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From a different viewpoint: the lives and experiences of visually impaired people
- Authors:
- FRENCH Sally, SWAIN John
- Publisher:
- Jessica Kingsley
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 80p.,list of orgs.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Workbook designed to help young people explore the lives and experiences of visually impaired people. Uses case studies and interviews and explores issues around disability in general.
Confronting disabling barriers: towards making organisations accessible
- Authors:
- SWAIN John, GILLMAN Maureen, FRENCH Sally
- Publisher:
- Venture Press
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 84p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Birmingham
There are many different types of barriers which prevent disabled people's full and equal participation in society: not only physical barriers created by lack of access to buildings and transport systems, but also social and economic barriers resulting from unequal access to education, employment and services; lack of representation and involvement in local planning and politics; and a limited understanding of the nature of disablement.
Controversial issues in a disabling society
- Authors:
- SWAIN John, FRENCH Sally, CAMERON Colin
- Publisher:
- Open University Press
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 198p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Buckingham
Examines the consequences of the social model of disability. From this point of view society is itself at fault, that is a disabling society that is geared to, built for and by, and controlled by non-disabled people. This exclusion of disabled people is created and constructed in every aspect of living including language, thinking, the built environment and power structures and regulations. This model asserts that whether one is disabled or not, one lives within a 'disabling society'.