Introduction and Overview
1. Who Are People with Disabilities?
2. The Minority Model of Disability
3. The Disability Experience: I. Stereotypes and Attitudes
4. The Disability Experience: II. Affect and Everyday
Experiences
5. Families with Disabilities
6. Laws and Social History
7. Beginning Treatment
8. Etiquette with Clients with Disabilities
9. Interviews, Assessment, Evaluation, and Diagnosis
10. Dating, Romance, Sexuality, Pregnancy, Birthing, and Genetic
Testing
11. Special Issues in Therapy with Clients with Disabilities
12. Assistive Technology and Devices
13. The Personal, the Professional, and the Political
14. Research on Disability: Shifting the Paradigm from Pathology to
Policy
15. For Teachers and Supervisors
Rhoda Olkin, PhD, is a professor in the clinical psychology program at the California School of Professional Psychology in Alameda, California. She is also on the staff of Through the Looking Glass in Berkeley, California, an agency serving families with disabilities, and the National Resource Center for Parents with Disabilities. She has experience in disability from the perspective of an administrator (she founded handicapped services at the University of California, Santa Barbara, in the mid-1970s, and is currently the Faculty Advisor to Students with Disabilities at the California School of Professional Psychology), researcher, clinician, teacher, and spouse (of a man with multiple sclerosis), as well as personal experience (she had polio in 1954). Her short stories have been published in literary magazines, and her most recent story on a disability theme appears in Bigger Than the Sky: Disabled Women on Parenting. Her two children can spot ramps and handicapped parking with the best of them.
Simply put, this is the best book on psychotherapy I've read in
years. It is not only a superb guide to treating clients with
disabilities; it is also an eloquent reminder of what
systems-oriented therapy at its most creative can actually be. More
broadly, Olkin opens us up to a compelling vision of how
clinicians, teachers, and researchers can play an active role in
ushering in a more just and diversity-valuing society. --Morris
Taggart, PhD, Psychologist and Family Therapist
This book is destined to become a classic. It is by far the most
comprehensive and well-written text on the topic. Psychologists,
social workers, educators, human resource specialists, and
employers will find much of value. Olkin not only does a masterful
job of integrating theory, research, and practice; she also
communicates the human dimensions of disability. She speaks
passionately and forcefully, providing personal insights that help
readers understand the experiential reality of disability. This
book is helping me to confront biases, stereotypes, and discomfort
that may obstruct my interactions with students, clients, and
acquaintances with disabilities. I am confident that it will make
me a more effective clinician. This is a 'must read' for helping
professionals and educators. --Derald Wing Sue, PhD, President,
Society for the Psychological Study of Ethnic Minority Issues,
Division 45 of the American Psychological Association
Olkin has produced a comprehensive and penetrating analysis of the
significant issues that impact upon the lives of people with
disabilities. Organized, concise chapters address dating and
romance, sexuality, advocacy, discrimination and stress, treatment
and pain, and a plethora of other significant topics. The
bibliography is outstanding. This book is not just for
psychotherapists--it is a vital resource for anyone who studies
disability or is involved in the care or treatment of people with
disabilities. --Mark Nagler, PhD, Professor of Sociology and
Disability Studies, Department of Sociology, Renison College,
University of Waterloo, Canada
This book is a groundbreaking bridge between the disability
community and the mental health profession. A comprehensive and
practical resource containing a thorough review of the literature,
it is replete with original analyses and illustrative clinical
vignettes. Olkin's humor, honesty, and sharing of personal
disability experience make this an absorbing work. It will inform
mental health trainees and will be of interest to practitioners and
researchers, whether or not they have disability expertise. --Megan
Kirshbaum, PhD, Executive Director, Through the Looking Glass;
Co-Director, National Resource Center for Parents with
Disabilities, Berkeley, California
Counseling students can greatly benefit from learning more about
working with people with disabilities. I try to integrate this
topic in every course I teach. --Susan H. Packard, Graduate
Education-Counseling Department, Gwynedd-Mercy College
- A refreshing addition to a body of literature which usually lacks
any alternative to the medical model....A very useful resource for
teaching alternative ways to perceive disability. --Review of
Disability Studies, 1/7/2001ƒƒ A valuable, insider's view of being
on the outside....In addition to educating us about the social
stigma these clients face, [this book] is full of practical
resources and recommendations. --Networker, 1/7/2001ƒƒ Dr. Olkin is
able, because of her own experience with disability and because of
her experience through her work with people with disabilities, to
set the story straight and to expose the myths and fallacies that
have existed for centuries. --Disability Studies Quarterly,
1/7/2001
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