Author: Chicago (Ill.). Department of Planning, City and Community Development
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : People with disabilities
Languages : en
Pages : 118
Book Description
Chicago's Physically Disabled Population
Author: Chicago (Ill.). Department of Planning, City and Community Development
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : People with disabilities
Languages : en
Pages : 118
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : People with disabilities
Languages : en
Pages : 118
Book Description
Chicago's Adult Disabled Population
Author: Chicago (Ill.). Dept. of Planning. Special Studies Division
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : People with disabilities
Languages : en
Pages : 65
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : People with disabilities
Languages : en
Pages : 65
Book Description
Additional Data on the Chicago Elderly and Disabled Population from the 1980 Census
Encyclopedia of Disability
Author: Gary L Albrecht
Publisher: SAGE Publications
ISBN: 1452265208
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 2937
Book Description
To read some sample entries, or to view the Readers Guide click on "Additional Materials" in the left column under "About This Book". The wide range of coverage distinguishes this particular set, which was designed "to bring current knowledge and experience with disability across a wide variety of places, conditions, and cultures to both the general reader and the specialist." Editor Albrecht (University of Illinois at Chicago) and over 500 authors from around the world contributed the more than 800 entries. . . drawing in readers from a wide range of studies and interests and helping them to see disability in an entirely new way. Highly recommended for academic and large public libraries." -- BOOKLIST (star review) Obesity. Heart disease. Vision problems. Asthma. AIDS. Depression. Those maimed by land mines, machetes, bullets, bombs and beatings. These are just a few examples of how disability is becoming an increasingly common experience in our daily lives. Regardless of who we are or where we live, disability is with us. SAGE Reference is proud to announce the five-volume Encyclopedia of Disability. This Encyclopedia represents the first attempt to bring an authoritative reference resource to the many faces of disability. It provides a fascinating entry into the world of disability where minds are expanded, prejudices shattered, and spirits raised. The Encyclopedia answers the question: What is disability and why is it important in my life? An international editorial board of seventy-four editors from the Americas, Europe, Australia, India, Japan, and China, all experts in their own sub-fields of disability, developed these volumes. The result is a multidisciplinary, cross-cultural, and historically grounded resource tool that guides the reader across fields, theories, debates, and practices. Key Features Embraces five volumes that improve the reader′s understanding and appreciation of the world of disability: Volumes 1 - 4 cover disability A, including a Reader′s Guide, comprehensive bibliography, and index, and Volume 5 contains a wealth of primary source documents in the field of disability Includes contributions from more than 500 world-renowned scholars who have written over 1,000 entries—in a clear, accessible style—with the desire to bring all students, researchers, and interested readers closer to the daily experience of disability Provides print and Web site references to government documents and data that are rich resources to investigate how disability is measured and treated on an international level Includes a chronology to place the concept of disability in a historical context The Encyclopedia of Disability is a must-have reference for all academic libraries, large public libraries, and any social science, medical, legal, or governmental reference collections. Non-governmental organizations, charitable foundations, and law firms will also want to add this set to their collection. Senior Editors Jerome Bickenbach, Queen′s University Scott Brown Dudley Childress, Northwestern University Medical School Joseph Flaherty, Univeristy of Illinois at Chicago Allen Heinemann, Northwestern University Tamar Heller, Univeristy of Illinois at Chicago Christopher Keys, Univeristy of Illinois at Chicago David Mitchell, Univeristy of Illinois at Chicago Trevor Parmenter, University of Sydney, Australia Mairian Scott-Hill, Marsh Hills Cottage Tom Shakespeare, University of Newcastle Sharon Snyder, Univeristy of Illinois at Chicago
Publisher: SAGE Publications
ISBN: 1452265208
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 2937
Book Description
To read some sample entries, or to view the Readers Guide click on "Additional Materials" in the left column under "About This Book". The wide range of coverage distinguishes this particular set, which was designed "to bring current knowledge and experience with disability across a wide variety of places, conditions, and cultures to both the general reader and the specialist." Editor Albrecht (University of Illinois at Chicago) and over 500 authors from around the world contributed the more than 800 entries. . . drawing in readers from a wide range of studies and interests and helping them to see disability in an entirely new way. Highly recommended for academic and large public libraries." -- BOOKLIST (star review) Obesity. Heart disease. Vision problems. Asthma. AIDS. Depression. Those maimed by land mines, machetes, bullets, bombs and beatings. These are just a few examples of how disability is becoming an increasingly common experience in our daily lives. Regardless of who we are or where we live, disability is with us. SAGE Reference is proud to announce the five-volume Encyclopedia of Disability. This Encyclopedia represents the first attempt to bring an authoritative reference resource to the many faces of disability. It provides a fascinating entry into the world of disability where minds are expanded, prejudices shattered, and spirits raised. The Encyclopedia answers the question: What is disability and why is it important in my life? An international editorial board of seventy-four editors from the Americas, Europe, Australia, India, Japan, and China, all experts in their own sub-fields of disability, developed these volumes. The result is a multidisciplinary, cross-cultural, and historically grounded resource tool that guides the reader across fields, theories, debates, and practices. Key Features Embraces five volumes that improve the reader′s understanding and appreciation of the world of disability: Volumes 1 - 4 cover disability A, including a Reader′s Guide, comprehensive bibliography, and index, and Volume 5 contains a wealth of primary source documents in the field of disability Includes contributions from more than 500 world-renowned scholars who have written over 1,000 entries—in a clear, accessible style—with the desire to bring all students, researchers, and interested readers closer to the daily experience of disability Provides print and Web site references to government documents and data that are rich resources to investigate how disability is measured and treated on an international level Includes a chronology to place the concept of disability in a historical context The Encyclopedia of Disability is a must-have reference for all academic libraries, large public libraries, and any social science, medical, legal, or governmental reference collections. Non-governmental organizations, charitable foundations, and law firms will also want to add this set to their collection. Senior Editors Jerome Bickenbach, Queen′s University Scott Brown Dudley Childress, Northwestern University Medical School Joseph Flaherty, Univeristy of Illinois at Chicago Allen Heinemann, Northwestern University Tamar Heller, Univeristy of Illinois at Chicago Christopher Keys, Univeristy of Illinois at Chicago David Mitchell, Univeristy of Illinois at Chicago Trevor Parmenter, University of Sydney, Australia Mairian Scott-Hill, Marsh Hills Cottage Tom Shakespeare, University of Newcastle Sharon Snyder, Univeristy of Illinois at Chicago
