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Responses of the occupational therapy profession to the perspective of the disability movement, part 1
- Author:
- CRADDOCK Judith
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 59(1), January 1996, pp.17-24.
- Publisher:
- Sage
Since the 1960s, people with disabilities have been developing their own perspective on what it means to be disabled. Part 1 of this article examines the genesis and development of the disability movement. The ideas and analysis that the disability movement has generated and its critique of the medical model of disability are outlined, and its impact - both ideological and legislative - is reviewed. The changing professional philosophy of occupational therapy is described and the impact on it of changing social values is assessed.