Disability and Social Representations Theory

Taylor & Francis

Disability and Social Representations TheoryThe Case of Hearing Loss\nAuthor(s): Vinaya Manchaiah, Berth Danermark, Per Germundsson, Pierre Ratinaud\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138544451, 978-1138544451\nSynopsis\nDisability and Social Representations Theory provides theoretical and methodological knowledge to uncover the public perception of disabilities. \n\nOver the last decade there has been a significant shift from body to environment, and the relation between the two, when understanding the phenomenon of disabilities. The current trend is to view disabilities as the outcome of this interaction; in short from a biopsychosocial perspective. This has called for research based on frameworks that incorporate both the body and the environment. There is a great corpus of knowledge of the functions of a body, and a growing corpus of environmental factors such as perceptions among specific groups of persons tow.