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I had two aims in writing this book. The first was to explore the effects that disability has on non-disabled people, both as individuals and in the social context. Reported experiences of disabled and non-disabled people indicate that disability tends to trigger conscious or unconscious fear and anxiety, which often leads to overt or covert prejudices. Therefore a prerequisite for practitioners intending to work with disabled people is to identity and acknowledge their own defensive reactions to and prejudices about disability.
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© 2003 Shula Wilson
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Wilson, S. (2003). Postscript. In: Disability, Counselling and Psychotherapy. Basic Texts in Counselling and Psychotherapy. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-230-21450-7_8
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