Title
Art and disability : the social and political struggles facing education / Alice J. Wexler ; foreword by Roger Cardinal.
ISBN
9780230623934
023062393X
0230606296
9780230606296
Published
New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.
Physical Description
1 online resource. (xvi, 248 pages) : illustrations
Local Notes
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Summary
This book argues that the arts are most effective when they are in service of social growth, which is so critical to identity formation and advances art education as a tool to achieve this end.
Variant and related titles
Palgrave social & cultural studies collection 2009.
Other formats
Print version: Wexler, Alice, 1942- Art and disability. 1st ed. New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009
Added to Catalog
April 19, 2018
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; One: Overview; Two: Autistic Spectrum Disorders; Three: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder; Four: Learning Disabilities; Five: Emotional Disturbance and Behavioral Disorders; Six: The Blind and Visually Impaired; Seven: Traumatic Brain Injury and the Northeast Center for Special Care; Eight: Community Outreach and Alternative Settings; Nine: Lesson Plans; Notes; References; Index.
Genre/Form
Electronic books.