Disabling Barriers-Enabling Environments

by Swain, John; Finkelstein, Vic; French, Sally; Oliver, Mike

• ISBN13: 9780803988255
• ISBN10: 0803988257
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1992-12-01
• Publisher: Sage Pubns Ltd

Summary

The major theme of this accessible and engaging text is that 'disability' is caused by the way society is organized. The contributors demonstrate the many ways in which disabled people have taken the initiative in reshaping both the meaning of disability and the services and support available to them. The notion that disability is either a medical condition or a 'personal tragedy' is strongly challenged, and the marginalized position of black disabled people and disabled women is also addressed. Focusing on the barriers which disabled people encounter in education, housing, leisure and employment, this book critically reviews professional practice and describes alternative models of support which give disabled people control over their own

Table of Contents

Introduction

PART ONE: PERSPECTIVES FROM THE EDITORS

The Commonality of Disability - Vic Finkelstein

Disability, Impairment or Something in Between? - Sally French

Towards a Psychology of Disability - Vic Finkelstein and Sally French

Disability - Vic Finkelstein

A Social Challenge or an Administrative Responsibility?

What's So Great About Independence? - Sally French

Disability and Dependency - Mike Oliver

A Creation of Industrial Societies?

Re-Defining Disability - Mike Oliver

A Challenge to Research

PART TWO: IN OUR OWN IMAGE

`Can You See the Rainbow?' The Roots of Denial - Sally French

Acquired Hearing Loss - Maggie Woolley

Acquired Oppression

Gender and Disability - Jenny Morris

Double Oppression - Ossie Stuart

An Appropriate Starting-Point?

Prejudice - Jenny Morris

Disabled People and `Normality' - Paul Abberley

The Tragedy Principle - David Hevey

Strategies for Change in the Representation of Disabled People

Broken Arts and Cultural Repair - Elspeth Morrison and Vic Finkelstein

The Role of Culture in the Empowerment of Disabled People

PART THREE: CONTROLLING LIFESTYLES

Striving for Independence - Liz Briggs

Housing, Independent Living and Physically Disabled People - Jenny Morris

Integration and Deaf People - Mairian Corker

The Policy and Power of Enabling Environments

Taught Helplessness? Or a Say for Disabled Students in Schools - John Swain

Conductive Education - Mike Oliver

If It Wasn't so Sad it Would be Funny

Conductive Education - Virginia Beardshaw

A Rejoinder

Participation and Control in Day Centres for Young Disabled People Aged 16 to 30 Years - Colin Barnes

From Startrac to Leisure Choice - Marisa Lawton

The First Slow Steps Towards Change

The Dual Experience of Ageing with a Disability - Gerry Zarb

PART FOUR: IN CHARGE OF SUPPORT AND HELP

The Crafting of Good Clients - Ken Davis

Experiences of Disabled Health and Caring Professionals - Sally French

Medical Responsibilities to Disabled People - John Harrison

A Social Model in a Medical World - Louise Silburn

The Development of the Integrated Living Team as Part of the Strategy for Younger Physically Disabled People in North Derbyshire

Setting a Record Straight - Sally French

Do Disabled People Need Counselling? - Joy Lenny

Access to New Technology in the Employment of Disabled People - Alan Roulstone

A Four-Way Stretch? The Politics of Disability and Caring - Gillian Parker

PART FIVE: CREATING A SOCIETY FIT FOR ALL

`Talking to Top People' - Jan Walmsley

Some Issues Relating to the Citizenship of People with Learning Difficulties

Discrimination, Disability and Welfare - Mike Oliver and Colin Barnes

From Needs to Rights

Developments in the Disabled People's Movement - Frances Hasler

On the Movement - Ken Davis