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Dementia, disability rights and disablism: understanding the social position of people living with dementia
- Authors:
- THOMAS Carol, MILLIGAN Christine
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 33(1), 2018, pp.115-131.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
This article considers the recent history and consequences of positioning people living with dementia in the realms of disability, disablism and disability rights. The geo-political focus is the United Kingdom and neighbouring resource-rich nations in the Global North. The first section examines the growing trend of identifying ‘dementia’ with ‘disability’, a trend fuelled by the expansion of dementia-related activism and research. The second section focuses on how researchers who have published in Disability and Society and other journals have applied the social model of disability to individuals living with dementia. The third section discusses three conceptual challenges that lie ahead for those who choose to research and theorise the dementia/disability connection. These challenges concern: theorising dementia as disability; understanding intersectionality in dementia contexts; and understanding ‘abuse’ in dementia contexts. (Publisher abstract)
How is disability understood?: an examination of sociological approaches
- Author:
- THOMAS Carol
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 19(6), October 2004, pp.569-583.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
This paper considers sociological understandings of what constitutes disability. Current meanings of disability in both disability studies and medical sociology are examined and compared, using selected articles from leading authors in each discipline as case studies. These disciplines are often represented as offering starkly contrasting approaches to disability, with their differences amounting to a disciplinary 'divide'. It is argued that, on closer inspection, common ground can be found between some writers in disability studies and medical sociology. It is suggested that this situation has arisen because, in disability studies, the social relational understanding of disability developed by Vic Finkelstein and Paul Hunt in the 1970s has been lost over time, overshadowed by the rise to prominence of its offspring: the social model of disability. The paper concludes with some reflections on the need to revive a social relational understanding of disability.
How can and should UK society adjust to dementia?
- Authors:
- THOMAS Carol, MILLIGAN Christine
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2015
- Pagination:
- 24
- Place of publication:
- York
This paper explores the application of the social model of disability to dementia, looking in detail at what the social model is, and where it has come from. It addresses: the relevance of the social model of disability to dementia; social attitudes and understanding of disablism and ageism; the nature and development of services, thinking beyond the usual health and social care boxes; the empowerment and involvement of people living with dementia. It aims to stimulate debate about new ways forward in understanding, and ways to meet the needs of the growing number of people living with dementia. (Edited publisher abstract)