Social Psychology of Childhood Disability

Name: Social Psychology of Childhood Disability
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

The Social Psychology of Childhood DisabilityAuthor(s): David Thomas\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Psychology Press Ltd\nISBN-13: 9781138853294, 978-1138853294\nSynopsis\nSome years ago I read the phrase \""the spontaneous revulsion to the deformed\"". The phrase seemed to be both potent and provocative: Was there a spontaneous revulsion to disabilities in children or did such conditions evoke a more compassionate response?\n\nOriginally published in 1978, the problems of the disabled were no longer confined to the medical and educational professionals, but had become the concern of the community as a whole. Using terminology very much of the time, the author shows how attitudes towards different kinds of disability had developed at the time; they varied both regionally and by social class, sometimes calling into question the accepted facts about the distribution of a particular condition. Most importantly, the author examines these at.