Framing Disability in Fashion

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jordan Foster
Keyword(s):  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Cultural Industries ◽  
Disability Rights ◽  
Fashion Industry ◽  
Cultural Productions ◽  
Diversity And Inclusion

The fashion industry has long neglected people with disabilities, opting instead for a cast of uniformly slender and (overwhelmingly) White models. But recent efforts toward diversity and inclusion suggest that change may be underway. This chapter examines these changes with a focus on fashion media published online. Specifically, this chapter looks to a collection of 50 editorial articles published by Teen Vogue between 2018 and 2020 to determine how disability is framed for consumers. It does this within a broader discussion on the cultural logics and industry conventions that shape the production of fashion content. The findings reported here suggest that online fashion media may hold unique opportunities for diversity and inclusion, with stories and images that cast disability in new and less narrow terms than have been previously reported. These include terms related to the importance of representation across cultural industries and stories that center disability rights in focus. Moving forward, more work is needed to ensure that this representation carriers forward in cultural productions within and outside of the fashion industry.

The Rio 2016 Paralympic Games: The Visibility of People With Disabilities in Brazil as a Possible Legacy

2020 ◽  
pp. 216747952094273
Author(s):  
Doralice Lange de Souza ◽  
Ian Brittain
Keyword(s):  
Medical Model ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Disability Rights ◽  
Negative Stereotypes ◽  
The Media ◽  
Paralympic Sport ◽  
Medical Model Of Disability ◽  
Managerial Positions ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Paralympic Games

There are claims that the Paralympic Games (PG) might contribute to a better world for people with disabilities (PWD). However, there are also claims that the PG might in fact be counterproductive to the PWD’s rights movement because they might promote the medical model of disability and/or ableism. In this context, we developed a qualitative exploratory study to investigate the legacies of the Rio 2016 PG from the perspective of disability rights activists and people involved in Paralympic sport managerial positions. In this article, we discuss one of the main perceived legacies that the PG fostered PWD’s visibility and a change in society’s perception of PWD. We conducted 24 open in-depth interviews and found that, for our participants, the PG worked as a showcase for PWD who were rarely seen in the media and in public spaces before the Games. This visibility helped to challenge negative stereotypes and stigmas associated with PWD, as well as possibly opening new doors for them. Our interviewees believe that we shouldn’t expect that the PG alone can change people’s perceptions and PWD’s status overnight. They are part of a larger and complex set of actions that are slowly contributing to this process.

Strategies of Disability Activism in Soviet and Post-Soviet Russia

2021 ◽  
Vol 120 (828) ◽  
pp. 274-279
Author(s):  
Svetlana Borodina
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Living Conditions ◽  
Disability Rights ◽  
State Surveillance ◽  
History Of ◽  
Soviet Russia

Despite Russia’s history of state surveillance of activists and civil society, both in the Soviet era and after, people with disabilities have found ways to challenge their living conditions and push for change. Through a variety of grassroots tactics, they have historically been active participants in society. Disability rights activists have developed an expansive repertoire of activist engagements (including online) that transcend the boundaries of familiar models of overt protest, dissent, and confrontation typical of disabled activists in Western democratic countries.

Enabling Virtual Knowledge Networks for Human Rights Monitoring for People with Disabilities

2012 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christo El Morr ◽  
Mihaela Dinca-Panaitescu ◽  
Marcia Rioux ◽  
Julien Subercaze ◽  
Pierre Maret ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Knowledge Networks ◽  
Knowledge Network ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Disability Rights ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Building Capacity ◽  
Community People ◽  
Operational Tool

Holistic disability rights monitoring is an imperative approach to permit translation of rights on paper into rights in reality for people with disabilities. However, evidence-based knowledge produced through such a holistic monitoring approach has to be accessible to a broad range of stakeholders, e.g., groups such as: researchers, representatives of disability community, people with disabilities, media, policy makers, and the general public. Besides, the collected evidence should contribute to building capacity within disability community around human rights questions. This article explains the design process of a Virtual Knowledge Network (VKN) as an operational tool to support mobilization and dissemination of evidence-based knowledge produced by the Disability Rights Promotion International Canada (DRPI-Canada) project. This VKN is embedded in the more general framework of DRPI, grounded in a human rights approach to disability that acknowledges the importance of creating knowledgeable communities in order to make the disability rights monitoring efforts sustainable.

