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A grounded theory of living a life with a physical disability in Taiwan
- Authors:
- LIN Hsiu-Ching, KNOX Marie, BARR Jennieffer
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 29(6), 2014, pp.968-979.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
This study explores the experiences of disability for a number of Taiwanese adults with a physical disability. Using a grounded theory approach, their experiences of living a life with a physical disability were gained through in-depth interviews. The resulting grounded theory ‘it is more than just the impaired body’ presents the dynamic interactions between the participants and the context in which they were living their lives and how they managed their lives within that context. With its inclusion of the cultural dimension, a holistic way of understanding the daily lives of those who experience physical disability in Taiwan is provided. (Publisher abstract)
The status of disabled persons in the city of Zagreb
- Authors:
- SOSTAR Zvonimir, ANDELIC Marinka Bakula
- Journal article citation:
- Revija Za Socijalnu Politiku Journal of Social Policy, 13(1), 2006, pp.53-65.
- Publisher:
- University of Zagreb
The paper analyses the need for measures of the Zagreb strategy of uniform policy for disabled persons. The manner of introducing these measures and their realisation in the period from 2003 to 2006. The paper briefly provides basic definitions, a historical review of the attitude of society towards disabled persons, a survey of contemporary concepts, approaches and models of protection of this part of the population, as well as the basic characteristics of the disabled persons in the area of the city of Zagreb. The implementation of the Zagreb strategy measures is considered through the results of the rights of the disabled persons according to the international organisations' methodology, i.e. based on the standardised survey for the analysis of the index of respecting rights of the disabled person. [Article in Croatian].
Media labelling versus the US disability community identity: a study of shifting cultural language
- Authors:
- HALLER Beth, DORRIES Bruce, RAHN Jessica
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 21(1), January 2006, pp.61-75.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
This study examines disability terminology to explore how the news media frame cultural representations of the disability community. More specifically, the paper examines the impact of the Americans with Disabilities Act on journalist's language choices about disability topics. A content analysis of news stories using disability terms in The Washington Post and The New York Times during the past decade was conducted. The paper illustrates that disability community identity continues to be formed, transformed and maintained through news media presentations of disability terminology. The paper argues that the US Disability Rights Movement had some success during the 1990s in putting forth language that advances its aims, though the study also suggests that some journalists continue to use terms that perpetuate limiting, narrow stereotypes about people with disabilities.
Disability in the news: a reconsideration of reading
- Author:
- TITCHKOSKY Tanya
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 20(6), October 2005, pp.655-668.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
By making use of a disability studies perspective informed by phenomenology, this paper interrogates the social process of reading news articles that depict disability as if it is only limit. The paper begins from my experience of reading an article that assumes reader‐willingness to imagine disability as a kind of limit without possibility, without life. I go on to consider how the meaning of disability is actually produced by normative forms of cultural perception that recognize certain bodies as a kind of negation. Reading, a common mode of perception within literate western cultures, is used to problematize how mainstream media configures embodiment. Finally, the paper raises the ever present possibility that the ways in which impaired bodies are typically limited may contain the possibility of alternatives that disturb and re‐make the everyday modes of perceiving disability.
Increases in wheelchair use and perceptions of disablement
- Authors:
- SAPEY Bob, STEWART John, DONALDSON Glenis
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 20(5), August 2005, pp.489-505.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Between 1986 and 1995, there appeared to be a 100% increase in the number of wheelchair users in England and Wales. This article reports some of the findings of a study designed to explore the social implications of this increase. Specifically, it examines the various explanations for the increases and concludes that whilst demographic changes or research methodologies are not responsible, the more likely causes are changing prescription practice, medical advances and changing attitudes to disablement. The article then explores the latter explanation by examining perceptions of wheelchair use, contrasting clinical and user views gained from in-depth interviews. It also reports findings from part of a large-scale postal survey of wheelchair users, which examined their attitudes toward different models of disability. It concludes that the responses of a large majority of wheelchair users of all ages are better explained by the social model of disability than any other.
Overlaps and contradictions between queer theory and disability studies
- Author:
- SHERRY Mark
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 19(7), December 2004, pp.769-783.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
This paper begins by exploring similarities in the experiences of queers and disabled people, such as familial isolation, high rates of violence, stereotypes and discrimination, and the difficulties associated with passing and coming out. Rejecting pathologisation and politicising access as well as using humor and parody as political tools have been important for both movements. It then considers similarities and differences in Queer Theory and Disability Studies as intellectual disciplines, examining their debt to feminism, opposition to hegemonic normalcy, strategic use of universalist and minority discourses, deconstruction of essentialist identity categories and use of concepts such as performativity.
An exploratory study on attitudes towards persons with disabilities among U.S. and Japanese social work students
- Authors:
- HAYASHI Reiko, KIMURA Mariko
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Work in Disability and Rehabilitation, 2(2/3), 2003, pp.65-85.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
This exploratory study was conducted to understand and compare attitudes among social work students in the United States and Japan toward people with disabilities. The Modified Issues in Disabilities Scale (MIDS), designed to measure attitudes toward people with physical disabilities, was implemented on convenient samples of 92 U.S. and 73 Japanese social work students. The findings suggest that social work students in both countries hold moderately positive attitudes. Other similarities as well as differences among the sampled students from the two countries, and their implications to social work education, are discussed.
The 'normal' and the monstrous in disability research
- Author:
- CLEAR Mike
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 14(4), July 1999, pp.435-448.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
This article contributes to the ongoing discussion of doing and writing disability research by revisiting research as politics, exposing the meeting point of modern and post-modern approaches, and proposing a stronger materiality, and reintegration of theory and practice. The implications are that a personalised approach is needed to explore critically across disciplinary boundaries, beyond unilateral discourse into assumed knowledge. Discusses some key approaches, which when taken together support critical exploration.
The practice placement education experience: an Australian pilot study exploring the perspectives of health professional students with a disability
- Authors:
- BROWN Kate, JAMES Carole, MACKENZIE Lynette
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 69(1), October 2006, pp.31-37.
- Publisher:
- Sage
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Developmental differences in understanding the causes, controllability and chronicity of disabilities
- Authors:
- SMITH L. A., WILLIAMS J. M.
- Journal article citation:
- Child: Care, Health and Development, 31(4), July 2005, pp.479-488.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
The present study explored typically developing children's (n = 77) understanding of the causes, controllability and chronicity of disabilities. Children in each of four age groups (45 years, 67 years, 910 years and 1112 years) were interviewed to explore their ideas about children with physical disabilities (minor: missing thumb; major: wheel-chair bound), sensory disabilities (blindness and hearing loss), learning disabilities (non-specific and Down syndrome) and emotional/behavioural difficulties (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and lack of social skills). Significant age differences were found in children's understandings of the causes, controllability and chronicity of disabilities. Furthermore, children showed a greater understanding of salient disabilities. Findings are discussed in terms of developmental changes and the role of experience in shaping children's understanding of disabilities.