Disability, Culture, and Development: A Case Study of Japanese Children at School

by Wendy Haight and Misa Kayama

This book examines Japanese cultural beliefs about disability and related socialization practices as they impact the experiences of elementary school-aged children. Physical and mental conditions which impair children's functioning are universal issues impacting child welfare and educational systems around the world.

While the American approach is well understood and represented in the literature, cultures differ in which physical and mental...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199970823
• ISBN13: 9780199970827
• Release Date: September 2013
• Publisher: OUP Us
• Length: 268 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.3"