Disability Rights and Wrongs
A disability scholar argues that bodies matter as well as barriers, and rethinks disability rights.
Tom Shakespeare challenges the social model of disability, the idea that people are disabled only by barriers in society. He argues that impairment and social barriers both matter, and applies this view to questions of identity, care, sexuality and genetics. The book draws on his own experience as a disabled person as well as his research.
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