at Chicago.  After receiving his Ph.D. from Emory University, he has served on the faculties of Emory University in Sociology and Psychiatry, Northwestern University in Sociology, Rehabilitation Medicine and the Kellogg School of Management and the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) in the School of Public Health and in the Department of Disability and Human Development.  Since retiring from the UIC in 2005, he divides his time between Europe and the United States.  He works in Boulder, Colorado and Brussels, Belgium.  He was recently a Scholar in Residence at the Maison des Sciences de l’Homme (MSH) in Paris, a visiting Fellow at Nuffield College, the University of Oxford and a Fellow in Residence at the Royal Flemish Academy of Science and Arts, Brussels Katherine D. Seelman, Ph.D. is associate dean and professor of rehabilitation science and technology at the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences at the University of Pittsburgh, USA. She holds a secondary appointment in the School of Public Health and is co-scientific director of the National Science Foundation- supported Quality of Life Technology Engineering Research Center. During the Clinton Administration, she served as Director of the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR). Her research and education interests include science and technology R&D trends that enhance independence for people with disabilities and older adults; end-user and stakeholder participation; Disability Studies; Science, Technology and Public Policy and International Rehabilitation. In 2006, Dr. Seelman was invited to serve on the World Health Organization 9-member international editorial committee to guide the development of the first world report on disability. She has lectured and keynoted in countries throughout the world including Japan′s National Rehabilitation Center for Persons with Disabilities and World Health Organization′s Center in 2003 and in Vietnam for the World Bank in 2002. On the U.S. local and state levels, Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell appointed her to two disability State Advisory Committees. She serves on the Pennsylvania Senate Technology Healthcare Working Group. The Mayor and the County Executive appointed her to the City of Pittsburgh/Allegheny County Task Force on Disability which she co-chairs. She was named "A Person Who Made a Difference" in 2002 by Pittsburgh′s leading newspaper, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

An excellent, comprehensive collection, which gives a good overview of key areas in the field of disability studies.

• Introduction: The Formation of Disability Studies - Gary L Albrecht, Katherine D Seelman, and Michael BuryPART ONE: THE SHAPING OF DISABILITIES STUDIES AS A FIELDAn Institutional History of Disability - David L Braddock and Susan ParishCounting Disability - Glenn T Fujiura and Violet Rutkowski-Kmitta Disability Definitions, Models, Classification Schemes and Applications - Barbara Altman Theorizing Disability - Gareth WilliamsMethodological Paradigms That Shape Disability Research - Scott Campbell BrownDisability - Patrick Fougeyrollas and Line BeauregardAn Interactive Person-Environment Social CreationRepresentation and Its Discontents - David T Mitchell and Sharon L Snyder The Uneasy Home of Disability in Literature and FilmPhilosophical Issues in the Definition and Social Response to Disability - David Wasserman Disability and the Sociology of the Body - Bryan S Turner Intellectual Disabilities- Quo Vadis? - Trevor R ParmenterDisability, Bioethics and Human Rights - Adrienne Asch Disability Studies and Electronic Networking - Ellen Liberti Blasiotti, John D Westbrook, and Iwao KobayashiPART TWO: EXPERIENCING DISABILITYDivided Understandings - Carol Gill The Social Experience of DisabilityMapping the Family - Philip M FergusonDisability Studies and the Exploration of Parental Response to DisabilityDisability and Community - Michael P Kelly A Sociological ApproachWelfare States and Disabled People - Robert F DrakeAdvocacy and Political Action - Sharon Barnartt, Kay Schrinerm and Richard Scotch Health Care Professionals and Their Attitudes Towards, and Decisions Affecting Disabled People - Ian Basnett The Role of Social Networks in the Lives of Persons with Disabilities - Bernice A Pescosolido Inclusion/Exclusion - Jean-François Ravaud and Henri-Jacques Stiker An Analysis of Historical and Cultural MeaningsPART THREE: DISABILITY IN CONTEXTDisability Culture - Colin Barnes and Geoff MercerAssimilation or Inclusion?Identity Politics, Disability and Culture - Lennard J Davis Making the Difference - Tom Shakespeare and Nick WatsonDisability, Politics, and RecognitionDisability Human Rights, Law and Policy - Jerome E Bickenbach The Political Economy of the Disability Marketplace - Gary L Albrecht and Michael BuryDisability and Health Policy - Gerben DeJong and Ian BasnettThe Role of Markets in the Delivery of Health ServicesDisability Benefit Programs - Bonnie O′Day and Monroe Berkowitz Can We Improve the Return to Work Record?A Disability Studies Perspective on Employment Issues and Policies for Disabled People - Kay Schriner An International ViewScience and Technology Policy - Katherine D Seelman Is Disability a Missing Factor?Disability, Education and Inclusion - Len Barton and Felicity ArmstrongCross-Cultural Issues and DilemmasSupport Systems - Simi Litvak and Alexandra Enders The Interface Between Individuals and EnvironmentsThe Relationship between Disabled People and Health and Welfare Professionals - Sally French and John Swain Public Health Trends in Disability - Don LollarPast, Present, and FutureDisability in the Developing World - Benedicte Ingstad