Disability Debates

international | health / disability issues | other press Wednesday September 27, 2006 14:15 by Colm O

Which Model of Disability ?

Many people with knowledge of the Social model of disability think that model is all they need to know- Wrong!

Many people with knowledge of the Social model of disability think that model is all they need to know- Wrong!
Tom Shakespear, (Director of Outreach at the Policy, Ethics and Life Sciences Research Institute in Newcastle.)
is the main author in english speaking Europe who has attempted to go beyond that 70's show of Cliquey(blokey?)activist based models of identity politics.
An example here from his column on the bbc disability website.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/ouch/columnists/tom/250906_index.shtml

His books include: Disability Rights and Wrongs,(Routledge), 2006. Disability and Postmodernism (Continuum) 2002and many more

http://www.windmills.u-net.com/#A