Accessibility and disability
If we don't make our society as accessible as possible, we're preventing many people from being able to participate in a meaningful manner.
The books we've brought together here cover a wide range of topics, from combatting disability harassment, to how to create participatory research, and ableism in academia, to the relationship of disability and ageing.
Bristol University Press and Policy Press are signed up to the UN SDG Publishers Compact. In this cross-cutting theme, we aim to address the following goal:
You may also be interested in our Global Social Challenge on equality, diversity and inclusion.
Independent futures
Creating user-led disability services in a disabling society
This book provides the first comprehensive review of the increase in the UK and internationally in the number of disability related support services controlled by disabled people themselves. It highlights the need for greater user involvement in service provision and delivery.
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Parenting and disability
Disabled parents' experiences of raising children
This book reports on the first substantial UK study of parenting, disability and mental health. It examines the views of parents and children in 75 families. Covering a broad spectrum of issues facing disabled parents and their families, it provides a comprehensive review of relevant policy issues.
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