Well, yes and no. I can think of a number of ways in which (some)
developing countries, of which India is a very good example on the basis of
language experience alone, are post-modern socities. If this is the case,
then social construction and deconstruction would be a useful tools in
looking at the situation of disabled people. But when you say that many
developing societies see disability in a very different way to the social
model, which social model do you mean, because it sounds to me as if Anita
is very conscious of the distribution of material resources in India,
particularly in relation to who gets what services. That sounds very like
the dominant UK social model to me.
Best wishes
Mairian
>Well, I for one (and one of a few I know) would argue that in the US we
>really do not use the social contruction model of disability. This
>statement will take me a while to elaborate which I will do in an article
>and a book. Stay tuned. But many developing (?) societies just see
>disability in a way very different from the social model.
>
>David
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>On Sat, 19 Jun 1999, anitravi wrote:
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>> Dear David
>> I am not exactly sure which societies are you referring to when you say
>> that social constructionist perspective is not applicable? Could you please
>> elaborate.
>> Anita Ghai Ph.D.
>>
Mairian Corker
Senior Research Fellow in Deaf and Disability Studies
Department of Education Studies
University of Central Lancashire
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