Disability & Society, Volume 31, Issue 3 (2016)

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Disability & Society, Volume 31, Issue 3 (2016)

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Original Articles

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Intellectual disabilities, domestic violence and legal engagement
Heather Douglas & Paul Harpur
Pages: 305-321
Published online: 25 Apr 2016
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Exploring narratives of education: disabled young people’s experiences of educational institutions in Ghana
Stefanie Gregorius
Pages: 322-338
Published online: 27 Apr 2016
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Disabled students’ experiences of higher education in Sweden, the Czech Republic, and the United States – a comparative institutional analysis
Ulrika Järkestig Berggren, Diana Rowan, Ewa Bergbäck & Barbro Blomberg
Pages: 339-356
Published online: 04 May 2016
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Arts policy and practice for disabled children and young people: towards a ‘practice spectrum’ approach
Jack Newsinger & William Green
Pages: 357-372
Published online: 06 May 2016
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Accessibility of European museums to visitors with visual impairments
Susana Mesquita & Maria João Carneiro
Pages: 373-388
Published online: 27 Apr 2016
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Looking for a ‘cure’: negotiating ‘walking’ in a Turkish rehabilitation hospital
Dikmen Bezmez
Pages: 389-405
Published online: 25 Apr 2016
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Articles

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‘Making lovely nonsense out of everything’: individuated receptions of eugenic theories of cognitive disability
Evan Chaloupka
Pages: 406-420
Published online: 27 May 2016
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Presenting welfare reform: poverty porn, telling sad stories or achieving change?
Peter Beresford
Pages: 421-425
Published online: 27 Apr 2016
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‘People with learning disabilities need a commissioner and a legal charter of rights’ – no they do not!
Michael Richards
Pages: 426-430
Published online: 10 May 2016
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Book Review

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Taboo: corporeal secrets in nineteenth-century France
Taboo: corporeal secrets in nineteenth-century France, by Hannah Thompson, Oxford, Legenda, 2013, 157 pp., US$99.00 (hardback), ISBN 978-1-90-797555-4
Tammy Berberi
Pages: 431-432
Published online: 19 Feb 2016
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Disability and popular culture: focusing passion, creating community and expressing defiance
Disability and popular culture: focusing passion, creating community and expressing defiance, by Katie Ellis, Farnham, Ashgate, 2015, 201 pp., £60.00 (hardback) ISBN 978-1-4724-1178-5
Ria Cheyne
Pages: 433-434
Published online: 26 Feb 2016
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Book Reviews

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Foucault and the government of disability
Foucault and the government of disability, edited by Shelley Tremain, Ann Arbor, University of Michigan Press, 2015, enlarged and revised edition, 440 pp., $35.00 (paperback), ISBN 978-0-47-203638-7
Tillie Curran
Pages: 434-437
Published online: 24 Feb 2016
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Purpose, process and future direction of disability research
Purpose, process and future direction of disability research, edited by Simoni Symeonidou and Karen Beauchamp-Pryor, Rotterdam, Sense Publishers, 2013, 134 pp., £23.61 (paperback), ISBN 978-94-6-209420-8
Jacqui Shepherd
Pages: 437-439
Published online: 29 Feb 2016
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Little vast rooms of undoing exploring identity and embodiment through public toilet spaces
Little vast rooms of undoing exploring identity and embodiment through public toilet spaces, by Dara Blumenthal, London, Rowman & Littlefield International, 2014, 248 pp., $39.95 (paperback), ISBN 978-1-78-348035-7
Jenny Slater
Pages: 439-442
Published online: 26 Feb 2016
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Call for Papers

Announcement
Guidelines for Student Perspectives Section
Page: 443
Published online: 27 May 2016
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Announcement
Guidelines for Current Issues Section
Page: 444
Published online: 27 May 2016
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Announcement
Announcement of Doctoral Theses
Page: 445
Published online: 27 May 2016
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