Social Work Practice and People Living with Disability

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Edwards, Niki and King, Julie. 2023. "Social Work Practice and People Living with Disability." Petrakis, Melissa (ed.) Social Work Practice in Health: An introduction to contexts, theories and skills. Abingdon. Routledge. pp. 118-131

Chapter Title	Social Work Practice and People Living with Disability
Book Chapter Category	Edited book (chapter)
ERA Publisher ID	3137
Book Title	Social Work Practice in Health: An introduction to contexts, theories and skills
Authors	Edwards, Niki and King, Julie
Editors	Petrakis, Melissa
Edition	2nd
Page Range	118-131
Chapter Number	10
Number of Pages	15
Year	2023
Publisher	Routledge
Place of Publication	Abingdon
ISBN	9781032362083
	9781003330745
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)	https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003330745-12
Web Address (URL)	https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9781003330745-12/social-work-practice-people-living-disability-niki-edwards-julie-king
Abstract	Disability is a deeply personal experience that means different things to different people. How disability is defined is evolving and changing. Typically understood through a biomedical lens with regard to the impact of impairments on a person’s independent life in the community; disability is broadly considered a global and universal phenomenon. This chapter examines disability at international, national and personal levels. The power of language is considered given a medicalised Global North problem-saturated grand narrative of disability has emerged. This approach is entrenched in contemporary social work practice; hence the need for critical examination and reflexivity. Potential contributions of the critical social worker will be outlined and expanded upon.
Keywords	Social work; Disability
Contains Sensitive Content	Does not contain sensitive content
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020	420305. Health and community services
Public Notes	Files associated with this item cannot be displayed due to copyright restrictions.
Byline Affiliations	University of Southern Queensland
	Queensland University of Technology

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