A SOCIOPOLITICAL PERSPECTIVE ON DISABILITY - RESEARCH AND INSTITUTIONAL DISABILISM

Authors
BALLARD K
Citation
K. Ballard, A SOCIOPOLITICAL PERSPECTIVE ON DISABILITY - RESEARCH AND INSTITUTIONAL DISABILISM, New Zealand journal of educational studies, 28(2), 1993, pp. 89-103
Citations number
59
Categorie Soggetti
Education & Educational Research
Journal title
New Zealand journal of educational studies → ACNP
ISSN journal
00288276
Volume
28
Issue
2
Year of publication
1993
Pages
89 - 103
Database
ISI
SICI code
0028-8276(1993)28:2<89:ASPOD->2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
This paper suggests the need for a critical perspective in research on disability that takes account of social and political factors. It pro poses that people with disabilities may experience oppression as a res ult of prevailing models of disability and of unquestioned assumptions that lie behind approaches to research, policy and practice. It is su ggested that people experiencing disability should have control of res earch and advocacy agendas on disability.