Childhood and Disability in the Nordic Countries

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xvi

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2. Introduction: Disabled Children and Youth in the Nordic Countries

   1. Introduction: Disabled Children and Youth in the Nordic Countries

      • Snæfrídur Thóra Egilson, Borgunn Ytterhus, Rannveig Traustadóttir, Berit Berg

      Pages 1-11

3. Theories and History

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 13-13

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   2. Perspectives on Childhood and Disability

      • Borgunn Ytterhus, Snæfrídur Thóra Egilson, Rannveig Traustadóttir, Berit Berg

      Pages 15-33

   3. Disabled Children and Welfare Policy in the Nordic Countries: Historical Notes

      • Jan Tøssebro

      Pages 35-50

   4. Inclusion, Diagnostics, and Diversity: Ethical Considerations

      • Simo Vehmas

      Pages 51-65

4. Identity and Images

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 67-67

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   2. ‘I Am Different, But I’m Like Everyone Else’: The Dynamics of Disability Identity

      • Anders Gustavsson, Catarina Nyberg

      Pages 69-84

   3. Childhood Disability, Identity and the Body

      • Eiríkur Smith, Rannveig Traustadóttir

      Pages 85-99

   4. Ethnicity, Disability, and Identity

      • Anna M. Kittelsaa

      Pages 101-114

   5. Cultural Representation of Disability in Children’s Literature

      • Hanna Björg Sigurjónsdóttir

      Pages 115-130

5. Interaction and Inclusion

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 131-131

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   2. Social Inclusion as a Theoretical Concept and a Social Practice

      • Karin Barron

      Pages 133-148

   3. Does One Size Fit All? Physical Placement, Organizational Structure, and Parental Satisfaction in Norwegian Day Care Centres

      • Borgunn Ytterhus

      Pages 149-166

   4. Trendsetters and Followers: Disabled Young People’s Computer Use during Leisure Time

      • Helena Hemmingsson

      Pages 167-178

   5. A Comparison of Social Life among 11-Year-Old Disabled Children and 11-Year-Olds in General

      • Maria Lomborg Røgeskov, Helle Hansen, Steen Bengtsson

      Pages 179-195

6. Families and Services

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 197-197

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   2. Ordinary or Not? Families of Children Growing Up with Disabilities

      • Jan Tøssebro, Christian Wendelborg

      Pages 199-213

   3. Immigrant Families with Disabled Children in Norway

      • Berit Berg

      Pages 215-230

   4. User Perspectives on Support Services to Disabled Children and Their Families

      • Snæfrrídur Thóra Egilson

      Pages 231-245

This collection provides a comprehensive insight into disabled children and youth in Nordic countries. It seeks to understand the experiences of children from their own perspectives and takes a multidisciplinary approach grounded in the new social studies of childhood and the Nordic relational approach to disability.

• childhood
• children
• Familie
• identity
• Institution
• interaction
• migration
• participation
• service
• technology
• youth

“This book is eminently readable and offers a wealth of knowledge to inform occupational therapy researchers and practitioners who work with disabled children and their families. Occupational therapy students interested in paediatric interventions will find this book a particularly useful resource to complement biomedical knowledge and enrich their understanding of the complexities involved in providing familycentred service.” (Gail Teachman, Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy, 2015)

"In this dynamic and interdisciplinary text the authors have succeeded in substantively addressing questions associated with theory, identity, inclusion, access and family as they intersect with the lives of disabled children. While this work emerges from the Nordic context, the significant themes and findings of the book will resonate with disabilityresearchers, activists and policy makers across the globe." (Dan Goodley, University of Sheffield, UK)

• University of Iceland, Iceland

  Rannveig Traustadóttir, Snæfrídur Thóra Egilson

• NTNU, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway

  Borgunn Ytterhus, Berit Berg

Karin Barron, University of Gothenburg, Sweden Steen Bengtsson, SFI The Danish National Institute of Social Research, Denmark Anders Gustavsson, Stockholm University, Sweden Helle Hansen, The National Danish Centre for Social Research's Trials Unit, Denmark Helena Hemmingsson, Linköping University, Sweden Anna Kittelsaa, NTNU Social Research, Norway Catarina Nyberg, Stockholm University, Sweden Maria Lomborg Røgeskov, University of Copenhagen and The National Danish Centre for Social Research, Denmark Hanna Björg Sigurjónsdóttir, University of Iceland, Iceland Tom Shakespeare, University of East Anglia Medical School, UK Eiríkur Smith, University of Iceland, Iceland Jan Tøssebro, NTNU Social Research and Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway Simo Vehmas, University of Helsinki, Finland Christian Wendelborg, NTNU Social Research, Norway

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