Disabilities and the life course

Life course analysis recognizes that, depending on the exact life stage, different factors and contexts can become important in shaping identity and experience, as well as the ability to accomplish and respond to certain life transitions and events. Prioritizing individuals’ lived experiences, Disab...

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Other Authors Dillaway, Heather E. (Editor), Shandra, Carrie L. (Editor), Bender, Alexis A. (Editor)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2023.
SeriesResearch in social science and disability ; v. 14.
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Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781804552032
DOI10.1108/S1479-3547202314
Physical Description1 online resource (276 pages).

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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Disabilities and the life course / Heather E. Dillaway, Carrie L.Shandra, Kiera Chan, And Alexis A. Bender
  • Chapter 1. Integrating the social and political dimensions of disability into life course theory / Kenzie Latham-Mintus And Scott D. Landes
  • Chapter 2. Multiple sclerosis diagnosis pathways: An intersectional feminist disability life course perspective / Louise C. Palmer
  • Chapter 3. Disability, gender, or something else? Identity-based interpretations of inequalities over the life course in France / Célia Bouchet And Mathéa Boudinet
  • Chapter 4. Young-adulthood development in the lived experience of persons with kidney failure: Challenges of youth, disability, and transition / Nancy G. Kutner And Tess Bowles
  • Chapter 5. Doing gender, doing disability: How disabled young adults approach gender in response to ableism / Hillary Steinberg
  • Chapter 6. The reception of disability policy in France: A qualitative life course perspective on policy impact / Anne Revillard
  • Chapter 7. College completion among young adults with a disabled sibling / Anna Penner
  • Chapter 8. Negotiating the spousal caregiving relationship following spinal cord injury / Alexis A. Bender
  • Chapter 9. Disability and precarious work over the life course: An application of key concepts / Robyn Lewis Brown
  • Chapter 10. The disability gap in time use by age across the life course / Carrie L. Shandra And Fiona Burke.