Walking into Darkness: The Experience of Spinal Cord Injury

by Michael Oliver, Gerry Zarb, J. Silver

This is a survey of long-term spinal cord injury patients arising from the lack of knowledge that exists about all aspects of the lives of paraplegic and tetraplegic patients once they leave the intensive care and treatment centres. The main conclusions of the survey are given together with the problems this survey and other research has highlighted. Included are commentaries and recommendations that will be of interest to all those working with the long-term disabled, including social services departments, health visitors, GPs, charities, physicians and nursing staff as well as the disabled themselves.

164 pages, Paperback

First published September 19, 1988

About the author

Michael J. Oliver, born 3 Feb. 1945, is Professor of Disability Studies, at the University of Greenwich.

Formerly he taught in the School of Education Studies at Thames Polytechnic, in London.

Oliver is a disabled academic and political activist. He is a founding council member of the British Council of Disabled People. To date he holds the only professorship of disability studies in Britain. Oliver has published numerous books on disability issues.