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Constructions of disability: researching the interface between disabled and non-disabled people
- Author:
- TREGASKIS Claire
- Publisher:
- Routledge
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 164p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
The book discusses the meanings of 'inclusion' through an exploration of the interactions between non-disabled and disabled people at a community leisure center. In exploring the nature of this interface, the book takes a very different approach of that of existing texts, which have tended to concentrate solely on disabled people's experiences of exclusion. The author, herself disabled, looks at oppressive practice towards women and people from minority ethnic groups, drawing parallels between their experiences.
Inclusive projects: a guide to best on preparing and delivering project briefs to secure access
- Author:
- DISABLED PERSONS TRANSPORT ADVISORY COMMITTEE
- Publisher:
- Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 88p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This guide offers best practice advice on how all participants in the development process can contribute to the delivery of a high quality inclusive environment that provides access to all members of society, including disabled people. the guide: explains the meaning of inclusive environments and conveys the social, legal and commercial benefits; describes the typical stages of the development process; highlights the significant role that ‘Project Briefs’ play in defining the access requirements of a project at every stage; underlines the importance of proactively (rather than through expectation) converting the project briefs into inclusive environments; explains the pivotal role that the ‘Access Champion’ plays in the project briefing and development processes; and explains the roles that the other key participants play in the project briefing and development processes. The guide also provides: best practice guidance on writing project briefs for inclusive environments; best practice guidance on converting the project briefs into inclusive environments; guidance on identifying and appointing a suitable Access Champion; real life examples of common problems and the reasons for them; and a glossary of key terms.
Policy politics and the silencing of 'voice'
- Author:
- SCOTT-HILL Mairian
- Journal article citation:
- Policy and Politics, 30(3), July 2002, pp.397-409.
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
This article argues that socio-political understandings of disability have not impacted on legal discourse, this article asks two questions. The author questions why a substantive solution, framed by rights discourse, to the problems of disabled people 's oppression and how perceptions of struggle, representation and participation in disability politics influence the way in which it engages with matters of policy. The article suggests that both questions ultimately concern discourse in situations where struggle and contest are highlighted. It argues that, in the search for solutions to social oppression, disabled people would gain much from developing a deeper understanding of "relational politics" that moves beyond perceptions of disability as power and dominance.