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Social norms and their implications for disability
- Author:
- MURPHY John W.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Work in Disability and Rehabilitation, 4(1/2), 2005, pp.153-163.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
This paper discusses how and why the norms for defining disability continue to change. This analysis illustrates the social nature of the disability and that changing norms continue to define the meaning of disability. The paper is grounded in a postmodern perspective, a notion that has only entered the field of disability in the 21st century. (Copies of this article are available from: Haworth Document Delivery Centre, Haworth Press Inc., 10 Alice Street, Binghamton, NY 13904-1580).
Disability issues for social workers and human services professionals in the twenty-first century
- Editors:
- MURPHY John W., PARDECK John T., (eds.)
- Publisher:
- Haworth Social Work Practice Press
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 174p.
- Place of publication:
- Binghamton, NY
This text provides authoritative information that will prove to be of critical importance for disability professionals in the coming years. It covers aspects of disability that have not been well covered in the literature—issues surrounding spirituality, civil rights, and the “medical model vs. social (or minority) model” (of viewing disability) controversy. It examines the impact of the Americans with Disabilities Act in the wake of the Supreme Court’s narrowing of the Act’s powers and explore newly developed theories designed to more accurately define the true meaning of disability.
The social model of disability: Europe and the majority world
- Editors:
- BARNES Colin, MERCER Geof, eds.
- Publisher:
- Disability Press
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 218p.
- Place of publication:
- Leeds
Over the last three decades disability activists and writers have advocated the social model of disability as a comprehensive critique of orthodox academic and administrative approaches to the understanding and development of social policy for disabled people. This book contains thirteen chapters on the application of social model inspired thinking outside Britain. Contributors include academics, activists and practitioners. They raise several important issues and concerns central to theorising and applying social model insights to 'developed' and majority world countries. Examples include emerging debates within the European Union, including transport, law and citizenship, with case studies of France, Sweden and Disabled Peoples' International. Focus on the majority world covers human rights and development strategies, user led initiatives and community based rehabilitation with case studies of Bangladesh and Egypt.
‘Chocolate … makes you autism’: impairment, disability and childhood identities
- Author:
- KELLY Bernie
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 20(3), May 2005, pp.261-275.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
This paper discusses perceptions and experiences of impairment and disability from the perspectives of learning disabled children, their parents and their social workers. The author reports on findings from her doctoral study that adults often fail to take into account the views and experiences of learning disabled children. As a result, these children developed their own interpretations of impairment and disability based on their experiences and interactions with others. Whilst this indicates that they are active social interpreters, it also suggests that adults should make greater efforts to inform and consult learning disabled children. The author concludes by reflecting on the relevance of these findings to contemporary theories of disability and childhood.
Epistemological journeys in participatory action research: alliances between community psychology and disability studies
- Authors:
- GOODLEY Dan, LAWTHOM Rebecca
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 20(2), March 2005, pp.135-151.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
This paper seeks to explore emancipatory disability research possibilities through the use of participatory action research and the cross-fertilisation of ideas between British disability studies (DS) and community psychology (CP). First, the authors consider the psychology in CP and suggest that it is far removed from mainstream psychology's pathological vision of disabled people. Second, they draw on Burrell and Morgan's model of paradigms to interrogate research practice in DS and CP. Third, they compare and contrast research narratives from DS and CP through reference to some examples of our own research. They argue that CP pays particular attention to the development of community selves and cultural identities within the participatory action research process: which the authors feel to be a key concern for the development of an emancipatory DS. Finally they conclude that recognising the radical humanist element of participatory action research (PAR) permits us to navigate an enabling journey for disability research.