Thank you Marian,
Interestingly 'dyspraxia' is increasingly denied by the medical profession,
as the idea of differential diagnosis becomes more complex and complicated
but I understand the idea of it in medical model terms.
I take your point about impairment/social model.
I will and read your email a few more times and reflect on the information
therein.
In the meantime thank you for your time.
Regards
Gill.
Gill Dixon BHSc Hons, RGN
Independent Dyspraxia Advisor/Trainer.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [log in to unmask]
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Mairian
> Corker
> Sent: 21 September 1999 10:13
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: RE: diversity on campus
>
>
> Hello Gill,
>
> I anticipated this question and I should have said something - apologies.
> My answer is, that 'dyspraxia' is recognised medical terminology and there
> are a great deal more people who still support the medical model of
> disability than who support the social model. Social modellists would call
> dyspraxia 'impairment'. So far as 'deaf' is concerned, it is not so simple
> because of the Deaf/deaf distinction. Here we have a dichotomy where each
> side is seen in a particular way. The deaf side will be perceived in a
> medicalised way of course, but the Deaf side is increasingly being
> perceived in terms of the 'exotic' and so is becoming very enticing - to
> the point where when people say 'deaf', Deaf is assumed. The difficulty is
> that when people mention 'deaf' in conversation, it is never clear which
> 'deaf' they are talking about, especially if the speaker is hearing.
> Context is obviously important. Where do you do your workshops? What kind
> of events are they?
>
> I'm not sure this helps, but it is a really big issue in the context of
> training and I'm not making any assumptions about the nature of your
> training by the way.
>
> Best wishes
>
> Mairian
>
>
> >Marian,
> >please excuse my ignorance, I have so much to learn.
> >Isn't deafness rather medicalised on the whole also?
> >Gill.
> >
> >Gill Dixon BHSc Hons, RGN
> >Independent Dyspraxia Advisor/Trainer.
> >
> >
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: [log in to unmask]
> >> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Mairian
> >> Corker
> >> Sent: 19 September 1999 23:31
> >> To: [log in to unmask]
> >> Subject: RE: diversity on campus
> >>
> >>
> >> This doesn't surprise me as 'dyspraxia', as a 'condition' is perhaps
> >> connoted with impairment/medical model
> >>
> >> Best wishes,
> >>
> >> Mairian
> >>
> >> >This is interesting. Last year I was asked to run some workshops
> >> around the
> >> >subject of Dyspraxia. It is becoming a buzz word in schools and
> >> interest is
> >> >always high. There were a number of other people running
> workshops, all
> >> >regarding 'hidden' disability.
> >> >One of the workshops was very poorly attended and that was
> dealing with
> >> >deafness. The workshop leader said, I think I'll leave the word
> >> 'deaf' out
> >> >of the title next time and see what the response is.
> >> >
> >> >Certainly I find I can talk on a range of special needs in
> education, by
> >> >putting Dyspraxia in the title. It pulls the crowds! (At the moment).
> >> >Gill.
> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> I do wonder, though, why disability is not even in the
> >> >> sub-title?! Are they
> >> >> worried about a diminished readership, I wonder? I ask because
> >> I've just
> >> >> come back from a conference where there was a disability
> stream (poorly
> >> >> attended) and another stream where there was a disability
> >> paper which did
> >> >> not mention disability in the title or abstract (well attended).
> >> >> On talking
> >> >> to the author of this paper, it turned out that this was
> >> deliberate - to
> >> >> get people to listen. Has anyone else tried this strategy and
> >> what do you
> >> >> think of it?
> >>
> >>
> >> Mairian Corker
> >> Senior Research Fellow in Deaf and Disability Studies
> >> Department of Education Studies
> >> University of Central Lancashire
> >> Preston PR1 2HE
> >>
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