Shelley
Principle 1 of Universal accessibility (R. Mace. 1997) Equitable use: the
guideline 1: provide same means of use for all user: identical when
possible;equivalent when not. this I find inconsistent with guideline 2
avoid segregating. or stigmatizing users. (my interpretation), but to your
remark, they are following the UD principle.
My concern re inconsistency between social model and UD, is in that UD
seem to have capitalist motivation. people = profit.
p.s.. I think though, in Europe they use Inclusion design not UD, am I
correct?
Maria
----- Original Message -----
From: "Shelley Lynn Tremain" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, March 12, 2004 8:54 AM
Subject: Re: new book
> Notice how the announcement below demonstrates once again that (despite
> their pronouncements to the contrary) proponents of the social model hold
an
> impairment-based view of disability. For the announcement does not simply
> state the different modes in which the text will be made available, and,
in
> doing so, imply that universal access (or something approaching it) is a
> human right and should be the rule, not the exception to the rule.
Instead,
> there is a compulsion on the part of the Centre to single out various
groups
> of people who might differ from "normal book-users" (i.e., sighted people
> or people with 'normal' communication abilities who use printed text) and
> who, insofar as they differ from the norm, require 'special treatment'
when
> it comes to books.
>
>
> S.L. Tremain
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mark Priestley" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Friday, March 12, 2004 5:13 AM
> Subject: new book
>
>
> Hi
>
> As some of you may be aware, we were pleased to publish a new title in the
> Disability Press book series this month, as follows:
>
> Implementing the Social Model of Disability: Theory and Research
>
> Edited by Colin Barnes and Geof Mercer
>
> This book contains 13 chapters on the theoretical and research
implications
> of the social model of disability. Over the last three decades disability
> activists have established the social model of disability as a
comprehensive
> critique of mainstream academic theories and policy approaches. The
> contributors, including established figures and newcomers to the field,
> raise a number of important controversies and concerns central to
theorising
> and researching disability in the 21st century. Taken together they
provide
> ample testimony to the continuing vitality of debates around the social
> model in disability studies. It will prove to be an invaluable addition to
> the growing body of knowledge that underpins disabled people's ongoing
> struggle for a fair and just society.
>
> 'Implementing the Social Model of Disability: Theory and Research' is also
> available at no additional cost on CD, in PDF format, for ease of access
for
> people with visual or communication related impairments.
>
> 'Implementing the Social Model of Disability: Theory and Research' is only
> available by mail order
>
> at: £16.50 including postage and packing (20% discount for orders of four
or
> more)
>
> Payment may be by credit card (Visa or Mastercard) via telephone, fax,
> email, or by Stirling cheque drawn on a UK bank (payable to the University
> of Leeds). To order contact Marie Ross
> (44) 113 3434407 (tel. and minicom)
> (44) 113 3434415 (fax)
> email: [log in to unmask]
> or by post at:
>
> Centre for Disability Studies,
> School of Sociology and Social Policy,
> University of Leeds,
> LS2 9JT
> UK
>
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