Disability, work, and welfare

2005 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 527-545 ◽  
Author(s):  
Colin Barnes ◽  
Geof Mercer
Keyword(s):  
Independent Living ◽  
Critical Evaluation ◽  
Social Model ◽  
Meaning Of Work ◽  
Disabled People ◽  
Social Model Of Disability ◽  
The Social ◽  
British Labour ◽  
The Disabled ◽  
Recent Developments

This article engages with debates relating to social policy and disabled people’s exclusion from the British labour market. Drawing on recent developments from within the disabled people’s movement, in particular, the concept of independent living and the social model of disability, and the associated disability studies literature, a critical evaluation of orthodox sociological theories of work, unemployment, and under-employment in relation to disabled people’s exclusion from the workplace is provided. It is argued that hitherto, analyses of work and disability have failed to address in sufficient depth or breadth the various social and environmental barriers that confront disabled people. It is suggested therefore that a reconfiguration of the meaning of work for disabled people - drawing on and commensurate with disabled people’s perspectives as expressed by the philosophy of independent living - and a social model analysis of their oppression is needed and long overdue.

Responses of the Occupational Therapy Profession to the Perspective of the Disability Movement, Part 1

1996 ◽  
Vol 59 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Judith Craddock
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Therapy ◽  
Independent Living ◽  
Medical Model ◽  
Social Model ◽  
Disabled People ◽  
Social Model Of Disability ◽  
The Social ◽  
Occupational Therapy Interventions ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Disability Movement

Since the 1960s, people with disabilities have been developing their own perspective on what it means to be disabled. At the vanguard of this development was the independent living movement which, with other organisations of disabled people, identified disabled people as a group experiencing a particular oppression, disabled by social processes and handicapped by society's lack of commitment to the creation of enabling environments. Part 1 of this article examines the genesis and development of the disability movement. The ideas and analysis that the disability movement has generated and its critique of the medical model of disability are outlined, and its impact — both ideological and legislative — is reviewed. The changing professional philosophy of occupational therapy is described and the impact on it of changing social values is assessed. Part 2 will review the explicit responses of the occupational therapy profession to the disability movement. The validity of the social model of disability for occupational therapy interventions will be considered and an analysis will be presented of the implications for the profession's philosophy and practice of the adoption of the social model of disability in appropriate areas of practice.

scholarly journals Harry Potter and the Stigma of Disability: Squibs as Outsiders to the Magical Universe

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
Author(s):  
Megan Rhodes
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Harry Potter ◽  
Social Model ◽  
Fictional World ◽  
Social Model Of Disability ◽  
Book Series ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Disabled ◽  
Do So

In the young adult book series Harry Potter, there exists a class of citizens known as Squibs. By all accounts they can be considered a disabled group: they have a ‘disease’ (no magical abilities) that detracts from their overall quality of life and prevents them from operating at a normal level within society. This paper will prove that Squibs are restricted within the fictional world by the institutions of school and government. It will do so by studying Argus Filch and Arabella Figg, two of the most visible Squibs in the series. In this case, the social model of disability and Michel Foucault’s theories about government restrictions on disability will support the idea that Filch and Figg could succeed within the Harry Potter universe if the barriers put in place against the disabled Squibs were removed. In addition, the paper expresses the hope that the fans of Harry Potter will be able to rectify the discriminatory mistakes that the author, J.K. Rowling, has created against Squibs.

The intersection of disability and in-work poverty in an advanced industrial nation: The lived experience of multiple disadvantage in a post-financial crisis UK

2018 ◽  
Vol 40 (3) ◽  
pp. 636-659 ◽  
Author(s):  
James Richards ◽  
Kate Sang
Keyword(s):  
Financial Crisis ◽  
Lived Experience ◽  
Social Model ◽  
Government Policies ◽  
Social Model Of Disability ◽  
Household Finances ◽  
Marginalised Groups ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Disabled ◽  
Disabled Workers

The 2007–2008 financial crisis has affected the prospects for workers in a range of ways. In-work poverty represents just one, yet key feature of how prospects for workers have changed in recent times. In-work poverty disproportionately impacts on marginalised groups, such as the disabled. Current research reveals little about how disability and poverty intersect in the context of employment. To address this oversight, life history interviews were conducted with disabled people in in-work poverty. The findings were analysed using the social model of disability and the lens of intersectionality. The results highlight how government policies, employer practices and household finances impact on disabled workers’ lived experience of in-work poverty. The findings suggest that governments and employers can do more to reduce barriers to escaping in-work poverty for disabled workers.

scholarly journals Ewolucja pojęcia niepełnosprawności na gruncie prawa polskiego

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 ◽  
pp. 246-253
Author(s):  
Michał Skóra ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Modern Society ◽  
Social Model ◽  
Legal Regulations ◽  
Disabled People ◽  
Social Model Of Disability ◽  
National Legislation ◽  
The Social ◽  
Definition Of

Disability is one of the greatest problems of modern society. It is a multidimensional phenomenon, as evidenced by numerous classifications and definitions of disability, created by representatives of various fields of science. The medical and social model of disability is adopted in the literature. Analyzing legal regulations, it should be stated that the social model of disability prevails, i.e. limitations concerning disabled people and their ability to function in society. The author describes the definition of disability on the basis of national legislation.

