This work explores and develops ideas about disability, engaging with important debates in disability studies about what disability is and how to theorize it. It also examines the interface between disability studies, women's studies and medical sociology, offering a review of theoretical approaches.

Female Forms (Disability, Human Rights, and Society)

Politics & Social Sciences

Thomas, Carol

Women's Studies

Open University Press

Female Forms: Experiencing and Understanding Disability (Disability, Human Rights, and Society)

Open Univ Pr

Targeted toward beginning to intermediate users of OS/2, this book is a beginning tutorial comprising 21 chapters or lessons. Each lesson develops the novice user's abilities with a logical step-by-step approach to learning. The book is structured such that the reader will learn the OS/2 operating system in a week (7 days), there are three lessons per day.

Teach Yourself Os/2 2.1 in a Week

Computers & Technology

Operating Systems

Sams.

A set of seven lessons introduces the OS/2 warp operating system and tells how to use it in various contexts

Teach Yourself Os/2 Warp in a Week

Disabling Barriers, Enabling Environments

`The strengths of this text are many. It has breadth and diversity in its content yet is presented in bite-size chapters. For those wishing to know more, it offers signposts to the relevant literature. The contributors have been carefully selected for their specific perspective yet these have been skilfully inter-related by the editors. It is now some 11 years since the first edition of this text was published. In my view, this second edition was worth the wait′ - SCOLAG Journal `This has been a ground-breaking book…and I whole-heartedly welcome a new edition′- Professor Len Barton, School of Education, The University of Sheffield `It is a really well-structured book which has been very popular and widely used by students…Its great qualities are accessibility and diversity of contributors′ - Jenny Corbett, Institute of Education, University of London `This book would be a valuable resource to students of disability studies and to health and social care staff and other professionals who work with disabled people′- Disability and Rehabilitation The Second Edition of this landmark text has been revised to provide an up-to-date accessible introductory text to the field of disability studies. In addition to analysing the barriers that disabled people encounter in education, housing, leisure and employment, the revised edition has new chapters on: · international issues · diversity among disabled people · sexuality · bioethics. Written by disabled people who are leading academics in the field, the text comprises 45 short and engaging chapters, to provide a broad-ranging and accessible introduction to disability issues. Disabling Barriers, Enabling Environments is an invaluable resource for both students and practitioners alike. It is an ideal text for undergraduates and postgraduates taking courses in disability studies, as well as disability courses in social work, education, health studies, sociology and social policy.

Swain, John

Barnes, Colin

French, Sally

Social Sciences

Sage Publications Ltd.

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Diseases & Physical Ailments

This book critically compares conflicting perspectives and overlapping themes within the study of disability and illness across recent decades. With fresh interpretation of traditional theory in medical sociology and informed commentary on theoretical debates in disability studies, it is provocative reading for students and scholars in this field.

Sociologies of Disability and Illness: Contested Ideas in Disability Studies and Medical Sociology

Red Globe Press

Cutting across a disciplinary divide, Sociologies of Disability critically reviews and compares the conflicting perspectives on disability and chronic illness found in disability studies and medical sociology. Thomas carefully outlines the historical deve

The book, Candida Cleanse: Cure Candida Naturally in 14 Days, teaches readers a lot about Candida Albicans. This book contains tips and strategies to treat and prevent the recurrence of Candida Albicans infection. It starts with the causes, symptoms, risk factors, and diagnosis of the infection. There are helpful information about how to know if you need to get professional help. You’ll also get tips and helpful ideas on how to naturally treat the infection and how you can effectively change your diet into something more favorable for the treatment of the infection and maintaining normal levels of Candida in the colon and other parts of the body where it is naturally-occurring. You will be given information about Candida die-off and how you can cope with it and turn it to your advantage. You will also be given information about why the infection recurs and the possible effective steps to prevent recurrence and eliminate infection once and for all. One thing that everyone has to know is that there are good and bad bacteria that inhabit the body. In the case of Candida Albicans, it is naturally occurring yeast that helps in the digestion system. When their normal levels are maintained, they help maintain a well-functioning system, and your body is kept healthy. When it replicates and goes into the bloodstream, it will take time to completely purge the body of dead yeasts and byproducts. This guide to Candida cleanse gives you the following: • Know more about Candida Albicans • Know if you are suffering from Candida infection • Find out how you can naturally treat the infection • Learn about what foods to eat and what foods to avoid when you have Candida infection • Learn how to manage and cope with Candida die-off • Learn the practical ways to prevent the recurrence of the infection Scroll Up and Grab Your Copy Now

Candida Cleanse: Cure Candida Naturally in 14 Days

Alternative Medicine

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

A Summer of Second Chances

Romance

Romantic Comedy

Choc Lit

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