Rethinking Disability in India

Moving away from clinical, medical or therapeutic perspectives on disability, this book explores disability in India as a social, cultural and political phenomenon, arguing that this `difference' should be accepted as a part of social diversity. It further interrogates the multiple issues of identification of the disabled and the forms of oppressio <p>One An Autobiographical note: My own Journey, <b>Two </b>Conversations about Disability: The Cultural Landscape, <b>Three </b>Understanding Disability: Slippery ropes, <b>Four </b>At the Periphery: Marginalized Disabled Lives, <b>Five </b>Mystifying realities: right to Life, <b>Six </b>Theorizing Disability, <b>Seven </b>Politics of Identity: oppression and resistance, <b>Eight </b>need For a Paradigm Shift: Conceptualizing, Disability Studies. Index.</p>