Introducing Disability Studies

Ronald Berger provides students with a comprehensive, accessible introduction to the key themes and controversies in disability studies. This innovative textbook: • provides historical context, from ancient times to the present • traces disability's impact throughout the life course • gives prominence to the voices of people with disabilities • explores popular culture’s role in distorting ideas about disability • addresses emerging ethical issues, such as the implications of genetic selection. Illustrating the profound consequences of differing conceptions of physical, sensory, and cognitive impairments, Berger provides a solid foundation for making sense of disability as a social phenomenon.

• The Short Bus: A Journey Beyond Normal
• No Pity: People with Disabilities Forging a New Civil Rights Movement
• A Disability History of the United States (ReVisioning American History)
• The Disability Studies Reader
• Don't Call Me Inspirational: A Disabled Feminist Talks Back
• Representing Disability in an Ableist World: Essays on Mass Media
• Missing Pieces: A Chronicle Of Living With A Disability
• Stigma: Notes on the Management of Spoiled Identity
• It's So Much Work to Be Your Friend: Helping the Child with Learning Disabilities Find Social Success
• Disability Theory (Corporealities: Discourses Of Disability)