Disability Topics

Does being disabled affect the way a person interacts with others? How do non-disabled people view disabled people? What responsibility does society have to the disabled or handicapped? These are just some of the questions that come to mind. Can you think of others?

Some terms to searched: handicapped, blind, deaf, physically handicapped, disabilities, learning disabilities, mainstreaming 

• Sociological Abstracts 

  American Sociological Association Index to the international sociological literature covering all sociological related areas To limit articles dealing with the U.S. enter: DE=United States
  handicapped and DE=united states

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• Annual Review of Sociology 

  Includes approximately 20 essays in each issue summarizing and discussing the relationship of the most influential research studies in different areas of sociology. Search by keyword or use AND between terms. e.g. disabled and "social interaction"
• Social Services Abstracts 

  This index is particularly good in finding articles on social wefare topics, e.g. homelessness, welfare reform, health care, etc.
  To limit articles dealing with the U.S. enter:DE=United States
  homelessness and DE=united states