It needs to be clarified whether this list is solely for academics involved in disability research or whether it is also open to disabled service users as well
I find it ironic, especially as the new academic year is about to start, that efforts are being made by academics to accommodate the individual needs of prospective disabled students but on this list a person with an inherent impairment has been attacked.
This means the diversity of disability cannot be accommodated on this list. It means the various individual coping mechanisms and skills of disability cannot be accommodated. It means that if an intellectual ability does not measure up to the standards set (?by whom - the majority?) they should be excluded.
Colin has made some very positive contributions to this list and only last week posted the following : From the Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) website at following
link :- http://www.scie.org.uk/
This posting enabled the forwarding to other lists of disabled people where they have been able to complete the on-line questionnaire as service users to make a positive contribution to their care which they depend upon. This is true empowerment which I thought academics have been researching for some considerable time.
Owing to his impairment, Colin may not be able to collate all the information he gathers in one coherent email as has been requested. Very often disability/impairment imposes limitations and capabilities on an ability to perform tasks.
Surely this is recognised by academics which now beggars the question why Colin has been alienated for his admirable efforts and now 'excluded'? It is rather sad that tolerance and understanding has not been demonstrated of an impairment on a disability egroup.
Many disabled people feel disempowered and the various modes of attack levied at Colin can only serve to reinforce the feeling of disempowerment where those disabled people on this list will, in future, perhaps be fearful of making a comment or further contributing for fear of a similar attack.
Derick
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