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Situation of disabled people in the European Union: the European action plan 2008-2009: communication from the Commission to the Council, the European Parliament, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions
- Author:
- COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
- Publisher:
- Commission of the European Communities
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 11p.
- Place of publication:
- Brussels
This communication describes the situation of disabled people, giving facts and figures and discussing the growing economic dimension; the achievements of the EU Disability Action Plan for 2006-07 (the Community and member states acting together, actions at EU level and development at national level); and priorities for 2008-09 (actions for inclusive partnership through accessibility, and actions towards full enjoyment of fundamental rights), concluding that it reflects the commitment to ensure disabled people are able to enjoy their rights, progress in the key policy areas identified requires maximising synergies and complementaries with members states' activities, and co-operation is crucial.
Measuring disability prevalence
- Author:
- MONT Daniel
- Publisher:
- World Bank
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 42p.
- Place of publication:
- Washington, DC
This paper covers defining disability, different approaches to measurement, the purpose of measurement, census questions for disability prevalence (general prevalence measures and pre-testing of Washington Group questions), and case studies of disability in Brazil, Ecuador and Nicaragua.
Taking a policy process approach to illuminate the political nature of disability policymaking
- Author:
- GIORDONO Leanne
- Journal article citation:
- Evidence and Policy, 17(2), 2021, pp.349-361.
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
Background: In an era of increased polarisation, identity politics and growing reliance on using evidence to make disability policy decisions ‐ evidence-based policymaking ‐ how much do we know about the process by which disability policy decisions are made and the use of evidence therein? Aims and objectives: The objective of this Practice Paper is to introduce key policy process frameworks, highlight connections between models of disability and the policy process, and identify opportunities for disability scholars, analysts and advocates to use a policy process approach. Key conclusions: Wider use of policy process frameworks can enhance our understanding of the political nature of the disability policy decision-making process and conditions that influence how evidence is used to inform disability policy. (Edited publisher abstract)
Corporeality and critical disability studies: toward an informed epistemology of embodiment
- Author:
- FLYNN Susan
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 36(4), 2021, pp.636-655.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
This paper forms an intervention into debates about the corporeality of impairment and ‘bodies that matter’ in critical disability studies. Toward informing the epistemology of embodiment present in critical disability studies, it proposes new directions for progression within four set parameters. Firstly, insights from disability might be better re-purposed toward understanding the nature of all human embodiment. Secondly, one must sufficiently address, but not necessarily polarise, materiality and abstraction. Thirdly, within its parent academy, the epistemological approach might adhere to critical disability studies’ conventions, whilst still avoiding present perils and impasses. Fourthly, it is important not to be so exhaustive and conclusive as to eliminate innovation and creative new trajectories. Overall, the sustaining proposition is, that the productive capacity of disability is immense, toward disrupting and re-configuring ableist understandings of the body in the material world. (Edited publisher abstract)
Disability and Health Journal
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
A scientific, scholarly, and multidisciplinary journal for reporting original contributions that advance knowledge in disability and health. Topics may be related to global health, quality of life, and specific health conditions as they relate to disability. Articles from this journal are abstracted and indexed selectively on Social Care Online.
Exploring how the social model of disability can be re-invigorated: in response to Mike Oliver
- Author:
- LEVITT Jonathan M.
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 32(4), 2017, pp.589-594.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
In his 2013 article in Disability & Society, Oliver recommended that the social model should either be replaced or re-invigorated. In this article, the author argues that the social model’s current emphasis reflects the social conditions in which it was introduced, and that the model’s impact on disabled people’s lives would increase if its emphasis was to more accurately reflect the current social conditions in the geographical regions in which it is applied. In order to help foster its re-invigoration, the author ask five questions for discussion on the way forward for the social model. The questions were identified through examining published writing on the scope of the social model and on the model’s relationship with other models of disability. (Edited publisher abstract)
The post(hu)man always rings twice: theorising the difference of impairment in the lives of people with ‘mental health problems’
- Authors:
- VANDEKINDEREN Caroline, ROETS Griet
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 31(1), 2016, pp.33-46.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
A vital debate in British disability studies concerns the question of how impairment can be theorised, taking place between those who claim a critical realist ontology and those who argue for a critical social ontology. Recently, this discussion on impairment issues seems to merge with the agenda of the newly emerging perspective of critical disability studies. In contrast to the recent claim of Vehmas and Watson in Disability & Society that critical disability theorists only engage in a relativistic deconstruction of impairment, as critical disability scholars the authors explore the recent work of Braidotti who addresses a difference between a deconstructive anti-humanist stance and an affirmative post-humanist turn. Inspired by our empirical research, the authors theorise the difference of impairment in the lives of people with ‘mental health problems’ that can imply, in theoretical and in practical real-life terms, both a limitation and a potential that matters (Edited publisher abstract)
The social model of disability as an oppositional device
- Authors:
- BECKETT Angharad E., CAMPBELL Tomas
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 30(2), 2015, pp.270-283.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
This article engages with debates about the UK Disabled People’s Movement’s ‘Big Idea’ – the social model of disability – positioning this as an ‘oppositional device’. This concept is adapted from the work of the art theorist and activist Brian Holmes, elaborated using insights from Foucault and others. The model’s primary operation is introducing contingency into the present, facilitating disabled people’s resistance-practices. The authors recognise, however, that the device can operate in a disciplinary manner when adopted by a machinery of government. Whilst the primary goal is to understand the character and operation of the social model, by providing a more general definition of an oppositional device as the concrete operation of technologies of power, the authors also propose a concept potentially useful for the analysis of the resistance-practices of activists involved in a wide variety of struggles. This concept may thus have implications for wider social and political analysis. (Edited publisher abstract)
Thirty years of disability psychotherapy, a paradigm shift?
- Author:
- FRANKISH Pat
- Journal article citation:
- Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities, 7(5), 2013, pp.257-262.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Purpose: This paper charts the development and practice of disability psychotherapy for the author and for services. Design/methodology/approach: A personal account relating events to the development of thinking and practice. Findings: The author suggests that a paradigm shift has occurred over the 30 years to a position of “doing with” as opposed to “doing to”. Originality/value: This has not previously been put forward as a way of understanding present day services. (Publisher abstract)
Ouch! talk show
- Author:
- OUCH! TEAM
- Publisher:
- BBC
- Place of publication:
- London
A podcast from the Ouch! team at the BBC covering the views and experiences of disabled people.