Oh well I shall have to declare it anathema then, not that anyone is taking
any notice.
The only scientific approach to disability is the reletavist differeence
model. Those who set up to define limits to and measurements of disability
are de facto practitioners of discrimination, because they set up artificial
paradigms of perfection which they measure there perceptions and others
perceptions of varios factors of supposed performance against.
Larry
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> Subject: Sen's capability approach
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> Dear Members,
>
> I am wondering if anyone knows about a study on Amartya Sen's
> "Capability approach" in disability discourse.
> I could not find any in both the journal of "disability and society" and
> "disability studies quarterly".
> I found only one article via "web of science": Mark Stein (2001)
> Utilitarianism and the disabled: distribution of resources, bioethics
> 16(1) pp1-19.
>
> I am studying disability issues in development studies, and "capability
> approach" seems relevant framework to analyse disability issues in
> development.
> However, my concern is that although capability approach takes social
> barriers (aspects) into account to evaluate "capability (in Sen's
> notion, not a physical capability)", the focus seems still remain on
> individuals (similar to ICIDH/ICF of WHO).
>
> I hope there are some studies on this in disability studies.
> I would appreciate it if anyone could give me information on this.
> Thank you very much in advance.
>
> Kenji Kuno
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