Disability & Society, Volume 31, Issue 5 (2016)

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‘We swam before we breathed or walked’: able-bodied belonging in popular stories of evolutionary biology
Touko Vaahtera
Pages: 591-603
Published online: 14 Jun 2016
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Negotiating independence, choice and autonomy: experiences of parents who coordinate personal assistance on behalf of their adult son or daughter
Ciara Brennan, Rannveig Traustadóttir, James Rice & Peter Anderberg
Pages: 604-621
Published online: 14 Jun 2016
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Inclusion in Singapore: a social model analysis of disability policy
Kuansong Zhuang
Pages: 622-640
Published online: 05 Jul 2016
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‘This is real now because it’s a piece of paper’: texts, disability, and LGBTQ parents
Margaret F. Gibson
Pages: 641-658
Published online: 04 Jul 2016
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Elite athletes or superstars? Media representation of para-athletes at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games
Gayle McPherson, Hugh O’Donnell, David McGillivray & Laura Misener
Pages: 659-675
Published online: 18 Jul 2016
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Cheats, charity cases and inspirations: disrupting the circulation of disability-based memes online
Bree Hadley
Pages: 676-692
Published online: 07 Jul 2016
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Disability terminology and the emergence of ‘diffability’ in Indonesia
Suharto Suharto, Pim Kuipers & Pat Dorsett
Pages: 693-712
Published online: 07 Jul 2016
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Current Issues

Trailing my journey into disability insights
Maria Cynthia deBono
Pages: 713-716
Published online: 08 Jun 2016
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Book Review

Book Review
Disabling characters: representations of disability in young adult literature
Disabling characters: representations of disability in young adult literature, by Patricia A. Dunn, New York, Peter Lang, 2015, 160 pp., £92.00 (hardback), ISBN 978-1-43-312623-9, £31.00 (paperback), ISBN: 978-1-43-312622-2
Dawn Benson
Pages: 717-718
Published online: 06 Jun 2016
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Changing social attitudes toward disability: perspectives from historical, cultural, and educational studies
Changing social attitudes toward disability: perspectives from historical, cultural, and educational studies, edited by David Bolt, London, Routledge Advances in Disability Studies, 2014, 180 pp., £95.00 (hardback), ISBN: 978-0-41-573249-9
Anne Collis
Pages: 718-720
Published online: 21 Apr 2016
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A history and sociology of the Willowbrook state school
by David Goode, Darryl Hill, Jean Reiss and William Bronston, Washington, DC, American Association of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2013, 316 pp., £31.53 (paperback), ISBN: 978-1-93-760405-9
Victoria Mason
Pages: 720-722
Published online: 19 Apr 2016
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The idea of disability in the eighteenth century
The idea of disability in the eighteenth century, edited by Chris Mounsey, Lewisburgh, Bucknell University Press, 2014, 269 pp., $80.00 (hardback), ISBN: 978-1-61-148559-2
David E. Shuttleton
Pages: 722-723
Published online: 10 May 2016
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Working bodies: chronic illness in the Canadian workplace
Working bodies: chronic illness in the Canadian workplace, edited by Sharon-Dale Stone, Valorie A. Crooks and Michelle Owen, Montreal, McGill–Queen’s University Press, 2014, vi + 232 pp., $110.00 (hardback), ISBN: 978-0-77-354377-5, $29.95 (paperback), ISBN: 978-0-77-354378-2
Sarah Woodin
Pages: 724-725
Published online: 06 May 2016
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Guidelines for student perspectives

Announcement
Guidelines For Student Perspectives Section
Page: 726
Published online: 18 Jul 2016
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Guidelines for current issues

Announcement
Guidelines For Current Issues Section
Page: 727
Published online: 18 Jul 2016
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Announcement of doctoral theses

Announcement
Announcement of Doctoral Theses
Page: 728
Published online: 18 Jul 2016
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