Handbook of Communication and People With Disabilities

This book can truly be said to be one of a kind....anyone who reads the entire book will come away with a better understanding of the many nuances, issues, and practicalities involved in successful interactions between those with and without disabilities. -Disability Studies Quarterly ...the first comprehensive collection of communication research concerning the disabled....the editors have done all of us a service with this handbook of research findings and questions as yet unanswered. -Communication Booknotes Quarterly Handbook of Communication and People With Disabilities is a landmark book....[it] will be useful to scholars interested in communication questions around disability, for it provides a valuable sampling of many of the kinds of work that communication scholars are doing in this area. It will be of particular value as a textbook for the growing number of classes exploring communication and disability. More importantly, however, the book makes a significant contribution to disability studies because it highlights communication as a crucial factor in the social construction of disability. -Health Communication This groundbreaking collection stands as an important accomplishment for scholars in communication disciplines whose work engages issues related to disability and begins to fill a significant void in communication research....Readers...will be rewarded with a wealth of serious scholarship and critical insight. -The Southern Communication Journal