This paper engages with the emerging disciplinary clash between 'care'and
'independence'within disability studies by examining the geography of home care for young …

Feminists have put care on the sociological agenda. At times they have defined it as an
activity that imprisons women, at other times they have seen it as a value that is …

Given the increasing shift of care from state residential services to community-based
support, this book examines the complex geographies of family caregiving for young adults …

Disability remains on the margins of the social sciences. Even where disability is
foregrounded as a category of analysis, accounts regularly emerge in silos, with little …

This paper draws on the narratives of parents of disabled babies in order to conceptualize
enabling care. The analysis emerges from the Sheffield site of an ESRC research project …

Disabled people experience profound discrimination and social disadvantage, but this has
not generated substantial interest among mainstream sociologists. Barnes, Mercer and …

This paper presents a brief review of literature relating to children in families with a disabled
member, including the'young carers' and disability studies literature, and relevant works from …

This paper explores the 'offensive presence'death has sometimes represented in disability
studies. The paper focuses on interviews with three mothers of children with the label of life …

Accessible Summary In the UK very few people with learning disability and/or autism and
their family‐carers have a paid job although a lot of them may wish to work. National plans …

Heightened debate is a sign of a political and intellectual movement's maturity. Major points
of contention occur in disability studies, within and across the areas of academia and …