Rethinking Disability Principles for Professional and Social Change

by DePoy, Elizabeth; Gilson, Stephen French

• ISBN13: 9780534549299
• ISBN10: 0534549292
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-08-19
• Publisher: Cengage Learning

Summary

This book provides a theoretical lens through which to view Disability. Rather than taking a medical-diagnostic stance, which has been the traditional perspective, the authors explain disability as category in which membership is based on of judgments about explanations for what people do, experience and how they appear. In Part I, the authors discuss various aspects of the history and current trends, which influence how disability is defined and addressed. In Part II, Explanatory Legitimacy' (EL) theory is explained in detail and applied to an analysis of disability. In Part III, the EL theory is applied to rethinking disability now and in the future.

Table of Contents

Preface	xv
Acknowledgements	xvii
SECTION 1 Foundations	1	(52)
Chapter 1 Foundations	3	(6)
Current Schools of Thought	3	(1)
Disability: Description, Explanation, Legitimacy	4	(3)
Language	7	(2)
Chapter 2 Looking Back: Ancient Greece Through the 19th Century	9	(18)
Chronology	9	(3)
The Middle Ages	12	(2)
The Enlightenment	14	(3)
The Victorian Era	17	(4)
The Early 20th Century	21	(4)
Summary	25	(2)
Chapter 3 Disability in the 20th and 21st Centuries	27	(16)
Medical Science, Technology, and Professional Authority	27	(2)
Capitalism	29	(2)
Diversity	31	(2)
Disability Policy and Legislation in the 20th Century	33	(7)
Current Context	40	(2)
Summary	42	(1)
Chapter 4 From Bake Sale to Commodity	43	(10)
"Not for Profit": What Does It Mean?	44	(2)
Disability as Commodity	46	(3)
Move to the Mainstream	49	(3)
Summary	52	(1)
SECTION 2 Explanatory Legitimacy Theory	53	(66)
Chapter 5 The Descriptive Element of Explanatory Legitimacy Theory	59	(11)
Theoretical Foundations of Description	59	(8)
Observables	67	(1)
Reportables	68	(1)
Summary	69	(1)
Chapter 6 Explanations	70	(16)
Medical-Diagnostic Explanation	70	(14)
Medical Explanation	71	(2)
Rehabilitation Explanation	73	(1)
Analytic Comments	74	(1)
Constructed Explanation	75	(1)
Social Explanation	76	(2)
Political Explanation	78	(3)
Cultural Explanation	81	(18)
Cultural Identity	82	(1)
Identity	82	(1)
Language	82	(1)
Positioning	83	(1)
Analytic Comments on Constructed Explanations	84	(1)
Summary	85	(1)
Chapter 7 Legitimacy	86	(4)
Chapter 8 Legitimacy from Without	90	(16)
Diagnostic Legitimacy	91	(4)
Educational Legitimacy	95	(4)
Protective Legislation	99	(6)
The ADA	100	(2)
The Death Penalty	102	(1)
Abortion and Assisted Suicide	103	(1)
Eligibility Criteria for Work-Related Resources	104	(1)
Summary	105	(1)
Chapter 9 Legitimacy from Within	106	(13)
Disability as Culture	106	(8)
Multiculturalism	107	(1)
Oppression and Exploitation	108	(6)
Disability Identity	114	(3)
Self Determination	117	(1)
Summary	118	(1)
SECTION 3 Fashioning Communities	119	(42)
Chapter 10 The Traditional Stance; Putting the Cart Before the Horse	121	(18)
Traditional Professional Stance	122	(13)
Medicine	122	(2)
Analytic Comments on Medicine	123	(1)
Nursing	124	(2)
Analytic Comments on Nursing	126	(1)
Rehabilitation Professions	126	(1)
Analytic Comments on the Rehabilitation Professions	127	(1)
Psychology	127	(4)
Analytic Comments on Psychology	127	(4)
Education	131	(3)
Analytic Comments on Education	132	(2)
Social Work	134	(9)
Analytic Comments on Social Work	135	(1)
Commentary and Conclusions	135	(4)
Chapter 11 Professional Stance Through Explanatory Legitimacy; Putting the Horse Back Where It Belongs	139	(13)
Explanatory Legitimacy Thinking and Action for Professions	141	(2)
Comparing and Contrasting Traditional and EL Stances	143	(7)
Joshua from a Traditional Stance	143	(2)
Joshua Through the EL Stance	145	(2)
Jennifer Through the Traditional Stance	147	(1)
Jennifer Through the EL Stance	148	(1)
Marie from a Traditional Stance	149	(1)
Marie from the EL Stance	149	(1)
Robert	150	(1)
Summary and Conclusions	150	(2)
Chapter 12 A Social Justice Model of Community Legitimacy	152	(9)
Community Legitimacy	152	(7)
Equal Opportunity	153	(1)
Typicality and Atypicality	154	(1)
Explanations for Human Description	155	(1)
Values	156	(2)
Self Determination	158	(1)
Summary	159	(2)
References	161	(10)
Glossary	171