Download or read book Controversial Issues In A Disabling Society written by Swain, John and published by McGraw-Hill Education (UK). This book was released on 2003-01-01 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Controversial Issues in a Disabling Society has been written specifically to raise questions and stimulate debate. It has been designed for use with students in group discussion, and to support in-depth study on a variety of professional courses. It covers a wide range of specific, substantive issues within Disability Studies in a series of succinct chapters. Each chapter sets a question for debate, places the key issues in context and presents a particular argument. This is an accessible and engaging book which challenges dominant positions and ideologies from a social model viewpoint of disability.