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Postmodernism, feminism and disability
- Author:
- FAWCETT B.
- Journal article citation:
- Scandinavian Journal of Social Welfare, 5(4), October 1996, pp.259-267.
- Publisher:
- Munksgaard/ Blackwell
Disability issues are achieving increasing prominence in Great Britain and the rest of Europe. However, many of the main arguments, particularly those emphasising social barriers models of disability, are located within structuralist frameworks. This can be regarded as problematic, as poststructural and postmodern orientations challenge the basic tenets of such formulations. This article explores the making of links between modern and structural and postmodern and poststructural perspectives using a gendered analysis drawn from feminism. It then examines the applicability of the resultant analysis for disability issues, social work and research. In conclusion, it is suggested that the making of such links can enable us to accept and effectively utilise the difference and diversity, contradiction, change and fluidity without losing sight of enduring social divisions and associated oppressive responses.
Knowledge, power and the Disability Discrimination Bill
- Author:
- CHADWICK Alden
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 11(1), March 1996, pp.25-40.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
This article compares the social model of disability with the individual model upon which the Government's Disability Discrimination Bill is based. It use Foucault's concepts of Power/Knowledge and Governance, to develop an analysis which illustrates how both models of disability can impact on the identities of disabled people and local government practices. It suggests that, in order to assist disabled people to 'fashion a purpose', those disabled people and their allies working in local government need to operationalise the social model.
The state of independence
- Author:
- KESTENBAUM Ann
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 22.2.96, 1996, pp.32-33.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Asks whether government proposals for direct payments to disabled people are as comprehensive and wide-ranging as they ought to be.
Growing pains
- Author:
- WHITELEY Philip
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 11.1.96, 1996, pp.20-21.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Disability groups have welcomed plans to legislate for direct payments so people can buy their own care. However, there are still widespread concerns the government's Bill does not go far enough.
Housing: new laws may force people back into institutions
- Author:
- ASPIS Simone
- Journal article citation:
- Community Living, 9(4), April 1996, pp.4-5.
- Publisher:
- Hexagon Publishing
The author fears the Government's plan to introduce new criteria for Disability Facilities Grants and Housing Benefit could mean a return to long-term residence in institutions for disabled people.