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Childhood and Disability in the Nordic Countries

Being, Becoming, Belonging

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  • © 2015

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Editors:
  1. Rannveig Traustadóttir

    1. University of Iceland, Iceland

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  2. Borgunn Ytterhus

    1. NTNU, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway

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  3. Snæfrídur Thóra Egilson

    1. University of Iceland, Iceland

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  4. Berit Berg

    1. NTNU, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway

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Part of the book series: Studies in Childhood and Youth (SCY)

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  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

  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
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About this book

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.

Reviews

“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)

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Iceland, Iceland

    Rannveig Traustadóttir, Snæfrídur Thóra Egilson

  • NTNU, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway

    Borgunn Ytterhus, Berit Berg

About the editors

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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