Disabilities: insights from across fields and around the world

In: Praeger perspectives

Abstract

In these unprecedented volumes, experts from around the world spotlight the latest research on physical and psychological disabilities, as well as the social, legal, and political issues that come to bear on those people affected. These authors teach us what the disabilities are, how common they have become, what challenges people with disabilities face, what treatments are available, and whether new promising efforts for rehabilitation are on the horizon.||We also learn, in these volumes, about social actions that have advanced human rights for people with disabilities in countries around the