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Responsible choice: the choice between no choice
- Authors:
- WAREING David, NEWELL Christopher
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 17(4), June 2002, pp.419- 434.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
This article explores the way 'choice' is constituted by professional and support staff in naturally-occurring-talk within an Australian disability service. That choice is really the choice you have when you are not having a choice, a situation indicative of the wider social milieu and the disablism found in society. Membership Categorisation Analysis is used to highlight the moral reasoning which occurs in the everyday, based upon disablist norms.Critical reflection upon contemporary bioethics is used to suggest that choice as an expression of autonomy is not only contextual, but far more than the hedonistic approach adopted by Western disability services.
'Did you see that guy in the wheelchair down the pub?' Interactions across difference in a public place
- Authors:
- LENNEY Michael, SERCOMBE Howard
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 17(1), January 2002, pp.5-18.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Most research undertaken on interactions between able-bodied people and people with physical disabilities has focused on the way that people with disabilities are de-humanised during the interaction process. Little attention has been given to the possibility that able bodied people are unsure of how to go about interacting with people with disabilities. Reports a qualitative study of interaction in public places with Elton, a young person coping with cerebral palsy. Elton and the other participants used visual symbols to assess approachability, status, ability, attractiveness, and quality of character. The difficulty in each encounter is that it is shaped by people's interpretation of the other, arrived at by their own projections of meaning attached to the 'form' of the body.
A lot to say: a guide for social workers, personal advisors and others working with disabled children and young people with communication impairments
- Author:
- MORRIS Jenny
- Publisher:
- SCOPE
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 59p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This publication offers advice and information to social workers, Connexions personal advisors and others working with children and young people who have communication impairments. It will be of use in a number of settings, health, social services, education, and private and voluntary sector agencies. It is aimed at professionals who are not specialists in communication impairments, but who have responsibilities to assess the needs, and seek the views, of this important group of children and young people.
Internet bibliotherapy: a narrative analysis of a reading simulated support group
- Authors:
- VERNBERG Dee, SCHUH Michael J.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Work in Disability and Rehabilitation, 1(1), 2002, pp.81-97.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Many individuals who use the internet seek social support for health conditions. Some common “spaces” where asynchronous communication takes place include listservs (Usenet newsgroups or electronic mailing lists). Synchronous social support messages may be conveyed in “spaces” such as Internet Relay Chat or Multi-user domains. This research describes Internet bibliotherapy, a new type of “space” where social support is offered. This investigation reviews the therapeutic benefits of traditional bibliotherapy and the communication of social support.
Race Equality
- Author:
- BUTT Jabeer
- Journal article citation:
- Research Matters, 14, October 2002, pp.47-52.
- Publisher:
- Community Care
This article argues that an essential element of ensuring that short breaks and informal or peer support are a positive experience for disabled children from ethnic minorities is exploring what they want. This is done partly through direct communication with them rather than using parents or carers as a proxy.
Bringing difference into deliberation? Disabled people survivors and local governance
- Author:
- BARNES Marian
- Journal article citation:
- Policy and Politics, 30(3), July 2002, pp.319-331.
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
This article discusses the engagement of disabled people and mental health service users/survivors in the process of participatory democracy. The article considers how notions of "legitimate participants" are constructed within official discourse, and how those can be challenged by autonomous groups of disabled people. It also explores assumptions about appropriate forms of deliberation within participation forums and how an appeal to rational debate can exclude the emotional content of the experience of living with mental health problems from deliberation about mental health policy.
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.
Disability discourses for outline identities
- Authors:
- BOWKER Natilene, TUFFIN Keith
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 17(3), May 2002, pp.327-344.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Beneficial effects of the online medium have been reported for disabled people in terms of providing a 'levelling ground' where they can be treated on their merits as a person, rather than as a disabled person. In this study participants were recruited from various disability organisations in New Zealand and invited to take part in an online interview. The article provides a forum for considering how the online medium offers opportunities for disabled people to position themselves in the social world.
Listening to consumers: developing more responsive health services
- Author:
- CENTRE FOR SOCIAL ACTION
- Publisher:
- De Montfort University. Centre for Social Action
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Place of publication:
- Leicester
Draws on the experience of the Centre for Social Action in conducting community consultations and evaluations on behalf of health services and community agencies with an interest in health issues.
The good practice guide for support workers and personal assistants working with disabled people with communication impairments
- Authors:
- ABEL Pru, et al
- Publisher:
- SCOPE
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 31p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Many disabled people have communication impairments and this has particular implications for helping them to go about their daily lives. This booklet is aimed at personal assistants and support workers who are assisting people with communication impairments and it focuses on just one part of the assistance that is provided, help with communication. The guide: shows how communication is a human right; shares the experience of being a user of personal assistance who also has a communication impairment; shares the experience of being a personal assistant or support worker, working with someone with a communication impairment; offers practical advice from both the point of view of the disabled person and that of the personal assistant/support worker; and also lists the resources available to those working with this group of people