Hello Colin
Don't take THIS the wrong way either, but have you ever thought of finding
out exactly what someone is doing before writing it off?
The research I'm doing is to ensure that disabled people's needs - and
sorry, but in the counting angels on a pinhead manner of doctoral research,
at the moment it's physical impairment principally - are accounted for in
the existing methods of planning for environmental improvements
(specifically in the transport environment). The transport literature is
heaving with qualitative research on the needs of disabled people, but the
transport industry is heaving with engineers and numbers people, and the two
don't mix all that well. I would love to change the universe and
revolutionise the way that economic planning oppresses disabled people (and
society in general) and perhaps when I'm over this current hurdle I could
join with others trying to do that very thing - indeed, in other ways I
trust I'm already doing it. Sure, I guess this means I AM colluding with
oppression. However, as a natural practitioner rather than an academic, I
am acutely aware that while we're waiting for the great day when oppression
is no more, major decisions that affect disabled people's lives NOW are
being based on misleading information that doesn't reflect the qualitative
research that's already out there. So I can live with a little collusion
(which I prefer to think of as manipulating an oppressive system) if it
means real change happens, provided we are clear that's what's going on -
and believe me, I'm very clear.
So - to answer your question - I think WE need it (I certainly do) - but we
also need the radical stuff.
Alice
-----Original Message-----
From: Colin REvell [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 09 January 2007 11:31
To: [log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask]
Subject: RE: Quantitative research- Who needs it????
Alice
Don't take this the wrong way, but have you ever thought that
'quantitative-research' on disabled peoples life's will never create the
effective changes that are needed within all systems and structures and this
methodology rienforces 'Disablism' against all disabled people and those
NeuroDiverse too and is an oppressive tool that's tatically subversive and
is used as an abusive weapon that is used against all Disabled and
NeuroDiverse people to keep the 'status-quo' of 'inequalities' and all forms
of oppression against 'us' .
What about doing 'qualitative' research which empowers Disabled and
NeuroDiverse people and IMO is more effective in challenging the 'Disablist'
comments, attitudes and behaviours and structaural and systematic 'Fascism'
and 'Barriers' that you can't measure through 'quantitaive' models, can you?
IMO that most research in being manipulated and money is being wasted which
needs to be spent on 'services' that are going to change all Disabled and
NeuroDiverse peoples' 'quality-of-lifes' and 'equality-of-opportunities'.
The 'Lifecousrse' methods of 'actively-listenting to 'real-stories' from all
Disabled and NeuroDiverse people need to be more valued within all research
and until it is then NeuroDiverse Disabled People like myself and others
will continue to live daily with the continued
'Institutionalised-Disablism/NeuroTypicalism' that violates 'our' basic
human rights and civil liberities.
We all need sto 'STOP' 'alking the talk' and together start
'waking-the-walk' if 'we' are ever going to make effective changes within
all systems and structures tha keep us oppressed and 'silence-our-voices',
as you read within my own case.
These are the 'real' true facts, that all Disabled and NeuroDiverse Disabled
People have continued to 'voice', but who ever listens and how much does it
cost to 'actively-listen'?
What does this say about 'Nothing About Us, Without Us'.... If you
'speak-out' as a politicised NeuroDiverse Professional 'Crip', then the any
rewards you recieve is an 'injunction' for doing so.
What does this say about 'Justice'?
Yours
Colin Revell
>From: Alice Maynard <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: Alice Maynard <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Quantitative research
>Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2007 10:25:13 +0000
>
>I am doing some quantitative research (stated preference) using a social
>model framework for analysis, and I have been looking for other quant
>research from a social model perspective, but not having much success
>finding any. Does anyone know of any quant research not written up in
>Disability & Society (I've searched that) that I might be missing?
>Would be very grateful for any pointers.
>Many thanks,
>Alice
>
>________________End of message______________________
>This Disability-Research Discussion list is managed by the Centre for
>Disability Studies at the University of Leeds
>(www.leeds.ac.uk/disability-studies). Enquiries about the list
>administratione should be sent to [log in to unmask]
>Archives and tools are located at:
>www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/disability-research.html
>You can JOIN or LEAVE the list from this web page.
_________________________________________________________________
Windows LiveT Messenger has arrived. Click here to download it for free!
http://imagine-msn.com/messenger/launch80/?locale=en-gb
________________End of message______________________
This Disability-Research Discussion list is managed by the Centre for Disability Studies at the University of Leeds (www.leeds.ac.uk/disability-studies). Enquiries about the list administratione should be sent to [log in to unmask]
Archives and tools are located at:
www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/disability-research.html
You can JOIN or LEAVE the list from this web page.
|