{"product_id":"lives-of-children-and-adolescents-with-disabilities-paperback-softback","title":"Lives of Children and Adolescents with Disabilities - Paperback \/ softback","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book will be of interest to undergraduates, postgraduates and researchers in disability studies, childhood studies, medicine and health sciences, and sociology. It also provides insights that will be of use and value to professionals working with disabled children and adolescents in education, health and in disability-specific services.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOpening with four narratives that offer the reader a window into the lived experience of disabled children, adolescents and their families, subsequent chapters explore a range of issues facing disabled children from early childhood through to late adolescence. Topics include family life, early intervention, inclusive and post-secondary education, the right to play, digital participation, the effects of labelling and matters relating to agency and sexuality.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith chapters discussing research from Australia, Canada, Ireland, Italy, Malta, Mexico, New Zealand, Sweden and the UK amongst others, this book:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003econtributes to the existing body of knowledge about the lives of disabled children and adolescents, with a focus on socially created disabling factors\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eprovides the reader with analysis of issues affecting disabled children and adolescents according to different conceptual frameworks, national contexts and with regard to different types of impairments\/disabilities\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ehighlights the main issues that confront disabled children and adolescents, their families and their allies in the early twenty-first century\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ehighlights the importance of actively listening to the perspectives of disabled children and adolescents\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt provides a rich source of knowledge and information about the lives of disabled children and adolescents, and a variety of perspectives on how their lives are affected by material and non-material factors, social structures and cultural constructions. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45584291987694,"sku":"9780367610197","price":60.79,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookland.com.au\/products\/lives-of-children-and-adolescents-with-disabilities-paperback-softback","provider":"Book Land AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}