Disability in Contemporary China

Disability in Contemporary China
Author: Sarah Dauncey
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 247
Release: 2020-09-24
Genre: History
ISBN: 1108916163

Sarah Dauncey offers the first comprehensive exploration of disability and citizenship in Chinese society and culture from 1949 to the present. Through the analysis of a wide variety of Chinese sources, from film and documentary to literature and life writing, media and state documents, she sheds important new light on the ways in which disability and disabled identities have been represented and negotiated over this time. She exposes the standards against which disabled people have been held as the Chinese state has grappled with expectations of what makes the 'ideal' Chinese citizen. From this, she proposes an exciting new theoretical framework for understanding disabled citizenship in different societies – 'para-citizenship'. A far more dynamic relationship of identity and belonging than previously imagined, her new reading synthesises the often troubling contradictions of citizenship for disabled people – the perils of bodily and mental difference and the potential for personal and group empowerment.

Managing Disability in the Workplace

Managing Disability in the Workplace
Author: International Labour Office
Publisher: International Labour Organization
Total Pages: 60
Release: 2002
Genre: Employees
ISBN: 9789221116394

Throughout the world, people with disabilities are participating in and contributing to the world of work at all levels. However, many persons with disabilities who want to work are not given the opportunity to do so. This code addresses this and other concerns. Throughout the world, people with disabilities are participating in and contributing to the world of work at all levels. However, many persons with disabilities who want to work are not given the opportunity to do so. This code addresses this and other concerns while providing valuable guidelines for employers in the management of disability-related issues in the workplace.

Social Welfare in India and China

Social Welfare in India and China
Author: Jianguo Gao
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 501
Release: 2020-09-01
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9811556482

Focusing on social work and social service delivery, this book examines the social policies and programmes designed to address different societal issues and concerns across India and China. It focuses on gaining understanding of design and delivery of social welfare policies related to special interest groups, highlighting important contemporary challenges such as child labour, child abuse, exploitation of women, problems related to disabled people, mental health issue, illiteracy and unemployment. Offering a comparative perspective, the book considers the impact of political administration in both countries to critically assess key issues related to social welfare in two different political, economic, social, and cultural contexts.

Bodies of Difference

Bodies of Difference
Author: Matthew Kohrman
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Total Pages: 304
Release: 2005-05-23
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0520226445

Annotation A study of the culture of disability in China and the emergence of the government institution known as the China Disabled Persons' Federation.

An Oral History of the Special Olympics in China Volume 1

An Oral History of the Special Olympics in China Volume 1
Author: William P. Alford
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 163
Release: 2020-05-22
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9811551324

This open access book is unique in presenting the first oral history of individuals with an intellectual disability and their families in China. In this summary volume and the two accompanying volumes that follow, individuals with an intellectual disability tell their life stories, while their family members, teachers, classmates, and co-workers describe their professional, academic, and family relationships. Besides interview transcripts, each volume provides observations and records in real time the daily experiences of people with an intellectual disability. Drawing on the methodologies of sociology and oral history, the summary volume provides an unprecedented account of how people with intellectual disabilities in China understand themselves while also examining pertinent issues of public policy and civil society that have ramifications beyond the field of disability itself.

The Oxford Handbook of Disability History

The Oxford Handbook of Disability History
Author: Michael A. Rembis
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 553
Release: 2018
Genre: History
ISBN: 0190234954

The Oxford Handbook of Disability History features twenty-seven articles that span the diverse, global history of the disabled--from antiquity to today.

As Many as the Stars

As Many as the Stars
Author: Robert Glover
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Total Pages: 214
Release: 2020-10-15
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1529317193

'There are a few rare occasions in life, when events seem to conspire in a profound and extraordinary way. In those moments God pulls back the curtain on his plans and you get to see a glimpse of what he has in store in you. In the end you are clearer on your life's purpose and destiny. This was one of those moments.' AS MANY AS THE STARS tells the story of how one man moved with his wife and six young children from the UK to China to follow God's call. Robert Glover was a social worker in the East of England who went on to radically transform Chinese government's policy on care welfare. In conversations with the Chinese government Robert fought to show that family-based fostering and adoption was a better alternative to the system of state-sponsored orphanages. In 1998, Robert pioneered the first small pilot project in Shanghai. In the same year Care for Children was founded as a charity as the first joint venture social welfare project between the British and Chinese governments. The goal was to provide skills and knowledge to local staff that could eventually impact many thousands of orphans in China. Robert had a big vision but continued to trust God in his plans. Now Robert's charity Care for Children has reached their goal of getting ONE MILLION children fostered or adopted, which is 85% of the children in the state-run institutions and they have since expanded into Thailand and Vietnam. Told with humour & simplicity AS MANY AS THE STARS gives a deeper understanding of the importance of families in God's plan; God's deep concern for the plight of the orphan and the poor; how to live with greater compassion, generosity and courage to share the love of Christ with a needy world.

Disability and Poverty

Disability and Poverty
Author: Eide, Arne H.
Publisher: Policy Press
Total Pages: 253
Release: 2011-05-31
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1847428851

This book is about being disabled and being poor and the social, cultural and political processes that link these two aspects of living in what has been characterised as a "vicious circle" (Yeo & Moore 2003). It is also about the strengths that people show when living with disability and being poor. How they try to overcome their problems and making the best out of what little they have. This book will appeal to academics, postgraduates and policymakers in disability studies, development studies, poverty and social exclusion

World Report 2017

World Report 2017
Author: Human Rights Watch
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2017-01-13
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1609807340

The human rights records of more than ninety countries and territories are put into perspective in Human Rights Watch's signature yearly report. Reflecting extensive investigative work undertaken in 2016 by Human Rights Watch staff, in close partnership with domestic human rights activists, the annual World Report is an invaluable resource for journalists, diplomats, and citizens, and is a must-read for anyone interested in the fight to protect human rights in every corner of the globe.