Disability in society and space /

A special issue on disability in society and space is presented. Topics discussed involve repetitive strain injury in the academy; incorporating geographies of disability into rehabilitation science; community-based cooperative ventures for adults with intellectual disabilities; social exclusion, e...

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Publicado en:Canadian Geographer Vol. 47; no. 4; pp. 383 - 509
Autores principales: Chouinard, Vera, Crooks, Valorie A.
Formato: Symposium
Publicado: Wiley-Blackwell Winter 2003
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Sumario:A special issue on disability in society and space is presented. Topics discussed involve repetitive strain injury in the academy; incorporating geographies of disability into rehabilitation science; community-based cooperative ventures for adults with intellectual disabilities; social exclusion, employment equity and Canadian banking; the complexities of defining deafness and young deaf people's identities; the experiences of a quadriplegic anthropologist; enhancing the spatial learning and mobility training of visually impaired people; and intersections of gender and dwarfism in everyday spaces.