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Meaning of a Disability
Albert Robillard
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Description for Meaning of a Disability
Paperback. Moving from examinations of narratives about disability and illness, the stigmatizing things that healthcare providers unwittingly say to their patients, and communication problems in the intensive care unit, to more personal reflections on anger, isolation, and stories of tragedy, tis work also discusses disability in the workplace. Num Pages: 191 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; JFFG; JKS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5182 x 3226 x 407. Weight in Grams: 245.
When ethnomethodologist Albert Robillard began to suffer the symptoms of motor-neuron disease, he realized he was a living laboratory for revealing the countless taken-for-granted methods people use to produce being together. Meaning of a Disability is a detailed autobiography of the experiences and trained observations of a university professor who became paralyzed in mid-life. With his loss of speech, Robillard was forced to communicate through a lip-reading system developed by his wife and student assistants. Restricted by this form of communication and his paralysis, he soon learned the frustrations of making his meaning known. Hospital nurses wrongly anticipated ... Read more
When ethnomethodologist Albert Robillard began to suffer the symptoms of motor-neuron disease, he realized he was a living laboratory for revealing the countless taken-for-granted methods people use to produce being together. Meaning of a Disability is a detailed autobiography of the experiences and trained observations of a university professor who became paralyzed in mid-life. With his loss of speech, Robillard was forced to communicate through a lip-reading system developed by his wife and student assistants. Restricted by this form of communication and his paralysis, he soon learned the frustrations of making his meaning known. Hospital nurses wrongly anticipated ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
191
Condition
New
Number of Pages
191
Place of Publication
Philadelphia PA, United States
ISBN
9781566396769
SKU
V9781566396769
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99-1
About Albert Robillard
Albert R. Robillard is Professor of Sociology and Pacific Island Studies at the University of Hawaii at Manoa and author of Social Change in the Pacific Islands.
Reviews for Meaning of a Disability
"[Robillard] writes with great preciseness and accuracy... This book should be read by those working with people with disabilities, those teaching in the area of Disability Studies, and by people with disabilities." -Disability Studies Quarterly