One of the disturbing messages of this book is the extent to which disabled people are suffering in society. It looks at the socio-economic issues involved as well as the personal aspects of their lives and offers solutions to the discriminating

Disability and dependency - a creation of industrial societies, Mike Oliver
human service policies - the rhetoric versus the reality, Wolf Wolfensberger
Michael Lipsky and street level bureaucracy - a neglected perspective, Bob Hudson
disabled people, normality and social work, Paul Abberley
"I'm not handicapped - I'm different" - "normalization", hospital care and mental handicap, Mano Candappa and Robert Burgess
the 6/75 family assessment and evaluation program, Marion Blythman and Frieda Spivack
rehabilitation development in
South West Asia - conflicts and potentials, M.Miles
"inside we are all equal" - a European social policy survey of people who are deaf, Lesley Jones and Gloria Pullen.