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.
Author Biography:
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