This chapter discusses perceptions and experiences of impairment and disability from the
perspectives of learning disabled children, their parents and their social workers. The author …

The emergence of both disability studies and the new social studies of childhood has seen a
new approach in the study of disability in childhood. The focus has shifted from an …

A crucial contemporary dynamic around children and young people in the Global North is
the multiple ways that have emerged to monitor their development, behaviour and character …

Existing research approaches to childhood disability have compounded a view of disabled
children as passive and dependent. Moreover, the voices of disabled children themselves …

The social model of disability has paid little attention to disabled children, with few attempts
to explore how far it provides an adequate explanatory framework for their experiences. This …

During the 1990's academics argued that we did not know what disabled children/young
people thought about education, health and social services (Baldwin & Carlisle 1994 …

This paper suggests that the emergence of disabled children's childhood studies as an area
of study offers a distinct approach to inquiry; it represents a significant shift away from the …

This book encompasses a wide range of perspectives on childhood impairment and its
social implications. The book adopts a child-centred approach, stressing the importance of …

This book is about 'disabled children's childhood studies'. Its primary purpose is to centre our
attention on the experiences of disabled children and young people and to develop theories …

The need to listen carefully, or to find a way to take seriously the words of youth depends not
only on methodological issues but on theoretical ones as well (Biklen, 2004, 722). Disability …