Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : The Formation of Disability Studies / Gary L Albrecht, Katherine D Seelman, and Michael Bury -- Part One : The Shaping of Disabilities Studies As A Field -- An Institutional History of Disability / David L Braddock and Susan Parish -- Counting Disability / Glenn T. Fujiura and Violet Rutkowski/Kmitta -- Disability Definitions, Models, Classification Schemes and Applications / Barbara Altman -- Theorizing Disability / Gareth Williams -- Methodological Paradigms That Shape Disability Research / Scott Campbell Brown -- Disability / Patrick Fougeyrollas and Line Beauregard -- An Interactive Person/Environment Social Creation : Representation and Its Discontents / David T. Mitchell and Sharon L. Snyder -- The Uneasy Home of Disability in Literature and Film : Philosophical Issues in the Definition and Social Response to Disability / David Wasserman -- Disability and the Sociology of the Body / Bryan S. Turner -- Intellectual Disabilities/ Quo Vadis? / Trevor R. Parmenter -- Disability, Bioethics and Human Rights / Adrienne Asch -- Disability Studies and Electronic Networking / Ellen Liberti Blasiotti, John D. Westbrook, and Iwao Kobayashi -- Part Two: Experiencing Disability -- Divided Understandings / Carol Gill -- The Social Experience of Disability : Mapping the Family / Philip M. Ferguson -- Disability Studies and the Exploration of Parental Response to Disability : Disability and Community / Michael P. Kelly -- A Sociological Approach : Welfare States and Disabled People / Robert F. Drake -- Advocacy and Political Action / Sharon Barnartt, Kay Schrinerm and Richard Scotch -- Health Care Professionals and Their Attitudes Towards, and Decisions Affecting Disabled People / Ian Basnett -- The Role of Social Networks in the Lives of Persons with Disabilities / Bernice A. Pescosolido -- Inclusion/Exclusion : An Analysis of Historical and Cultural Meanings / Jean-François Ravaud and Henri-Jacques Stiker -- Part Three: Disability In Context -- Disability Culture / Colin Barnes and Geoff Mercer -- Assimilation or Inclusion? : Identity Politics, Disability and Culture / Lennard J. Davis -- Making the Difference / Tom Shakespeare and Nick Watson -- Disability, Politics, and Recognition : Disability Human Rights, Law and Policy / Jerome E. Bickenbach -- The Political Economy of the Disability Marketplace / Gary L. Albrecht and Michael Bury -- Disability and Health Policy / Gerben DeJong and Ian Basnett -- The Role of Markets in the Delivery of Health Services : Disability Benefit Programs / Bonnie O'Day and Monroe Berkowitz -- Can We Improve the Return to Work Record? : A Disability Studies Perspective on Employment Issues and Policies for Disabled People / Kay Schriner -- An International View : Science and Technology Policy / Katherine D. Seelman -- Is Disability a Missing Factor? : Disability, Education and Inclusion / Len Barton and Felicity Armstrong -- Cross/Cultural Issues and Dilemmas : Support Systems / Simi Litvak and Alexandra Enders -- The Interface Between Individuals and Environments : The Relationship between Disabled People and Health and Welfare Professionals / Sally French and John Swain -- Public Health Trends in Disability / Don Lollar -- Past, Present, and Future : Disability in the Developing World / Benedicte Ingstad.