One of the disturbing messages of this book is the extent to which disabled people are suffering in society. It looks at the socio-economic issues involved as well as the personal aspects of their lives and offers solutions to the discriminating

Disability and dependency - a creation of industrial societies, Mike Oliver; human service policies - the rhetoric versus the reality, Wolf Wolfensberger; Michael Lipsky and street level bureaucracy - a neglected perspective, Bob Hudson; disabled people, normality and social work, Paul Abberley; I'm not handicapped - I'm different - normalization, hospital care and mental handicap, Mano Candappa and Robert Burgess; the 6/75 family assessment and evaluation program, Marion Blythman and Frieda Spivack; rehabilitation development in South West Asia - conflicts and potentials, M.Miles; inside we are all equal - a European social policy survey of people who are deaf, Lesley Jones and Gloria Pullen.