Organizational Inclusion and Turnover Intentions of Federal Employees with Disabilities

2020 ◽  
pp. 0734371X2094230
Author(s):  
Rashmi Chordiya
Keyword(s):  
Turnover Intentions ◽  
Negative Relationship ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Intention To Leave ◽  
Federal Employees ◽  
Negative Attitudes ◽  
Diversity And Inclusion ◽  
Organizational Fairness ◽  
Employees With Disabilities ◽  
Key Factor

People with disabilities have experienced a long history of prejudice and disenfranchisement. Negative attitudes and stigmas continue to act as barriers to employment and career success of individuals with disabilities. However, diversity and inclusion of people with disabilities is an under-researched area in public administration. This study contributes to the literature by examining the turnover intentions of federal employees with disabilities as compared to employees without disabilities. In addition, this study investigates the moderating effects of inclusive organizational practices (i.e., organizational fairness, empowerment, openness, supportiveness, and cooperativeness) in lowering the turnover intentions of federal employees, and particularly, for employees with disabilities. Findings of this study indicate, as compared to employees without disabilities, the odds of demonstrating an intention to leave their current organization are significantly higher for employees with disabilities. While other inclusion practices did not have the expected effects, organizational fairness was found to be a key factor mitigating the negative relationship between employee’s disability status and turnover intentions.

scholarly journals Menyoal Kesenjangan dan Diskriminisi Publik Terhadap Penyandang Disabilitas

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 169-178
Author(s):  
Risky Novialdi ◽  
Isvarwani Isvarwani ◽  
Fauzi Fauzi ◽  
Ilyas Ismail ◽  
Muammar Qadafi
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Sexual Harassment ◽  
Public Services ◽  
Daily Life ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Disability Rights ◽  
Public Places ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
Main Requirement ◽  
The Family

Disabilitas menjadi topik permasalahan yang serius periode belakangan ini, hal tersebut dikarenakan penyandang disabilitas rawan akan berbagai tindakan diskriminasi secara fisik maupun mental, bahkan difabel rentan menjadi korban pelecehan seksual dalam ruang lingkup keluarga ataupun non difabel. Para disabilitas menghadapi berbagai problematika dalam kehidupan sehari-hari. Penyandang disabilitas seringkali di tolak dengan alasan keterbatasan mereka, bahkan ada beberapa yang menjadikan sehat jasmani dan rohani sebagai syarat utama untuk bisa mangakses bidang-bidang tertentu. Bahkan pelanggaran Hak Asasi Manusia (HAM) terhadap penyandang disabilitas masih dijumpai di lokasi sekitar. Kesenjangan yang diterima oleh penyandang disabilitas menjadi tekanan tersendiri bagi para difabel untuk memenuhi segala aspek kebutuhannya. Pemenuhan hak-hak disabilitas masih kurang diperhatikan, baik dalam sarana bangunan atau infastruktur, maupun fasilitas-fasilitas di tempat umum. Ketidaksetaraan juga terjadi dalam sektor pendidikan, lapangan pekerjaan, politik, dan aksesibilitas terhadap transportasi. Hal tersebut menunjukkan adanya perlakuan yang berbeda yang diterima oleh penyandang disabilitas terhadap layanan publik yang ramah bagi penyandang disabilitas.Disability has become a serious problem topic in recent times, this is because people with disabilities are prone to various acts of discrimination physically and mentally, even people with disabilities are vulnerable to being victims of sexual harassment within the family or non-disabled spheres. People with disabilities face various problems in their daily life. Persons with disabilities are often rejected on the grounds of their limitations, there are even some who make physically and mentally healthy as the main requirement to be able to access certain fields. Even human rights violations against persons with disabilities are still found in nearby locations. The gap that is accepted by people with disabilities is a separate pressure for people with disabilities to meet all aspects of their needs. Fulfillment of disability rights is still lacking in attention, both in building facilities or infrastructure, as well as facilities in public places. Inequality also exists in the sectors of education, employment, politics, and accessibility to transportation. This shows that there is a different treatment received by persons with disabilities towards public services that are friendly to persons with disabilities.

scholarly journals Human Rights and Neoliberalism in Australian Welfare to Work Policy: Experiences and Perceptions of People with Disabilities and Disability Stakeholders

2014 ◽  
Vol 34 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah Parker Harris ◽  
Randall Owen ◽  
Karen R Fisher ◽  
Robert Gould
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
National Level ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Welfare To Work ◽  
Disability Rights ◽  
Font Size ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
Accessible Information ◽  
The Government

<span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"> </span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 3pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 6.5in; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span>Recent policy approaches in Australia, influenced by neoliberalism, have constrained the implementation of international disability rights at the national level. Within the neoliberal and human rights approaches to social policy, what is the lived experience of people with disabilities? In focus groups with people with disabilities and interviews with disability stakeholders in Australia, participants were asked about their experiences and perspectives of welfare to work programs. We analyzed the data by drawing on the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities as a framework. The analysis revealed tensions between the rights and responsibilities of citizens and the government, and a disconnection between policy discourse and policy practice. The results suggest that disability rights are jeopardized unless governments take responsibility to create the policy environment for rights-based policy to be implemented; including the equalization of opportunities, providing accessible information and communication about employment, and addressing the administration and process practices that employment service providers follow.</span></p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"> </span>

