Disability & Society is an international journal
providing a focus for debate about such issues as human rights,
discrimination, definitions, policy and practices. It appears
against a background of change in the ways in which disability
is viewed and managed. Definitions of disability are more readily acknowledged to be
relative; custodial approaches are seen as inadequate and unacceptable
- placing greater emphasis on community care and integration.
However, policy intentions may not have the desired effects on
the realities of everyday practice and policy changes themselves
may be merely cosmetic, or appropriate but unfunded. While publishing articles that represent all the professional
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Disability & Society
EDITOR
Len Barton, Division of Education, University of Sheffield, UK
REVIEWS EDITOR
Colin Barnes, Disability Research Unit, University of Leeds, UK
EXECUTIVE EDITORS
Jenny Corbett, Institute of Education, University of London, UK
Mairian Corker, London, UK
Pauline Hardiker, University of Leicester, UK
Mike Oliver, University of Greenwich, London, UK
EDITORIAL BOARD
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Volume 14, 1999, 6 issues. ISSN 0968-7599.
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