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Social Work Education Special Edition
Disability Studies and Social Work Education
Guest Editors:
Alan Roulstone, Applied Social Sciences, University of Northumbria, UK
Hannah Morgan, Applied Social Science, Lancaster University, UK
The development of personalized and self-directed support for disabled people alongside the implementation of
direct payments and personal budgets has generated considerable discussion and debate about the future role
of social work with disabled people. Much of the impetus for reform has been driven by the independent living
movement and user-led disability organizations who have frequently been critical of professional practice. All
of this highlights the relevance of disability studies for social work education. However, disability and disability
studies have remained marginalized or overlooked in social work education and there is considerable evidence
that engagement with the social model of disability is not widespread in social work practice. Where disability
is mentioned, it is often assumed that it is synonymous with illness and/or frailty. Meanwhile old age is often
discussed in social work contexts in an ‘essentialist’ way, one that ignores disabling barriers and services.
Disability studies has made it part of its’ central concern to disentangle issues of impairment, illness and the
relations between disabled people and structures in social care. This special issue is premised on the view that
professionals have a continued role to play in working with disabled people, but that the context for their work
and the nature of their relationship has and will continue to change.
We would particularly welcome papers that engage with international perspectives, enabling practice, coproduction
and the role and relationships of social workers, user-led organisations and the disabled people’s
movement.
Both completed papers and expressions of interest, in the form of an abstract of around 200 words, are
invited for the following:
1. Papers of no more than 6000 words, which share and develop ideas about teaching disability issues
within social work education from a disability studies perspective.
2. Ideas in Action (750-2,500 words) are shorter pieces designed to stimulate debate and/or report
innovative methods or practice.
Abstracts, full papers and expressions of interest should be sent to both the guest
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Full instructions for authors are available at www.tandf.co.uk/journals/cswe.
It is anticipated the special issue will be published in March 2012 as Issue 31:2.
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