sorry for any cross postings.
the following publication may be of interest to subscribers. the blurb here
is taken from the federation press website-
< http://www.federationpress.com.au >
the website also includes details for ordering/purchasing.
author royalities have been socialised to support an annual award to a
disabled scholar/researcher and the book is also available electronically
through the publisher.
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Disability and Terms of Inclusion
edited by Mike Clear
Published November 2000
Paperback/ 224pp/ ISBN 1862873747
Australian Price $38.50
Overseas Price $35.00
The past quarter century has seen the Australian community and its
governments commit to a
full and equal citizenship for disabled people. Has the promise been
fulfilled? How effective
have these changes, been?
Mike Clear focusses on NSW to find answers and engage their meanings
personally and
socially. He brings together research analysis and the insights of disabled
writers in a detailed
and critical study, structured around three Parts -
* personal dialogues that provide sensitive insights into personal
experiences and the
nature of a disabling society;
* chapters describing and critically appraising the policy and
legislative landscape; and
* four critical perspectives on key relevant social issues: access,
telecommunications,
cultural representation and the politics of care.
He finds there have been important gains, based largely on human rights
initiatives and the
efforts and skill of disabled people themselves. However, the inclusion of
disabled people is
carefully managed by governments. It is 'turned on' and 'turned off' as
ideology and policy
priorities dictate.
Do these gains reflect a promise kept? Not while the systemic alienation of
people who have
impairment and often, if less directly, of their associates continues. And
not, as this book
reveals, whilst Australian economic, social and cultural systems remain so
fundamentally
unchanged.
CONTENTS
Part I - Dialogues on Disability
Life, Learning and Activism
Diana Qian and Mike Clear
My Battle with Bullshit
Alice and Jenny Green
Families in Touch
Trevor Whiddon and Jenny Green
Murphy's Memories
Tony Murphy and Jenny Green
Workable Spaces
Sondra Wibberley and Mike Clear
Part II - Promises Forestalled
Mike Clear
The Forms of Promise: Disability Rights Whose Time Has Come
The Forms of Promise: Policy and Service Developments
Changing and Uncertain Progress
The Persistence of Alienation
Personal Lives in Unaccommodating Systems
Part III - Social Forces in Personal Lives
Exploring the Social and Political Dimensions of Access
Mark Sherry
Representation and Disability
Lynne Davis
Twenty-five Years of Disabling Technology: The Case of Telecommunication
Gerard Goggin and Christopher Newell
Models of Care and Social Perceptions of Disability
Joe Harrison
Appendix 1: Information, Research and Rights-based Contacts
Appendix 2: ABS Accommodation Figures for People with Disability and
Handicap in NSW
and Australia
Appendix 3: Employment Statistics for NSW and Australia
Appendix 4: The Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission Figures
Relating to the
Disability Discrimination Act 1992
Contributors to the Telling Stories Project/ Notes and References/ Selected
Bibliography/
Index
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