Disability: A Diversity Model Approach in Human Service Practice

by Richard Salsgiver, Romel W. Mackelprang, Richard O. Salsgiver, et al.

Book Overview

The third edition of Disability remains an indispensable tool for human service practitioners in understanding disability from an empowerment perspective. The authors address policy, theory, description, and practice, stressing the difference of disability rather than the dysfunction of disability. The text is illustrated with in-depth personal narratives by those living with disability and thought-provoking sidebars that ask readers to consider the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190656409
• ISBN13: 9780190656409
• Release Date: May 2016
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 548 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 8.7"

Customer Reviews

A fascinating book

This book was co-written by one of my professors in graduate school; he is an amazing instructor and a wonderful writer - as someone with a disability, I appreciate both authors' work on this subject. Worth the price.