Childhood and Disability in the Nordic Countries

Being, Becoming, Belonging
1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-349-44118-1
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 264 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 361 g

Reihe: Studies in Childhood and Youth

This collection provides a comprehensive insight into disabled children and youth in Nordic countries. It seeks to understand the experiences of children from their own perspectives and takes a multidisciplinary approach grounded in the new social studies of childhood and the Nordic relational approach to disability.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Traustadóttir, R.

Berg, B.

Ytterhus, B.

Egilson, S.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Familiensoziologie
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword; Tom Shakespeare Introduction: Disabled Children and Youth in the Nordic Countries; Snæfrídur Th. Egilson; Borgunn Ytterhus; Rannveig Traustadóttir; Berit Berg PART I: THEORIES AND HISTORY 1. Perspectives on Childhood and Disability; Borgunn Ytterhus; Snæfrídur Th. Egilson; Rannveig Traustadóttir; Berit Berg 2. Disabled Children and Welfare Policy in the Nordic Countries: Historical notes; Jan Tøssebro 3. Inclusion, Diagnostics, and Diversity: Ethical Considerations; Simo Vehmas PART II: IDENTITY AND IMAGES 4. 'I'm different, but I am like everyone else' – the Dynamics of Disability Identity; Anders Gustavsson; Catarina Nyberg 5. Childhood Disability, Identity and the Body; Eiríkur Smith; Rannveig Traustadóttir 6. Ethnicity, Disability and Identity; Anna Kittelsaa 7. Cultural Representation of Disability in Children's Literature; Hanna Björg Sigurjónsdóttir PART III: INTERACTION AND INCLUSION 8. Interaction and Belonging in Preschool; Karin Barron 9. Norwegian Preschools as Integrating Institutions? Disabled Children in Preschool 1999-2009; Borgunn Ytterhus 10. Interacting Technology and Social Participation; Helena Hemmingsson 11. A Comparison of Social Life Among 11-year-old Disabled Children and 11 Year-olds in General; Maria Røgeskov; Helle Hansen; Steen Bengtsson PART IV: FAMILIES AND SERVICES 12. Growing up with Disability: Family Perspective; Jan Tøssebro; Christian Wendelborg 13. Immigration and Disability: Minority Families with Disabled Children; Berit Berg 14. Services to Disabled Children and their Families: User Perspectives; Snæfríður Th. Egilson

Über Autor(innen)

Karin Barron, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
Steen Bengtsson, SFI The Danish National Institute of Social Research, Denmark
Anders Gustavsson, Stockholm University, Sweden
Helle Hansen, The National Danish Centre for Social Research's Trials Unit, Denmark
Helena Hemmingsson, Linköping University, Sweden
Anna Kittelsaa, NTNU Social Research, Norway
Catarina Nyberg, Stockholm University, Sweden
Maria Lomborg Røgeskov, University of Copenhagen and The National Danish Centre for Social Research, Denmark
Hanna Björg Sigurjónsdóttir, University of Iceland, Iceland
Tom Shakespeare, University of East Anglia Medical School, UK
Eiríkur Smith, University of Iceland, Iceland
Jan Tøssebro, NTNU Social Research and Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
Simo Vehmas, University of Helsinki, Finland
Christian Wendelborg, NTNU Social Research, Norway