Disability Studies

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Experiences and Perspectives of Families who Have Children with Disabilities

From: Disability and Social Change

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James’s Attitude Makes the Difference

From: Breaking the Word Barrier

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June Horsman recounts the story of James. The story discusses his experiences with special education, his working years, and his desire to upgrade his education later in life. 4 $0.40 Add
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Making Homelessness Harder: Possibilities for Radical Re-Orientation

Prologue: How to Read Tearing Bodies Red Wagon Collective and the Monday Art Group The Disabling Normative Body, aka Bourgeoise Making Homelessness Harder “Anyone Can Become Homeless” Praxis as Antidote Cultural Economy: Mending the Social Fabric Back and Forth Trying to Undo the Violence Acknowledgements Notes References

From: Not A New Problem

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The Desolate Land

From: Disfigured

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Chapter 7 explores ‘desolate lands’ as synonyms for depression in fairy tales, discussing topics including rape in fairy tales, construction of mental illness in fairy tales, the case … 28 $2.80 Add
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Conclusion

From: Doing Respectful Research

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Crip Kinship and Cyber Love

From: Crip Kinship

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Topics discussed include kinship networks, online community, online romance, “crip emotional intelligence,” microcultures, and digital crip kinship during Covid-19. 15 $1.50 Add
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Cripping the Apocalypse

Some of My Wild Disability Justice Dreams

From: Care Work

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A call to action: that disability justice must centre the activists at its core and not simply those who pay the movement lip service. 14 $1.40 Add
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Disability Rights and Justice Activism

Lessons for Anti-Oppressive Community Organizing

From: Doing Anti-Oppressive Practice

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This chapter examines disability rights and justice activism, exploring key principles for community organizing undertaken from an antioppressive approach. The author emphasizes the experiences … 16 $1.60 Add
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Home Care: Gendered Violence in Independent Living Attendant Services

Independent Living and Direct Funding Expanded Sense of Violence and Feelings of Risk Experiences of Gendered Violence Gendered and Racialized Hiring Practices Concluding Thoughts Notes References

From: Not A New Problem

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I Wanted to Better Myself

From: Breaking the Word Barrier

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Richard Toth recounts the story of Maurice. The story discusses his success in business, his motivations to learn as an adult learner, tractors, and the importance of writing letters in business. 5 $0.50 Add
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Intersectionality and Disability

From: Disability and Social Change

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Monsters and Marvels

From: Disfigured

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Chapter 8 focuses on the fine line between what is considered monstrous and the marvellous in fairy tales and real life,  exploring topics such as superheros, circus and spectacle, … 18 $1.80 Add
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Out of the Shadows

Race and (Dis)Ability among African Nova Scotians

From: Africentric Social Work

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This chapter addresses the historical experience of African Nova Scotians, and the intersections between racilized identity and (dis)ablity. ; ; 25 $2.50 Add
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A Modest Proposal for a Fair Trade Emotional Labor Economy (Centered by Disabled, Femme of Color, Working Class/Poor Genius)

From: Care Work

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The author discusses eight possible fair trades for her emotional labour. 13 $1.30 Add