This fully revised and expanded new edition of Disability: The Basics, is an engaging and accessible text which explores the broad historical, social, environmental, economic and legal factors which affect the experiences of those living with an impairment or illness in contemporary society.
The book explores key introductory topics including:

• the diversity of the disability experience
• disability rights and advocacy
• ways in which disabled people have been treated throughout history and in different parts of the world
• the daily realities of living with an impairment or illness
• health, education, employment and other services that exist to support and include disabled people
• ethical issues at the beginning and end of life
• a new chapter on culture and representations of disability
• a new chapter on climate change and disability

Providing an understanding of the lived experiences of disabled people whilst highlighting the continuing gaps and barriers in social responses to the challenge of disability, this textbook will be of interest to general readers and students of disability studies, as well as those studying a disability module as part of a wider course within social work, health care, sociology, nursing, policy and media studies.