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Disability on equal terms
- Authors:
- SWAIN John, FRENCH Sally
- Publisher:
- Sage
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 208p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Disability on Equal Terms presents an authoritative collection of writings that examine and challenge traditional notions of disability. Edited and written by leading experts in the field, the book offers a multidisciplinary approach to disability studies, incorporating perspectives from a wide range of health and social care services, as well as a distinct and unique emphasis on the personal testimonies of disabled people themselves. The book is divided into three discrete sections, each of which is prefaced by an editorial introduction which brings together the key themes and issues under discussion.
Telling stories for a politics of hope
- Authors:
- FRENCH Sally, SWAIN John
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 21(5), August 2006, pp.383-396.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
This paper is about listening to voices from an excluded past. The oral history of disabled people challenges accepted, formal history, the history from dominant voices well established in unequal power relations. The paper draws on an oral history project conducted with over 60 visually impaired people who gave detailed accounts, telling stories of their experiences of education. This oral history research was carried out through the medium of the interview. The analysis covers school life, focusing on the recurring themes of abuse and friendships. The paper then turns to relationships with family and community, and how participants placed schooling within the broader context of their lives. These stories are a small part of the history of disabled individuals’ exclusion within which, as we hope to demonstrate, the chinks of collective light were born.
Confronting disabling barriers: towards making organisations accessible
- Authors:
- SWAIN John, GILLMAN Maureen, FRENCH Sally
- Publisher:
- Venture Press
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 84p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Birmingham
There are many different types of barriers which prevent disabled people's full and equal participation in society: not only physical barriers created by lack of access to buildings and transport systems, but also social and economic barriers resulting from unequal access to education, employment and services; lack of representation and involvement in local planning and politics; and a limited understanding of the nature of disablement.
Cut-off: how we spent our time in a residential school
- Author:
- FRENCH Sally
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 38(2), June 2010, pp.112-119.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
This article documents the ways in which both pupils and care staff spent their time at Ingfield Manor School in Sussex in the 1960s. At this time, Ingfield Manor School was a residential school for children with physical disabilities and mild learning disabilities. It is told from the perspective of the author, who worked at the school as an assistant housemother, and two of her co-workers who the standard of care for people with learning disabilities in this school was considered to be good. The article’s aim is to add to the history of disabled people, including those with learning disabilities, as told through the experiences of three young women embarking on child care work.
Working with disabled people in policy and practice: a social model
- Authors:
- FRENCH Sally, SWAIN John
- Publisher:
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Publication year:
- 2011
- Pagination:
- 224p.
- Place of publication:
- Basingstoke
This book examines how interagency working has impacted on the support that disabled people and their families receive. The authors provide a critical review of the contemporary health and social care landscape from the perspective of disabled service users. Using the highly influential social model of disability as their framework, they explore the barriers that deny disabled people full participation in society, and identify the issues for practitioners and policymakers. Incorporating the views of disabled people the book addresses: how effective practice can be shaped by service users' own accounts of their experiences, both positive and negative; the structural and environmental inequalities that block opportunities to influence future policy; and the roles of key professionals in shaping the support that disabled people receive. The book constructs a new vision for partnership-led practice in the field, with the implications for policy and practice laid out. It is designed for students and practitioners working with disabled people and their families, across all fields of health and social care, including social work, nursing, education and community work.
Understanding disability: a guide for health professionals
- Authors:
- FRENCH Sally, SWAIN John
- Publisher:
- Churchill Livingston
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 244p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
This book examines disability, in an accessible and interactive style, as it relates to healthcare policy and practice. It is aimed at physiotherapists and occupational therapists, both students and practitioners, but will also be useful to all healthcare workers, including nurses, doctors and speech and language therapists.