Framework Plan for Chicago's Physically Handicapped Population
Author: SPA/REDCO, Inc
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : People with disabilities
Languages : en
Pages : 496
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : People with disabilities
Languages : en
Pages : 496
Book Description
Study of Chicagoans with Disabilities
Author: Alan Richard Factor
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mentally ill
Languages : en
Pages : 78
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mentally ill
Languages : en
Pages : 78
Book Description
Chicago's Adult Disabled Populations
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : People with disabilities
Languages : en
Pages : 65
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : People with disabilities
Languages : en
Pages : 65
Book Description
Cultural Locations of Disability
Author: Sharon L. Snyder
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226767302
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
In Cultural Locations of Disability, Sharon L. Snyder and David T. Mitchell trace how disabled people came to be viewed as biologically deviant. The eugenics era pioneered techniques that managed "defectives" through the application of therapies, invasive case histories, and acute surveillance techniques, turning disabled persons into subjects for a readily available research pool. In its pursuit of normalization, eugenics implemented disability regulations that included charity systems, marriage laws, sterilization, institutionalization, and even extermination. Enacted in enclosed disability locations, these practices ultimately resulted in expectations of segregation from the mainstream, leaving today's disability politics to focus on reintegration, visibility, inclusion, and the right of meaningful public participation. Snyder and Mitchell reveal cracks in the social production of human variation as aberrancy. From our modern obsessions with tidiness and cleanliness to our desire to attain perfect bodies, notions of disabilities as examples of human insufficiency proliferate. These disability practices infuse more general modes of social obedience at work today. Consequently, this important study explains how disabled people are instrumental to charting the passage from a disciplinary society to one based upon regulation of the self.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226767302
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
In Cultural Locations of Disability, Sharon L. Snyder and David T. Mitchell trace how disabled people came to be viewed as biologically deviant. The eugenics era pioneered techniques that managed "defectives" through the application of therapies, invasive case histories, and acute surveillance techniques, turning disabled persons into subjects for a readily available research pool. In its pursuit of normalization, eugenics implemented disability regulations that included charity systems, marriage laws, sterilization, institutionalization, and even extermination. Enacted in enclosed disability locations, these practices ultimately resulted in expectations of segregation from the mainstream, leaving today's disability politics to focus on reintegration, visibility, inclusion, and the right of meaningful public participation. Snyder and Mitchell reveal cracks in the social production of human variation as aberrancy. From our modern obsessions with tidiness and cleanliness to our desire to attain perfect bodies, notions of disabilities as examples of human insufficiency proliferate. These disability practices infuse more general modes of social obedience at work today. Consequently, this important study explains how disabled people are instrumental to charting the passage from a disciplinary society to one based upon regulation of the self.
The Comprehensive Service Delivery System for the Developmentally Disabled Population of the Garfield Park and Lawndale Communities, Chicago
Author: West Side Health Planning Association
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Developmentally disabled
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Developmentally disabled
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
Health at Older Ages
Author: David M. Cutler
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226132323
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 508
Book Description
Americans are living longer—and staying healthier longer—than ever before. Despite the rapid disappearance of pensions and health care benefits for retirees, older people are healthier and better off than they were twenty years ago. In Health at Older Ages, a distinguished team of economists analyzes the foundations of disability decline, quantifies this phenomenon in economic terms, and proposes what might be done to accelerate future improvements in the health of our most elderly populations. This breakthrough volume argues that educational attainment, high socioeconomic status, an older retirement age, and accessible medical care have improved the health and quality of life of seniors. Along the way, it outlines the economic benefits of disability decline, such as an increased rate of seniors in the workplace, relief for the healthcare system and care-giving families, and reduced medical expenses for the elderly themselves. Health at Older Ages will be an essential contribution to the debate about meeting the medical needs of an aging nation.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226132323
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 508
Book Description
Americans are living longer—and staying healthier longer—than ever before. Despite the rapid disappearance of pensions and health care benefits for retirees, older people are healthier and better off than they were twenty years ago. In Health at Older Ages, a distinguished team of economists analyzes the foundations of disability decline, quantifies this phenomenon in economic terms, and proposes what might be done to accelerate future improvements in the health of our most elderly populations. This breakthrough volume argues that educational attainment, high socioeconomic status, an older retirement age, and accessible medical care have improved the health and quality of life of seniors. Along the way, it outlines the economic benefits of disability decline, such as an increased rate of seniors in the workplace, relief for the healthcare system and care-giving families, and reduced medical expenses for the elderly themselves. Health at Older Ages will be an essential contribution to the debate about meeting the medical needs of an aging nation.