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There must be a level of caution when entering this direction. We have been here before, and can become trapped in irresolvable debates surrounding reclaiming/reinvigorating/abandoning the social model. For those who benefit from our marginalisation, including the traditional... https://twitter.com/johnpringdns/status/1281826815368192001">https://twitter.com/johnpring...
...charities highlighted in the article, they could use this "call for re-examination" to continue their aims, strategies, and activities knowing that we have become distracted with an irresolvable debate.
Strategically, it is better to focus on why a "social model"...
Strategically, it is better to focus on why a "social model"...
...is necessary– rather than focus on limitations. Returning to UPIAS principles, the social model provides us with a way to describe the unnecessary disabling barriers produced by the way society is organised. This can then, depending on personal/collective priorities, lead...
...to furthering a rights-based agenda, questioning economic conditions, or calling for inclusive policies (as examples).
The necessity of the social model comes from ensuring that we position disability as the experiences of marginalisation/oppression that permeate from...
The necessity of the social model comes from ensuring that we position disability as the experiences of marginalisation/oppression that permeate from...
...social structures/systems in society. If we, inadvertently, weaken this position then it will be exploited by parliamentarians, policymakers, practitioners, charities, and decision-makers who will champion that our experience of marginalisation is in part or wholly the...
...individual& #39;s responsibility to address. This happened with the biopsychosocial model.
If it is accessible to you, I suggest reflecting on Lawson and Beckett& #39;s article on how the social and human rights model of disability complements one another. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13642987.2020.1783533
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If it is accessible to you, I suggest reflecting on Lawson and Beckett& #39;s article on how the social and human rights model of disability complements one another. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13642987.2020.1783533
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I know my views will be unpopular with some people, and that& #39;s absolutely fine, there is no correct answer to this debate. However, we must consider the consequences of our demands and actions – including how they may not take us to where we want to go.
