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Look again
- Author:
- THOMPSON Audrey
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 25.6.98, 1998, pp.18-19.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Discusses how a report from a leading charity revealed how society's attitudes to disabled people mean that they are excluded from experiences that non-disabled people take for granted.
'Out of place', knowing one's place': space, power and the exclusion of disabled people
- Author:
- KITCHIN Rob
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 13(3), June 1998, pp.343-356.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Disabled people are marginalised and excluded from 'mainstream' society. In general, our understanding of the processes of exclusion is grounded in time and history. This article argues that space, as well as time, is instrumental in reproducing and sustaining disablist practices. Spaces are currently organised to keep disabled people 'in their place' and 'written' to convey to disabled people that they are 'out of place'. Contends that an understanding of society's reaction to, and the experiences of, disability should be framed within an approach that combines a spatialised political economy with social constructivism. Unlike neo-Marxist approaches this approach is centred on notions of power rather than capital. Using this approach, the spatialities of disability are explored.
Social Security Green Paper
- Author:
- -
- Journal article citation:
- SCOLAG Journal, 249, March 1998, pp.38-40.
- Publisher:
- ScoLAG(Scottish Legal Action Group)
Discusses how welfare benefits have a relatively short shelf-life in the UK and how the Government's new green paper - New Ambitions for Our Country: A New Contract for Welfare - is set to introduce a further layer of benefit reform. Provides a summary of the Government's consultation paper.
Disabled people and social policy: from exclusion to inclusion
- Authors:
- OLIVER Michael, BARNES Colin
- Publisher:
- Longman
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 187p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Harlow
Provides an introduction to key issues in disability and social policy which have emerged in the light of changing approaches towards disability over the last fifteen years. The concepts of exclusion and inclusion provide the central focus around which the book is organised. Examines the contradictions and dilemmas of state provided welfare; explores the definitions surrounding disability, the historical background to analysis and the development and implications of social policy for disabled people; analyses the social model of disability and the perceptions and attitudes surrounding the meaning of disability within contemporary society; explores the disabled people's movement and the focus on independent living; outlines policy options for empowering disabled people; and includes policy statements written by disabled people and their organisations, various international charters and documents emphasising the rights of disabled people and selected extracts from legislation and policy statements.
Equipped for equality
- Author:
- MARKS Olivia
- Publisher:
- SCOPE
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 68p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Aids and equipment can be the tools which ensure an independent lifestyle for disabled people. They can make the difference between active participation in and exclusion from society. This book argues that suitable equipment is a key to disabled people achieving equality.
Does the NHS deserve a golden celebration
- Authors:
- HIRST Judy, WELLARD Sarah
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 9.7.98, 1998, pp.8-9.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
As the NHS celebrates its 50th anniversary, the authors reflect on the service it offers and examines the experiences of vulnerable social groups.
Reaping the benefit?
- Author:
- SNELL Janet
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 19.3.98, 1998, p.10.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The government's onslaught on benefit fraud has dealt a double blow to mentally ill people on disability benefits. Reports on how both their health and their incomes are at risk.
Accessing human rights: disabled children and the Children Act
- Author:
- MORRIS Jenny
- Publisher:
- Barnardo's
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 65p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Barkingside
Report examining to what extent the Children Act 1989 protects and promotes the human rights of disabled children. Taking the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child as a starting point, aims to stimulate debate and to challenge the assumption that all children are treated equally at all times.
Access denied: disabled people's experience of social exclusion
- Authors:
- KNIGHT John, BRENT Martine
- Publisher:
- Leonard Cheshire
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 24p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Report of a survey of disabled people and people with learning difficulties looking at how they are being excluded from participating fully in society by the attitudes of others.
The Green Paper on Welfare Reform - CPAG's response
- Author:
- -
- Journal article citation:
- Poverty, 101, Autumn 1998, pp.1-6.
- Publisher:
- Child Poverty Action Group
This article summarises the Child Poverty Action Group's response to the Green Paper on welfare reform.