Intellectual disability is often overlooked within mainstream
disability studies, and theories developed about disability and
physical impairment may not always be appropriate when thinking
about intellectual (or learning) disability. This pioneering book,
in considering intellectually disabled people's lives, sets out a
care ethics model of disability that outlines the emotional caring
sphere, where love and care are psycho-socially questioned, the
practical caring sphere, where day-to-day care is carried out, and
the socio-political caring sphere, where social intolerance and
aversion to difficult differences are addressed. It does so by
discussing issue-based everyday life, such as family,
relationships, media representations and education, in an evocative
and creative manner. This book draws from an understanding of how
intellectual disability is represented in all forms of media, a
feminist ethics of care, and capabilities, as well as other
theories, to provide a critique and alternative to the social model
of disability as well as illuminate care-less spaces that inhabit
all the caring spheres. The first two chapters of the book provide
an overview of intellectual disability, the debates surrounding
disability, and outline the model. Having begun to develop an
innovative theoretical framework for understanding intellectual
disability and being human, the book then moves onto empirical and
narrative driven issue-based chapters. The following chapters build
on the emergent framework and discuss the application of particular
theories in three different substantive areas: education, mothering
and sexual politics. The concluding remarks draw together the
common themes across the applied chapters and link them to the
overarching theoretical framework. An important read for all those
studying and researching intellectual or learning disability, this
book will be an essential resource in sociology, philosophy,
criminology (law), social work, education and nursing in
particular.
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