Collaborating with the Disability Rights Community: Co-Writing a Code of Ethics as a Vehicle for Ethics Education

2012 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 241-254
Author(s):  
Vilia Tarvydas ◽  
Michael Hartley ◽  
Yoo Jin Jang ◽  
Sara Johnston ◽  
Nykeisha Moore-Grant ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Independent Living ◽  
Ethics Education ◽  
Code Of Ethics ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Social Model ◽  
Disability Rights ◽  
Construction Of Knowledge ◽  
Ethical Knowledge

An ethics project is described that challenged students to collaborate with disability rights authorities to co-write a code of ethics for a Center of Independent Living. Experiential and reflective assignments analyzed how the construction of knowledge and language is never value-neutral, and people with disabilities need to have a voice in decisions that affect their lives. Insights from the project suggest considerations for teaching students to construct ethical knowledge that is empathetic and respectful to the culture for which a code of ethics will be applied, in this case, the experience of disability from a social model perspective.

Transculturalized Diversity and Inclusion Model: A New Framework for Disabilities

2018 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 359-369 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charlotte L. V. Thoms ◽  
Sharon L. Burton
Keyword(s):  
Human Resource Development ◽  
Medical Model ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Social Model ◽  
New Model ◽  
Diversity And Inclusion ◽  
Inclusion Model ◽  
Conducting Research ◽  
Hrd Professionals ◽  
New Framework

The Problem After 30+ years of debating the best model for disability, there is a need for a new framework. As the medical model of disability seeks a cure and the social model points to the environment, neither model is without its flaws. Human resource development (HRD) professionals and practitioners are in a position to craft a model that reflects the experiences of people with disabilities. This new model will strengthen HRD’s importance in the field and its impact on other disciplines. The Solution This article offers consideration to be given for a new model for disability that addresses the complexities of cultural boundaries, gives value to the experiences of people with disabilities, and changes language in how disabilities are described. Using the results of the literature review, a path to the Transculturalized Diversity and Inclusion Model lays the groundwork for further research. This article accesses the perceptions of people with disabilities regarding both models, incorporates the strategies used by HRD scholars and researchers for improving value in a growing population of disabled people, and synthesizes a platform for future discussion and development of the Transculturalized Diversity and Inclusion Model. The Stakeholders HRD practitioners, especially those serving populations with disabilities, will benefit greatly from a new model and perspective provided by the Transculturalized Diversity and Inclusion Model. HRD scholars likewise will be provided with a new framework for conducting research on people with disabilities in the workplace.

The Disability Rights Movement in the United States

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lindsey Patterson
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Civil Rights ◽  
Public Transportation ◽  
Independent Living ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
The United States ◽  
Late Nineteenth Century ◽  
Disability Rights ◽  
Disability Rights Movement ◽  
Civil Rights Movements

Contrary to the traditional notion that disability rights in the United States were the by-product of the tumultuous 1960s, the disability rights movement actually dates back to the late nineteenth century. Over the years, ordinary citizens and local, national, and international organizations combined in promoting the citizenship rights of disabled people. Excluded from most aspects of public life, people with disabilities championed self-determination through deinstitutionalization, the independent living movement, and access to education, employment, and public transportation. This examination of local, state, and national efforts by people with disabilities to achieve full participation in civic life will help expand our understanding of civil rights movements in modern U.S. history.

Incorporating Diversity in Marketing Education: A Framework for Including All People in the Teaching and Learning Process

2019 ◽  
Vol 42 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-47 ◽  
Author(s):  
Reynaldo G. Rivera ◽  
Angel Arrese ◽  
Charo Sádaba ◽  
Luis Casado
Keyword(s):  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Role Playing ◽  
Marketing Strategies ◽  
Learning Potential ◽  
Marketing Manager ◽  
Marketing Education ◽  
Diversity And Inclusion ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
Students Attitudes

The management of diversity and inclusion is a major challenge for businesses in developing inclusive products and marketing strategies focused on people with disabilities. Universities can foster positive attitudes toward inclusiveness if they facilitate student recognition of differences as assets and enable them to appreciate the creation of communities where different individuals are valued. This study analyzes the experience of an innovative undergraduate seminar on inclusive marketing based on social learning theory. Designed and conducted by a former marketing manager with visual impairment, together with university scholars, the course develops the learning potential of inclusive marketing strategies and tactics through role-playing exercises and case studies. By presenting the inclusive marketing seminar theoretical framework, syllabus, and impact on students’ attitudes, this research analyzes an approach to training future marketing professionals and leaders to understand people with disabilities as important stakeholders and provides key insights for universities, companies, and governments in the application of inclusive marketing and communication strategies.

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