Disability and Social Change

With contributions from a broad range of authors and editors, this volume offers various perspectives on disability issues in South Africa. Themes include the following:

• theoretical approaches to, and representations of, disability;
• government and civil society responses to disability;
• rights of disabled people in relation to health, education, employment, and social security;
• the politics related to service provision, and;
• disability and the media.

A more detailed description from the volume's publisher - the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) Press - follows:"From issues of poverty, homelessness and HIV/AIDS to a history of Disabled People South Africa (DPSA) to how the media portrays disability, diverse voices have created a remarkable publication. Central to the theme of the book is the link between disability and social oppression. The contributors explore this within a uniquely South African context, both acknowledging the positive steps that have been achieved, and noting where change is still urgently necessary."