Research Handbook on Disability and Society

This multidisciplinary Research Handbook explores how disability presents in individuals and across organizations, communities, and society. International experts engage with the persisting difficulties faced by people with disabilities across complex life domains.Transdisciplinary in scope, chapters analyze disabilities using different methodological and epistemological approaches, highlighting continuing inequalities in access to healthcare, education and training, employment, housing, family support, criminal justice, environment, and more. Leading scholars rethink current paradigms and explore avenues for future research, policy, and advocacy.The Research Handbook on Disability and Society is an essential resource for scholars and researchers in sociology, social policy, social psychology, law, rehabilitation counseling, and disability studies. It will also greatly benefit policymakers and practitioners working in disability policy and social work.