Disability as a fluid state

• Other Authors: Barnartt, Sharon N.
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K. : Emerald, 2010.
• Series: Research in social science and disability ; 5.
• Subjects: Sociology of disability.; People with disabilities.

Disability is often described in a way that suggests that it is most often a permanent state. Many concepts and models of disability suggest this. Even when it is described as being socially constructed, the implication is that an impairment leads to a permanent status of disabled within that social...