TY  - GEN
AU  - Michael Oliver
TI  - Understanding disability: from theory to practice
SN  - 9789356404601
U1  - 362.4 OLI/U 
PY  - 2009///
CY  - New Delhi -- 
PB  - Bloomsbury -- 
KW  - Social science
KW  - Social problems
KW  - Physical disabilities
N1  - From personal struggle to political understanding and back again

Mobility impairment in a social context

The social model : history, critique and response

Unmet promises of disability law and policy (with Beth Omansky)

Special education into the twenty-first century

Disability and normalization : a critique

The relevance of emancipatory research for policy development

Disabling of enabling welfare : what next for disabled people? (with Colin Barnes)

Disability politics and the disabled people's movement in Britain (with Vic Finkelstein)

Disablement into the twenty-first century

Personalizing the political and politicizing the personal
N2  - 
"In this long awaited new edition Oliver draws on his own experiences to paint a vivid picture of both the practical challenges of disablement and the theoretical understandings of disability. This approachable text is core reading for social work, nursing, health and social care and social science students taking modules in disability"-- Provided by publisher
ER  -