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Personal and perplexing: feminist disability politics evaluated
- Author:
- SHELDON Alison
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 14(5), September 1999, pp.643-657.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Recent critiques of the social model of disability have advocated a move towards a so-called feminist emphasis on the individual experiences of disability and impairment. This article argues that such an approach represents a very narrow view of feminism and its potential contribution to disability theory. If further suggests that less individualistic approaches offer a more effective way forward for disabled people, women and people from oppressed groups. It is proposed that only by moving beyond descriptive accounts of personal experiences can disabled people, women and other oppressed people recognise their commonalities, forge coalitions, and make society a better place for all its citizens.
The paradox of discriminatory practices as a means of emancipatory strategies
- Author:
- HELMIUS Gisela
- Journal article citation:
- Community Work and Family, 4(3), December 2001, pp.273-284.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Draws on a qualitative study in Sweden in which women from three generations were interviewed about their daily lives. The women studied were all born with a mobility impairment. Inspired by feminist-sociological thought, the article highlights the situation of these women with particular regard to work, education and family. The focus is on potentials for individual empowerment and emancipatory strategies. Argues that the impairment might be identified as a driving force that allows the transcending of constraints of traditional work and family gender roles.
Social model theory: the story so far
- Author:
- TREGASKIS Claire
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 17(4), June 2002, pp.457-470.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Social model theory has been developing in Britain since the Union of the Physically Impaired Against Segregation (UPIAS) published their Fundamental Principles of Disability in 1976, followed shortly afterwards by Finkelstein's seminal exposition. Since then, various competing positions have been elaborated from this original starting point. Through a review of the literature, this article outlines the course of those developments to date, in order to show the full range and potential of social model theory. In recording some of the commentaries on each of the various theoretical strands which have emerged, it also highlights some areas in which further theorisation may be desirable in order to make more explicit the links between social model theory and disability movement practice.