Disability as Diversity - Andrews, Erin E
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Disability as Diversity: Developing Cultural Competence is the first book to comprehensively address disability as diversity and provide a guide for developing cultural competence. The text goes beyond disability models, and opens a discourse on concepts such as disability identity development and culture, and culturally appropriate language, assessment, and intervention. Readers will gain an appreciation of the role of cultural competence on healthdisparities, health promotion, and disease prevention for disability across the lifespan. This volume is designed to equip professionals with…mehr

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Disability as Diversity: Developing Cultural Competence is the first book to comprehensively address disability as diversity and provide a guide for developing cultural competence. The text goes beyond disability models, and opens a discourse on concepts such as disability identity development and culture, and culturally appropriate language, assessment, and intervention. Readers will gain an appreciation of the role of cultural competence on healthdisparities, health promotion, and disease prevention for disability across the lifespan. This volume is designed to equip professionals with heightened awareness, knowledge, and skills to enhance the provision of culturally competent care to disabled people.
Autorenporträt
Erin E. Andrews is a licensed psychologist in Austin, TX. She is board certified in rehabilitation psychology. Dr. Andrews is a Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Texas Dell Medical School. She has been a psychologist with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs for over a decade. Her primary areas of clinical and research interest are disability culture, identity, and inclusion. She is a co-founder of the Disabled Parenting Project (DPP), a resource for support and information for parents and prospective parents with a wide range of disabilities as well as professional tools related to disability and parenthood.