Disability, Society, and Personal Transformation

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-26
Author(s):  
Sean Aas
Keyword(s):  
Social Institutions ◽  
Personal Transformation ◽  
Social Conditions ◽  
Social Model ◽  
Social Response ◽  
Disabled People ◽  
Social Model Of Disability ◽  
Symbolic Resources ◽  
The Social ◽  
Bodily Difference

The social model of disability claims that disadvantage from disability is primarily a result of the social response to bodily difference. Social modellers typically draw two normative conclusions: first, that society has a responsibility to address disability disadvantage as a matter of justice, not charity; second, that the appropriate way of addressing this disadvantage is to change social institutions themselves, to better fit for bodily difference, rather than to normalize bodies to fit existing institutions. This paper offers a qualified defense of both inferences. Social institutions have reasons of justice to fix disability disadvantage, because the choice of institutions that contingently favor those whose bodies are statistically typical incurs responsibilities to compensate those who disfavored, in that choice. Among other things, this responsibility implies that societies should not simultaneously materially disadvantage disabled people, and also withhold symbolic resources, by demanding a presumption in favor of personal transformation – thereby, undermining the social conditions for disability pride.

scholarly journals An Overview of Current Library Support for Readers with Special Needs

2004 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 54-56
Author(s):  
Katherine Read
Keyword(s):  
Special Needs ◽  
Social Model ◽  
Disabled People ◽  
Social Model Of Disability ◽  
Wheelchair Users ◽  
The Social ◽  
Library Support

The Social Model of Disability sees “disabled people disabled by physical, organisational and/or attitudinal/behavioural barriers in society. For instance it is not an inability to climb stairs that excludes wheelchair users from accessing the different floors of a library but the fact that a lift or ramp is not provided in the first place” (Jones, 2002)

scholarly journals Non-disabled ableism: An autoethnography of cultural encounters between a non-disabled researcher and disabled people in the field

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rannveig Svendby ◽  
Grace Inga Romsland ◽  
Kåre Moen
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Critical Theory ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Social Model ◽  
Disabled People ◽  
Cultural Encounters ◽  
Social Model Of Disability ◽  
The Social ◽  
Entry Points ◽  
Nuanced Understanding

This article describes situations where preconceptions about disabled people were made apparent in a non-disabled researcher’s thoughts, words and actions in the course of fieldwork for a qualitative study into the lives of disabled young adults. The article uses these experiences as entry points to discovery and analysis of cultural ableism. It draws on critical theory and insights from the social model of disability, and takes an autoethnographic approach to highlight the researcher’s preconceptions and her process towards a more nuanced understanding of disability.

Disability, Identity, and Early Twentieth-Century Irish Drama

2020 ◽  
Vol 50 (1) ◽  
pp. 55-66
Author(s):  
Emma Creedon
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Physical Disability ◽  
Social Model ◽  
Dramatic Literature ◽  
Social Model Of Disability ◽  
Disability Identity ◽  
Early Twentieth Century ◽  
The Social ◽  
Irish Drama ◽  
The Disabled

This essay assesses the role of physical disability in early twentieth-century Irish dramatic literature. In particular, by focusing on such plays as W.B. Yeats's On Baile's Strand (1903) and the character of Johnny Boyle in Sean O'Casey's Juno and the Paycock (1924), it critiques the tradition of identifying characters with disabilities solely by their physical impairment and exploiting disability as metaphor; physical disability has been historically employed as a synecdoche for a thwarted morality, or blindness as an allegory for prophecy. However, scholarly criticisms of the Social Model of Disability have demonstrated how disability can be reappropriated to reconceptualize notions of bodily normalcy. Furthermore, this essay suggests that the convention of “cripping up”, an industry term describing the practice of an able-bodied actor playing a character with a physical disability, contributes to the marginalization of those with physical disability in Irish culture. The result is the potential degradation of the disabled body, a stylized performance evoking vaudevillian conventions; performance thus engenders belief in stereotype.

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