Disability & Society, Volume 27, Issue 7 (2012)

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Empower, inspire, achieve: (dis)empowerment and the Paralympic Games
David E.J. Purdue & P. David Howe
Pages: 903-916
Published online: 13 Jul 2012
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Globalising accessibility: drawing on the experiences of developed countries to enable the participation of disabled people in Zambia
Martha Banda-Chalwe, Jennifer C. Nitz & Desleigh de Jonge
Pages: 917-934
Published online: 04 Jul 2012
AbstractforGlobalising accessibility: drawing on the experiences of developed countries to enable the participation of disabled people in Zambia | Full Text | References | PDF (218.3 KB)
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The social experience of physically disabled Australian university students
Maria Papasotiriou & Joel Windle
Pages: 935-947
Published online: 09 Jul 2012
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Understanding the experiences and needs of South Asian families caring for a child with learning disabilities in the United Kingdom: an experiential–contextual framework
Kuljit Heer, John Rose & Michael Larkin
Pages: 949-963
Published online: 19 Jul 2012
AbstractforUnderstanding the experiences and needs of South Asian families caring for a child with learning disabilities in the United Kingdom: an experiential–contextual framework | Full Text | References | PDF (206.4 KB)
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‘Some kids climb up; some kids climb down’: culturally constructed play-worlds of children with impairments
Jenene Burke
Pages: 965-981
Published online: 09 Jul 2012
Abstractfor‘Some kids climb up; some kids climb down’: culturally constructed play-worlds of children with impairments | Full Text | References | PDF (569.7 KB)
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The roller-coaster of experiences: becoming the parent of a deaf child
Sigrid Bosteels, Geert Van Hove & Michel Vandenbroeck
Pages: 983-996
Published online: 01 Aug 2012
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Managing manipulation: tools and challenges in creative collaborations with intellectually-disabled people
Michael Noonan
Pages: 997-1009
Published online: 12 Jul 2012
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Care, empowerment and self-determination in the practice of peer support
Anne Scott & Carolyn Doughty
Pages: 1011-1024
Published online: 19 Jul 2012
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CURRENT ISSUES

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Exclusion of HIV-positive people with disabilities in the media
Amir Biglar Beigi Ghajarieh
Pages: 1025-1028
Published online: 16 Oct 2012
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Can personal budgets really deliver better outcome for all at no cost? Reviewing the evidence, costs and quality
Colin Slasberg, Peter Beresford & Peter Schofield
Pages: 1029-1034
Published online: 12 Nov 2012
AbstractforCan personal budgets really deliver better outcome for all at no cost? Reviewing the evidence, costs and quality | Full Text | References | PDF (71.5 KB)
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Book Review

Book Review
Disability and modern fiction: Faulkner, Morrison, Coetzee and the Nobel Prize for Literature, by Alice Hall, Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan, 2012, 220 pp., £50.00 (hardback), ISBN 978-0-23-029209-3
Clare Barker
Pages: 1035-1037
Published online: 21 Sep 2012
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Social approaches to mental distress, by Jerry Tew, Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, 2011, 198 pp., £18.99 (paperback), ISBN 978-0-23-054507-6
Rebecca Hough
Pages: 1037-1039
Published online: 14 Sep 2012
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Understanding autism: parents, doctors and the history of a disorder, by Chloe Silverman, Princeton, NJ, Princeton University Press, 360 pp., 2011, $35.00/£24.95 (paperback), ISBN 978-0-69-115046-8
Jean-Marc Michel
Pages: 1039-1041
Published online: 03 Oct 2012
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Book Review
Social work with disabled people, 4th ed., by Michael Oliver, Bob Sapey, and Pam Thomas, Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan, 2012, 189 pp, £18.99 (paperback), ISBN 978-0-23-029795-1
Jo Rees
Pages: 1042-1043
Published online: 18 Sep 2012
CitationforSocial work with disabled people, 4th ed., by Michael Oliver, Bob Sapey, and Pam Thomas, Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan, 2012, 189 pp, £18.99 (paperback), ISBN 978-0-23-029795-1 | Full Text | PDF (46 KB)
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Social policy and social capital: parents and exceptionality 1974–2007, by Dora S. Bjarneson, New York, Nova Science Publishers, 2010, 245 pp., £22.50 (paperback), ISBN 978-1-61-122758-1
Katherine Runswick-Cole
Pages: 1044-1045
Published online: 14 Sep 2012
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GUIDELINES FOR CURRENT ISSUES SECTION
Page: 1047
Published online: 12 Nov 2012
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DOCTORAL THESES
Page: 1048
Published online: 12 Nov 2012
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Editorial Board

Editorial Board
Page: ebi
Published online: 12 Nov 2012
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