TY  - BOOK
AU  - Shakespeare,Tom
TI  - Disability rights and wrongs
SN  - 041534719X (pbk.)
AV  - HV1568.2 .S53 2006
U1  - 305.9/08 22
PY  - 2006///
CY  - New York
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Disability studies
KW  - Sociology of disability
KW  - People with disabilities
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 1; Introduction --; 2; The family of social approaches --; 3; Critiquing the social model --; 4; Disability : a complex interaction --; 5; Labels and badges : the politics of disability identity --; 6; Questioning prenatal diagnosis --; 7; Just around the corner : the quest for cure --; 8; Autonomy at the end of life --; 9; Care, support and assistance --; 10; Disability rights and the future of charity --; 11; Love, friendship, intimacy --; 12; The role of non-disabled people in the world of disability --; 13; Concluding thoughts
N2  - "Over the past thirty years, the field of disability studies has emerged from the political activism of disabled people. In this challenging re-evaluation, leading disability academic and activist Tom Shakespeare now argues that social model theory has reached a dead end." "Drawing on a critical realist perspective, Shakespeare promotes a pluralist, engaged and nuanced approach to disability. Rather than rejecting research in medical sociology, bioethics and social care, disability studies needs to re-engage with the fundamental questions of what disability is, and how the lives of disabled people can be improved. Topics discussed include: dichotomies - the dangerous polarisations of medical model versus social model, impairment versus disability and disabled people versus non-disabled people; identity - the drawbacks of the disability movement's emphasis on identity politics; bioethics in disability - choices at the beginning and end of life, and in the field of genetic and stem cell therapies; and, care and social relationships - questions of intimacy, friendship and the role of non-disabled people." "This stimulating and accessible book challenges British disability studies orthodoxies, and promotes a fresh research agenda. It will be required reading for researchers and students in disability studies, medical sociology and social care, and will have applications for professionals, policy-makers and activists."--BOOK JACKET
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