Mike Oliver (disability advocate)

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Name Mike Oliver		Role Disability advocate

Books Understanding Disability: From The, Social Work with Disabled, Disability Politics: Understa, The New Politics of Disablement, Alden Nowlan and His

Professor mike oliver speaking at the launch of uk disability history month 2013

Mike Oliver is a British academic, author, and disability rights activist. He is Emeritus Professor of Disability Studies at the University of Greenwich. Much of his work has centered on advocating the social model of disability.

His main publications include:

Oliver, M. (1990). The politics of disablement. London: Macmillan.

Oliver, M. (Ed.). (1991). Social work, disabled people and disabling environments. London: Jessica Kingsley.

Oliver, M. (1996). Understanding disability, from theory to practice. London: Macmillan.

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