I really have to reply to these postings. I started my PhD on disability and
chronic illness when my kidneys were failing. I had my transplant near the
end of my PhD. It was no easy task but I completed it. Academia allowed me
the flexibility and freedom to be indpendent with my condition, yet improved
my life and understanding of disabled issues and the world that are not
easily understood or conveyed through practical activism. I wish people
would stop doing academia down - it has a place in understanding the world
and is often far from elitist - since it has historically allowed many
different kinds of people a space from which to understand pain, suffering
and marginalisation in a sympathetic environment without the pressures of a
commercially driven and practically led 'real' world. These PhD places
should be seen as a great way promote the further incoporation and
intellectual respect of disability studies and people with impairments.
Glenn
Dr Glenn Smith,
Research Fellow,
London,
NW3.
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From: Derick Bird [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 07 March 2003 06:14
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: PhD Opportunities
Sorry Mark but there really is no comparison.
It simply is not possible to compare as if to place everyone with the same
disability like the lumpen proletariat because there are so many different
variables to consider.
Different coping mechanisms. Lesion site and whether singular or clusters.
Level of deterioration. Whether relapsing/remitting or whether primary or
secondary progressive. MS is a neurological degenerating disease which
debilitates in very different ways. The only common denominator is fatigue.
But having MS was not the issue.
Derick
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