Disabled Children's Childhood Studies: Critical Approaches in a Global Context

Author:   T. Curran ,  K. Runswick-Cole
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
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9781137008213


Pages:   204
Publication Date:   29 August 2013
Format:   Hardback
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Disabled Children's Childhood Studies: Critical Approaches in a Global Context


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This collection offers first-hand accounts, research studies and in-depth theoretical explorations of disabled children's childhoods. The accounts oppose the global imposition of problematic views of disability and childhood and instead, offer an open discussion of responsive and ethical research approaches.

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Author:   T. Curran ,  K. Runswick-Cole
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   3.845kg
ISBN:  

9781137008213


ISBN 10:   1137008210
Pages:   204
Publication Date:   29 August 2013
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

PART I: VOICES FOR CREATIVE THEORY, POLICY AND PRACTICE 1. My Story; Stevie, Cath, Colin and Billie Tyrie 2. My Sister Stevie; Billie Tyrie 3. Simply Children; Frejya Haraldsdóttir 4. Thinking Outside Y/our Problem Box: Transitions?; Jo Skitteral 5. Mug or a Teacup and Saucer?; Linda Derbyshire PART II: CONTEMPORARY INQUIRIES 6. Doing Real World Research with Disabled Children: Issues and Challenges; David Abbott 7. Remembering School in Different Historical Worlds: Changing Patterns of Education in the Lives of Disabled Children and Young People; Sonali Shah 8. Disability and Childhood in Spaces of Poverty: Critical Perspectives on Guatemala; Shaun Grech 9. 'Wearing it all with a smile': Psycho-emotional Disablism in the Lives of Parents of Disabled Children; Katherine Runswick-Cole PART III: CONTEMPORARY THEORIES 10. Disabled Children's Childhood Studies: Alternative Relations and Forms of Authority; Tillie Curran 11. 'The Spectre of the Norm': Historicising the Notion of the 'Normal Child'; Harriet Cooper 12. Considerations for an African Childhood Disability Studies; Tsitsi Chataika and Judy Mckenzie 13. The Disavowal of Uncanny Disabled Children: Why Non-Disabled People are so Messed Up Around Childhood Disability; Dan Goodley and Rebecca Lawthom 14. Researching Youth in Neoliberal Times: the Importance of Including Disability; Jenny Slater 15. Concluding thoughts; Katherine Runswick-Cole and Tillie Curran

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David Abbott, University of Bristol, UK Tsitsi Chataika, University of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe Harriet Cooper, Birkbeck, University of London, UK Linda Derbyshire, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK Dan Goodley, University of Sheffield, UK Shaun Grech, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK Freyja Haraldsdóttir, University of Iceland, Iceland Rebecca Lawthom, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK Judith McKenzie, University of Cape Town, South Africa Sonali Shah, University of Leeds, UK Jo Skitteral, Independent Researcher, UK Jenny Slater, Sheffield Hallam University, UK

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