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Equipped for living or self-determination?
- Author:
- CAMPBELL Jane
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 57(3), March 1994, pp.89-90.
- Publisher:
- Sage
Argues that independent living is a fundamental human right. Because disabled people need facilitation on the road to empowerment the role of occupational therapists is a vital one.
Disabled people, service users, user involvement and representation
- Authors:
- BERESFORD Peter, CAMPBELL Jane
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 9(3), 1994, pp.315-325.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Examines the emphasis of service agencies on the 'unrepresentativeness' of disabled people and service users; looks at how this is experienced by the latter and considers why the issue has gained such importance. Examines the means attached to representation by recipients and providers of services. As well as looking at how the issue of representativeness is used to devalue, exclude and disempower disabled people and service users, the article explores its relation with the competing participatory and representative models and practices of democracy employed by disabled people and service providers.
Disability politics: understanding our past, changing our future
- Authors:
- CAMPBELL Jane, OLIVER Mike
- Publisher:
- Routledge
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 238p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Written by disabled people with the aim of enabling other people with disabilities to understand their past and change their future. Examines the changes in the profile of disabled people throughout Britain over the last 15 years, including the emergence of the disability movement. Concludes by considering possible future directions for disabled people in 21st Century Britain.
Facilitating and supporting independent living: a guide to setting up a Personal Assistance Support Scheme
- Authors:
- SIMPSON Fidelity, CAMPBELL Jane
- Publisher:
- Disablement Income Group
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 36p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Handbook aimed at anyone wanting to set up a personal assistance support (PAS) scheme for disabled people who are managing their own personal assistance arrangements with the use of cash payments from local authorities.
Civil rights, society's wrongs: disabled people fight discrimination
- Authors:
- CAMPBELL Jane, DAY Peter
- Journal article citation:
- Professional Social Work, May 1994, pp.8-9.
- Publisher:
- British Association of Social Workers
The latest anti-discrimination bill for people with disabilities, the Civil Rights (Disabled Persons) Bill is due to emerge from the crucial committee stage of its passage through Parliament next month. The proposals and their background are outlined and the author, a service user explains how the issues affect her.
Valuing diversity: the disability agenda: we've only just begun
- Author:
- CAMPBELL Jane
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 17(4), June 2002, pp.471-478.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
If society is to value all its disabled people, it needs to find ways of making this collective minority powerful enough to influence the future. Shaping the future is something the Disabled People's Movement has been preoccupied with for decades. The key is unlock some of the fundamental principles of the social model of disability. This model has the potential to transform disabled people's lives. It has become the disability movement's tool for social inclusion.