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Disability, Society, and the Individual
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Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin
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July 1, 2002
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Copyright informationCopyright Pro-Ed, Incorporated Summer 2002. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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Smart, J. (2001). Disability, Society, and the Individual.
Austin, TX: PRO-ED.
357 pages, $54.00 (softcover)
In her book, Disability, Society, and the Individual, Julie Smart has accomplished what very few writers in the area of psychosocial aspects of disability have-creating a comprehensive, well-balanced, theoretical-empirical outlook on the lives of people with disabilities. In her introduction to the book, Smart declares that her goal is "to look at the disability experience from the perspective of the individual who has the disability, to discuss how disabilities are viewed by society, and to consider the relationship between these two viewpoints" (p. xiii). The spirit of this ...
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