Handbook of Disability and Rehabilitation

Contents: Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. Disability A Critical Analysis. 3. Developmental Disability. 4. The Medical and Social Model of Disability. 5. Disability Management. 6. Rules on the Equal Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities (UN General Assembly). 7. Indian Laws and Regulations Related to Rehabilitation. 8. National Policy for Persons with Disabilities (2005). 9. Alternative Therapies for Developmental and Learning Disabilities. 10. Inclusive Education in India: Problems and Initiatives. 11. Learning Disabilities in Special Education. 12. Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities-Schemes/Programmes. 13. Disability and Rehabilitation in India. Bibliography.

This path-breaking handbook of disability and rehabilitation signals the emergence of a vital new area of scholarship, social policy and activism. Drawing on the insights of disability research around the world and the creative advice, the world and the creative advice, the book engages the reader in the critical issues and debates farming disability studies and places them in an historical and cultural context. The major themes include; the shaping of disability studies as a field; experiencing disability; and, disability in context. Chapters designed to map the field and explore the key conceptual, theoretical, methodological, practice and policy issues that constitute the field. Each chapter provides a critical review of an area, positions and literature and an agenda for future research and practice. The handbook answers the need expressed by the disability community for a thought provoking interdisciplinary, international examination of the vibrant field of disability studies. The book will be of interest to disabled people, scholars, policy makers and activists alike. The book aims to define the existing field, stimulate future debate, encourage respectful discourse between different interest groups and move the field of step forward. (Jacket)