Slater, Jenny.,

Youth and disability a challenge to Mr Reasonable / Jenny Slater. - 152 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. - Interdisciplinary disability studies . - Interdisciplinary disability studies .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

List of figures -- Notes on contributors -- Acknowledgements -- List of abbreviations -- Introduction: theoretical perspectives -- Disabled people in (neo)liberal times (or, disability as unreasonable) -- Youth as border zone, disability and disposability (or, challenging youth as becoming-reasonable adult) -- The making of un/reasonable bodies at the border zone of youth -- From adulthood independence to continuing relational autonomy -- Negotiating space & constituting'problems' : access at the border zone of youth -- Dis/abled youth, bodies, femininity and sexuality : having difficult conversations -- The limits of'sameness' : goodbye mr reasonable -- References.

9781472428516 (hardback : alk. paper) RM343.80


Youth with disabilities.
Sociology of disability--Research.