This handbook questions, debates and subverts commonly held assumptions about disability and citizenship in the global postcolonial context. Discourses of citizenship and human rights, so elemental to strategies for addressing disability-based inequality in wealthier nations, have vastly different ramifications in societies of the Global South, where resources for development are limited, democratic processes may be uncertain, and access to education, health, transport and other key services cannot be taken for granted. In a broad range of areas relevant to disability equity and transformation, an eclectic group of contributors critically consider whether, when and how citizenship may be used as a lever of change in circumstances far removed from UN boardrooms in New York or Geneva. Debate is polyvocal, with voices from the South engaging with those from the North, disabled people with nondisabled, and activists and politicians intersecting with researchers and theoreticians. Along the way, accepted wisdoms on a host of issues in disability and international development are enriched and problematized. The volume explores what life for disabled people in low and middle income countries tells us about subjects such as identity and intersectionality, labour and the global market, family life and intimate relationships, migration, climate change, access to the digital world, participation in sport and the performing arts, and much else.

This handbook questions, debates and subverts commonly held assumptions about disability and citizenship in the global postcolonial context. Discourses of citizenship and human rights, so elemental to strategies for addressing disability-based inequality in wealthier nations, have vastly different ramifications in societies of the Global South, where resources for development are limited, democratic processes may be uncertain, and access to education, health, transport and other key services cannot be taken for granted. In a broad range of areas relevant to disability equity and transformation, an eclectic group of contributors critically consider whether, when and how citizenship may be used as a lever of change in circumstances far removed from UN boardrooms in New York or Geneva. Debate is polyvocal, with voices from the South engaging with those from the North, disabled people with nondisabled, and activists and politicians intersecting with researchers and theoreticians. Along the way, accepted wisdoms on a host of issues in disability and international development are enriched and problematized. The volume explores what life for disabled people in low and middle income countries tells us about subjects such as identity and intersectionality, labour and the global market, family life and intimate relationships, migration, climate change, access to the digital world, participation in sport and the performing arts, and much else.

In recognition of St. Patrick's Day, there will be a 2-week sale price for this novel about a young Irish American comedian. In 1957, a young Irish-American boy stumbles on the site of a commercial shoot in rural Ireland, watching, transfixed, as five hang-gliders dressed in white drift down off an Irish mountain. He thinks they are angels, and runs to meet them, the cameras turn to catch him....and his life is forever changed. Set in the turbulent 60s, The Hapless Life of Samuel Joseph is the story of a young man who is gifted with the ability to make others laugh, but whose heart wants only one thing: to fly. In 1966, back in the United States where he was born, Samuel has become a successful stand-up comedian, and receives an offer to be cast in a television series that satirizes the hippie movement. The decision he makes that day brings into his life Whip Charles, a young man who has for all his life been singing with his parent's gospel group, but who has left that group to find his own way. Sam and Whip, together with their cast-mate, Chace Whitley, (who is a hippie) take on the production of a comedy that dominates and forever changes all their lives, as they struggle with the demands of filming, of friendship, of betrayal, and of their individual fights with their own demons. From the Author: As I developed this manuscript, I recruited eight people from various walks of life to serve as first and second readers, and as proofreaders. After taking their feedback and revising and editing (several times), I asked if any of them were willing to post reviews here. Three of them asked me if I would take their comments and post them myself, so I've taken their comments from and posted them here, as follows: "While I normally don't care for period pieces, the strength of this main character's voice and personality kept me going through the entire story....His life is a study in contrasts, with the rich and deep emotional life of his family, as compared to the harsh realities of the entertainment industry he gets drawn into. A very good read." "There is an emotional depth here that is unusual for a story written about characters who are this young... Moments of real sweetness, and very raw moments of reality." "These characters jump off the page - the dialogue is fantastic. This is something really special." "Written with real authority - as you read, you believe in the times that Sam is occupying. One of the main things I liked about the story is that it did not romanticize the 60s. This story is real." As the author, I will add to this by saying that my original intention in writing this was to tell a story that showed what happens to very talented young people when they are connected with the wrong mentor. That story is here, but, as the three main characters, and especially Sammy, began to develop, the story changed and became its own message. That's a rare experience for a writer, and I hope it becomes a worthwhile one for readers.

The only book on Dovegate TC Contains first-hand insider accounts by staff and inmates Describes the latest developments in TC work Provides extensive data and references A closely observed account of the UK's first private sector prison-based Therapeutic Community (TC) - a 200-bed facility. The book considers: the background to and regimes at Dovegate; modern developments in TC work with (often high-risk) offenders; the differences between Dovegate, Grendon and other UK prison-based TCs; private and public sector imperatives; democratic and hierarchical TCs; reparative, restorative and punitive approaches; accreditation, group work, assessment, suitability and de-selection TC-culture versus prison culture the role of positive attitudes, relationships and experiences; psychology, psychiatry, psychotherapy, security and control; how TCs alter behaviour and prevent crime.