Research Handbook on Disability and Society

This multidisciplinary Research Handbook explores how disability presents in individuals and across organizations, communities and society. International experts engage with the persisting difficulties faced by people with disabilities across complex life domains. Transdisciplinary in scope, chapters study disabilities using different methodological and epistemological approaches, highlighting continuing inequalities in access to healthcare, education and training, employment, housing and family support. Leading scholars rethink current paradigms and explore avenues for future research, policy, and advocacy. The Research Handbook on Disability and Society is an essential resource for scholars and researchers in sociology, social policy and disability studies. It will also greatly benefit policymakers and practitioners working in disability policy and social work.