Beyond disability :  towards an enabling society / 
edited by Gerald Hales. 
 - London :  Sage Publications in association with the Open University,  1996. 
 - viii, 200 p. :  ill. ;  25cm. 
 - Open University set book.  K255 ;  reader 2 .
 - Open University set book .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (P. [188]-195) and index. 
<br/><br/>Section 1: Setting the scene.  1.Aspects of intervention: consultation, care, help and support - Ann Macfarlane -- 2.Key issues in support - Collette Welch.  Section 2: The practicalities.  3.Mobility impairment - Sue Napolitano -- 4.Visual impairment and disability - Colin Barnes -- 5.A hearing difficulty as impairment - Mairian Corker -- 6.Learning difficulties - Sheila Ford.  Section 3: How does it feel.  7.The experience of care - Sian Vasey -- 8.Disabled people and the equal opportunities movement - Bernard Leach -- 9.The experience of counselling - Sallie Withers -- 10.Being a counsellor - Ray Woolfe.  Section 4: Making it work.  11.Simulation exercises in disability awareness training: a critique - Sally French -- 12.Disability and legislation: rights and equality - Ken Davis -- 13.Legislation: a practical example - young people and education - Deborah Cooper -- 14.Working choices - Brenda Smith -- 15.The attitudes of health professionals towards disabled people - Sally French.  Section 5: The way forward.  16.Four camels of disability - Dick Leaman -- 17.Developing new services - Vic Finkelstein and Ossie Stuart. 
<br/><br/> This study presents theoretical and practical perspectives on how society intervenes in the lives of people with disabilities, demonstrating ways in which such interventions can be ineffective and often counter-productive. Topics include care and counselling, legislation, and future developments. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780803979567 (cased) :  No price 9780803979574 (pbk) :  £11.95 9780803979574 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>96117886 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Handicapped--Great Britain<br/>Handicapped--Services for--Great Britain<br/>Sociology of disability--Great Britain<br/>Social work<br/>Social welfare & social services<br/>Disability: social aspects<br/>Social counselling & advice services<br/>Health systems & services
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>362.4 HAY