Disability Rights and Wrongs Revisited - Paperback

by Tom Shakespeare (Author)

This substantially revised new edition of Shakespeare's challenging review of disability studies draws on his most recent thinking and incorporates new chapters on cultural disability studies, personal assistance, sexuality, and violence.

Author Biography

Tom Shakespeare is a Senior Lecturer in Medical Sociology at the University of East Anglia, UK. He was until recently a member of the Disability and Rehabilitation team at WHO, where he was an author and editor of the World Report on Disability. He has previously held academic posts at the Universities of Sunderland, Leeds and Newcastle.