HI,
This is the most useful (i.e. short and to the point) handout that I currently know of: the first page is very clear.
"Students with disabilities" was a 1960s/70s use of language, the rationale being that you are "putting the person first". In the 1970s-1980s the disabled people's movement in the UK reclaimed "disabled" and stated a preference for "disabled people". Unfortunately even now, let alone in 1999, some practitioners are apparently not aware of the difference between the 2 main models of disability and the language choice of disabled people.
There are endless articles debating models of disability and language use: have a look at the Leeds Centre for Disability Studies website for a start: http://www.leeds.ac.uk/disability-studies/
ATB
Claire
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Hi Emma. under the social model framework, in my view, disabled students is probably find. It acknowledged that the person is facing socially constructed barriers. In the same line, student with impairments is a better constructed term than student with disabilities. Because the latter implies an individual model perspective. Hope this helps, Andy
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From: "Emma Rowlett" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Monday, March 09, 2009 4:40 PM
Subject: Terminology: disabled students v students with disabilities?
Apologies for cross posting...
When I started at University in 1999 the common term in use was 'students with disabilities' (e.g. NUS SWD Officer) and I was told that the idea behind this was putting the 'student' first (I don't remember who told me this!). I know there has been a move away from this in many places as "it implies that we 'own' the disability, while it is society which disables us" (according to Lorraine Gradwell in "A rose by any other name..." - http://www.healthmatters.org.uk/issue32/arose).
Do any of you know of any other literature about this, particularly where 'students with disabilities' came from and why? Anything that references disabled people versus people with disabilities is also useful. I need to write about this in my thesis, but I also co-edit the "Students with Disabilities Series" in MSOR Connections and I am considering making a case for changing the name.
Also, if you have any opinions about the two terms I'd like to hear from you.
Thanks,
Emma
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Emma Jane Rowlett (née Wright)
School of Sociology and Social Policy
University of Nottingham
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