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The body and physical difference: discourses on disability
- Editors:
- MITCHELL David T., SNYDER Sharon L., (eds)
- Publisher:
- University of Michigan Press
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 300p.
- Place of publication:
- Ann Arbor, MI
The book seeks to introduce the field of disability studies into the humanities by exploring the fantasies and fictions that have crystallized around conceptions of physical and cognitive difference. Based on the premise that the significance of disabilities in culture and the arts has been culturally vexed as well as historically erased, the collection probes our society's pathological investment in human variability and "aberrancy." The contributors demonstrate how definitions of disability underpin fundamental concepts such as normalcy, health, bodily integrity, individuality, citizenship, and morality--all terms that define the very essence of what it means to be human. The book provides a provocative range of topics and perspectives: the absence of physical "otherness" in Ancient Greece, the depiction of the female invalid in Victorian literature, the production of tragic innocence in British and American telethons, the reconstruction of Civil War amputees, and disability as the aesthetic basis for definitions of expendable life within the modern eugenics movement. With this new, secure anchoring in the humanities, disability studies now emerges as a significant strain in contemporary theories of identity and social marginality. Moving beyond the oversimplication that disabled people are marginalized and made invisible by able-ist assumptions and practices, the contributors demonstrate that representation is founded upon the perpetual exhibition of human anomalies. In this sense, all art can be said to migrate toward the "freakish" and the "grotesque." Such a project paradoxically makes disability the exception and the rule of the desire to represent that which has been traditionally out-of-bounds in polite discourse.
The HARC challenging behaviour project: report 5: the treatment and management of challenging behaviour
- Authors:
- EMERSON Eric, et al
- Publisher:
- University of Manchester. Hester Adrian Research Centre
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 33p.
- Place of publication:
- Manchester
In 1994 the Department of Health commissioned the Hester Adrian Research Centre at the University of Manchester and the Centre for Health Economics at the University of York to undertake a series of projects to investigate aspects of challenging behaviour shown by people with learning disability. These projects extended workv previously undertaken at the Hester Adrian Research Centre. In particular they built upon a study of the prevaence of challenging behaviour in the areas served by seven District Health Authorities in the North West of England in 1988.
Future demand for residential provision for people with learning disabilities
- Author:
- PARROTT Richard
- Publisher:
- University of Manchester. Hester Adrian Research Centre
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 26p.
- Place of publication:
- Manchester
Approximately ,2,000 million per year is spent by Local Authorities and the NHS and in England to support people with learning disabilities. A significant proportion of these resources are devoted to providing residential supports. Given such a level of investment, it is clearly prudent for Local Authorities and Health Authorities to closely monitor: the value or outcomes associated with current investment; and the current and future match between supply and demand. Work recently commissioned by the Department of Health has summarised current knowledge relating to the quality and costs of different approaches to providing residential supports for people with learning disabilities. This review also highlighted concerns regarding an apparent shortfall in current provision and drew attention to the possibility of a future increase in the need (and demand) for residential supports.
The HARC challenging behaviour project: summary report
- Authors:
- EMERSON Eric, et al
- Publisher:
- University of Manchester. Hester Adrian Research Centre
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 21p.
- Place of publication:
- Manchester
In 1994 the Department of Health commissioned the Hester Adrian Research Centre at the University of Manchester and the Centre for Health Economics at the University of York to undertake a series of projects to investigate aspects of challenging behaviour shown by people with learning disability. These projects extended workv previously undertaken at the Hester Adrian Research Centre. In particular they built upon a study of the prevaence of challenging behaviour in the areas served by seven District Health Authorities in the North West of England in 1988.
The HARC challenging behaviour project: report 3: user perspectives
- Authors:
- MASON Heidi, SWARBRICK Rebecca, EMERSON Eric
- Publisher:
- University of Manchester. Hester Adrian Research Centre
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 14p.
- Place of publication:
- Manchester
In 1994 the Department of Health commissioned the Hester Adrian Research Centre at the University of Manchester and the Centre for Health Economics at the University of York to undertake a series of projects to investigate aspects of challenging behaviour shown by people with learning disability. These projects extended workv previously undertaken at the Hester Adrian Research Centre. In particular they built upon a study of the prevaence of challenging behaviour in the areas served by seven District Health Authorities in the North West of England in 1988.
The HARC challenging behaviour project: report 1: persistence and change in challenging behaviour of people with learning disability
- Authors:
- KIERNAN Chris, et al
- Publisher:
- University of Manchester. Hester Adrian Research Centre
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 28p.
- Place of publication:
- Manchester
In 1994 the Department of Health commissioned the Hester Adrian Research Centre at the University of Manchester and the Centre for Health Economics at the University of York to undertake a series of projects to investigate aspects of challenging behaviour shown by people with learning disability. These projects extended workv previously undertaken at the Hester Adrian Research Centre. In particular they built upon a study of the prevaence of challenging behaviour in the areas served by seven District Health Authorities in the North West of England in 1988.
The HARC challenging behaviour project: report 4: experience and views of parents caring for people with learning disabilities living in the family home
- Authors:
- KIEMAN Chris, et al
- Publisher:
- University of Manchester. Hester Adrian Research Centre
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 31p.
- Place of publication:
- Manchester
In 1994 the Department of Health commissioned the Hester Adrian Research Centre at the University of Manchester and the Centre for Health Economics at the University of York to undertake a series of projects to investigate aspects of challenging behaviour shown by people with learning disability. These projects extended workv previously undertaken at the Hester Adrian Research Centre. In particular they built upon a study of the prevaence of challenging behaviour in the areas served by seven District Health Authorities in the North West of England in 1988.
The HARC challenging behaviour project: report 2: the prevalence of challenging behaviour
- Authors:
- EMERSON Eric, et al
- Publisher:
- University of Manchester. Hester Adrian Research Centre
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 33p.
- Place of publication:
- Manchester
In 1994 the Department of Health commissioned the Hester Adrian Research Centre at the University of Manchester and the Centre for Health Economics at the University of York to undertake a series of projects to investigate aspects of challenging behaviour shown by people with learning disability. These projects extended workv previously undertaken at the Hester Adrian Research Centre. In particular they built upon a study of the prevaence of challenging behaviour in the areas served by seven District Health Authorities in the North West of England in 1988.
People living in community homes: their views
- Authors:
- HOLLAND Angela, MEDDIS Ray
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 25(2), July 1997, pp.68-72.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Investigates the views of people with learning disabilities in community-based residential services. Six people in different services took part in detailed case studies. Four of the six people in the study wanted to leave their residential service. People's views were strongly influenced by the following factors: knowledge of alternative living arrangements, identified friend(s) to live with, dislike of the behaviour of other people in the service, and dislike of a member of staff. Managers and carers in community services may need to give more attention to the interpersonal issues highlighted by the study.
Paid work and intellectual disability
- Author:
- REID Patricia M.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, 22(2), June 1997, pp.87-96.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Describes a survey in New Zealand in which selected agencies were asked to identify adults with intellectual disabilities who had paid community-based work. Agencies forwarded invitations to adults whom they considered were successfully employed. Seventeen workers responded and were interviewed on how they obtained and learned their job and initial and ongoing support. Themes such as independence at work, the continued need for links with formal support, choices in lifestyle opportunities and lack of career path options are discussed in this article. Strategies leading to better opportunities and greater employment rates of adults with intellectual disabilities are offered.