Disability in Local and Global Worlds

Bys: Benedicte Ingstad and Susan Reynolds Whyte

Book Overview

The lives of many disabled people in Europe and North America have improved over the past two decades through innovative technologies and the efforts of the disability rights movement. These changes have been spreading to other societies around the globe--albeit unevenly. In this collection of essays, leading scholars explore global changes in disability awareness, technology, and policy from the viewpoint of disabled people and their families in...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520246179
• ISBN13: 9780520246171
• Release Date: June 2007
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 334 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.0"