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Social work education and disability: benefiting from the impact of the ADA
- Author:
- QUINN Peggy
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Teaching in Social Work, 12(1/2), 1995, pp.55-71.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
This article looks at the effect the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990 has had on social work education. Social work has a long history in the areas of rehabilitation and work with people with disabilities, at least as far as medical social work is concerned. During the 1960s, funding and opportunities in the area of disability and rehabilitation provided opportunities for an increased involvement of social workers. In the last two decades however, social work has virtually relinquished its place to rehabilitation professionals, counsellors and the medical profession. Education and research have not focussed on these areas. A 1992 survey of graduate schools of social work revealed that, even with the impetus of the ADA, few schools have content on disability and rehabilitation. As a step toward upgrading curriculum content, some sources of information and some resources for curriculum enhancement are described.