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Disabling ideology in health and welfare: the case of occupational therapy
- Author:
- ABBERLEY Paul
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 10(2), June 1995, pp.221-232.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Argues, on the basis of an analysis of data from interviews with practitioners, that the rhetoric of partnership and the 'holistic' approach employed by Occupational Therapists is to be understood as an ideology which serves the occupation's professionalising project. Distinguishes Occupational Therapy from other health and welfare specialisms, to perpetuate the notion that disability is an individual problem to which professional intervention can provide the solution, and ascribes responsibility for any perceived failure in therapy to the client rather than the practitioner.