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Moving the boundaries of feminist social work education with disabled people in the neoliberal era
- Authors:
- SOLDATIC Karen, MEEKOSHA Helen
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work Education (The International Journal), 31(2), March 2012, pp.246-252.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Social work education in Australia, until recently, has either marginalised or neglected disability by omission. With the increasing number of disabled people in the community, the teaching of social work within a disability studies emancipatory paradigm as an essential part of the curriculum is long overdue. As many social work educators have suggested, Australia is at a critical moment in where the policy environment in which social work is embedded has largely been reframed in line with neoliberal trends. For disabled people, this has meant an ongoing state campaign to diminish disability entitlements, from decreasing disability social security regimes through to the rationalisation of adult disability support and care schemes. This article suggests that emerging discourses within the realm of affective equality can provide one possible avenue to expand social workers’ practice to encourage enabling practices under Australian neoliberal welfare-to-work regimes.