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Multiculturalism and disability: a critical perspective
- Authors:
- GILSON Stephen French, DePOY Elizabeth
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 15(2), March 2000, pp.207-218.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
This article reviews current multicultural thinking, in relation to disability and offers a critical view of the advantages and disadvantages of positioning disability within the emergent multicultural discourse. Implications for future thinking and action to promote equal opportunity and self-determination for persons with disabilities as a cultural group with a political agenda are then advanced.
Theoretical approaches to disability content in social work education
- Authors:
- GILSON Stephen French, DePOY Elizabeth
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Work Education, 36(1), Winter 2002, pp.153-165.
- Publisher:
- Council on Social Work Education
This article presents an analysis of disability theory and content in the social work curriculum and advances a theoretically expansive approach to disability that is consistent with social work's commitment to diversity and the elimination of oppression. The authors examine the social work literature and find that disability is generally discussed and treated from a diagnostic perspective. They suggest shifting the approach to disability content in social work curricula from one that emphasizes individual deficiency to one that addresses disability as the interaction of a medical condition or diverse conditions with disabling environments.