This collection argues for a new conceptualization of intellectual disability that stresses its cultural variability and social construction, and deemphasizes its medicalized, physiological nature. It is aimed at disability specialists in social anthropology, sociology, social policy, and psychology, and at the broader health/medical anthropology audience. It is novel and radical in its treatment of intellectual disability not purely as an inherent property of individuals, but also as a social phenomenon.
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This collection argues for a new conceptualisation of intellectual disability which stresses its cultural variability and social construction, and de-emphasises its medicalised, physiological nature. It is aimed at disability specialists in social anthropology, sociology, social policy, and psychology, and at the broader health/medical anthropology market. It is novel and radical in its treatment of intellectual disability not purely as an inherent property of individuals, but also as social phenomenon.
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This collection of essays is about the social categorisation of individuals as 'incompetent'. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
avoidance ethic, parents with learning difficulties, social adulthood, people with learning difficulties, intellectual incompetence, having learning difficulties, other adult members, people with mental retardation, social incompetence, subjective status, parental competence Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, Down's Syndrome, Chris Sutton, Martin Riddick, Home Rule, Reynolds Whyte, Social Activity Centre, Great Britain, United Kingdom, Gary Richards, James Riley, Mark Nuttall, Misty Fern, Nancy Lundgren, North American, Pastor Jones, Welsh Office, Adult Training Centre, Greenland Inuit, Immanuel School, June Price New!
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This collection of essays is about the social categorisation of individuals as 'incompetent'. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
avoidance ethic, parents with learning difficulties, social adulthood, people with learning difficulties, intellectual incompetence, having learning difficulties, other adult members, people with mental retardation, social incompetence, subjective status, parental competence Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, Down's Syndrome, Chris Sutton, Martin Riddick, Home Rule, Reynolds Whyte, Social Activity Centre, Great Britain, United Kingdom, Gary Richards, James Riley, Mark Nuttall, Misty Fern, Nancy Lundgren, North American, Pastor Jones, Welsh Office, Adult Training Centre, Greenland Inuit, Immanuel School, June Price New!
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- Disability and Culture by Benedicte Ingstad on 7 pages
- The Category of the Person: Anthropology, Philosophy, History by Michael Carrithers on 4 pages
- A History of Clinical Psychiatry: The Origin and History of Psychiatric Disorders by G. E. Berrios on 4 pages
- Mental Retardation by Journal in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Social Identity (Key Ideas) by Richard Jenkins in Front Matter (1), Front Matter (2), and Back Matter
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- Disability: A Life Course Approach by Mark Priestley in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Spirituality and Intellectual Disability: International Perspectives on the Effect of Culture and Religion on Healing Body, Mind, and Soul by William C Gaventa on page 97, and page 98
- Science and Other Cultures: Issues in Philosophies of Science and Technology by Sandra Harding on page 168, and page 170
- Transition and Change in the Lives of People With Intellectual Disabilities (Research Highlights in Social Work, 38) by David May on page 115
- If I Only Had a Brain: Deconstructing Brain Injury (New Approaches in Sociology) by Mark Sherry in Back Matter
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