*Disability studies and psychology : new allies? / Dan Goodley and Rebecca Lawthom

*Parents, professionals and disabled babies : personal reflections on disabled lives / Claire Tregaskis

*Being in school? Exclusion and the denial of psychological reality / Pippa Murray

*The disability discrimination act and lifelong learning? Students with disabilities and higher education / Deb Viney

*Disabled and graduated : barriers and dilemmas for the disabled psychology graduate / Peter Stannett

*Disability and old age : or why it isn't all in the mind / Mark Priestley

*Towards a psychology of disability : the emotional effects of living in a disabling society / Donna Reeve

*Against stereotypes : experiences of disabled psychologists / Freda Levinson and Simon Parritt

*Understanding intellectually disabled clients in clinical psychology / Jennifer Clegg

*Enabling practice for professionals : the need for practical post-structuralist theory / Liz Todd

*Counselling with the social model : challenging therapy's pathologies / John Swain, Carol Griffiths and Sally French

*Doing community psychology with disabled people / Carolyn Kagan [and others]

*Conclusions : Making enabling alliances between disability studies and psychology / Rebecca Lawthom and Dan Goodley

This book brings together the study of disability and psychology. It argues that psychology has tended to ignore the socio-cultural aspects of disability and treat disabled people as objects rather than arbiters of psychological intervention. Bringing together disabled and non-disabled researchers and psychologists, this book proposes ideas for an enabling psychological theory and practice." "A key text for students on relevant courses within Disability Studies and Psychology undergraduate and postgraduate courses, this book is also an important resource for those who study or work in the areas of healthcare studies, nursing midwifery, sociology and social work.