Disability Studies

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
About Canada: Disability Rights Fernwood Publishing	Through a close examination of employment, education, transportation, telecommunications and health care, About Canada: Disability Rights explores the landscape of disability rights in Canada and …	Deborah Stienstra	134	2012	View
NEW! About Canada: Disability Rights 2nd Edition Fernwood Publishing	Including people with disabilities fully into Canadian society, with the rights enjoyed by non-disabled people, requires a fundamental social transformation, not simply “fixing” some …	Deborah Stienstra	168	2020	View
Breaking the Word Barrier Stories of Adults Learning to Read Goose Lane Editions	In this compelling collection of first-person stories, adults who have made outstanding achievements in adult literacy were paired with writers to tell of their transition to reading. These are …	Angela Ranson; Marilyn Lerch	128	2009	View
Care Work Dreaming of Disability Justice Arsenal Pulp Press	In their new, long-awaited collection of essays, Lambda Literary Award-winning writer and long-time disability justice activist and performance artist Leah Piepzna-Samarasinha explores the …	Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha	266	2018	View
Crip Kinship The Disability Justice & Art Activism of Sins Invalid Arsenal Pulp Press	The remarkable story of Sins Invalid, a performance project that centres queer disability justice. In recent years, disability activism has come into its own as a vital and necessary means to …	Shayda Kafai	201	2021	View
Disability and Social Change A Progressive Canadian Approach Fernwood Publishing	This edited collection uses a critical theory perspective and draws on expertise from a range of contemporary policy and practice areas. Contributors include people with disabilities, family …	Grant Larson; Jeanette Robertson		2016	View
Disfigured On Fairy Tales, Disability, and Making Space Coach House Books	A CBC BOOKS BEST NONFICTION OF 2020, AN ENTROPY MAGAZINE BEST NONFICTION 2020/21, AND A NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY BOOK OF THE DAY (07/23/2022) Fairy tales shape how we see the world, so what …	Amanda Leduc	257	2020	View
Doing Respectful Research Power, Privilege and Passion Fernwood Publishing	Doing Respectful Research is situated within a critical, feminist postmodern framework and addresses the complexities of conducting respectful qualitative research with human participants. Three …	Susan A. Tilley	294	2016	View
Maternity Rolls Pregnancy, Childbirth and Disability Fernwood Publishing	Heather Kuttai is a 40-year-old white, heterosexual woman. She is married and is the mother of two children. Living in a quiet, middle-class neighbourhood, her life is, in many ways, seemingly …	Heather Kuttai	143	2010	View
Not A New Problem Violence in the Lives of Disabled Women Fernwood Publishing	-	Diane Hiebert-Murphy; Janice Ristock; Michelle Owen	228	2018	View
NEW! The Future is Disabled Prophecies, Love Notes and Mourning Songs Arsenal Pulp Press	In The Future Is Disabled, Leah Laksmi Piepzna-Samarasinha asks some provocative questions: What if, in the near future, the majority of people will be disabled – and what if that’s …	Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha	334	2022	View
From Foreword by Patty Berne From: Crip Kinship Preview Arsenal Pulp Press	Foreword by Patty Berne.	Shayda Kafai	4	2021	$0.40 Add
From Girl, Interrupted From: Maternity Rolls Preview Fernwood Publishing	-	Heather Kuttai	24	2010	$2.40 Add
From Introduction Catalyst for Writing This Book From: Doing Respectful Research Preview Fernwood Publishing	-	Susan A. Tilley	22	2016	$3.08 Add
From Introduction From: Disfigured Preview Coach House Books	The introduction explores the author’s personal experiences with disability and how her love of nature made her turn to examine how disability is represented in fairy tales.	Amanda Leduc	7	2020	$0.70 Add
From NEW! Introduction From: The Future is Disabled Preview Arsenal Pulp Press	-	Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha	31	2022	$3.10 Add

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