Hmmm...
Non-disabled people in disability studies. It is interesting to view
the role of men in feminist studies as a useful parallel / though
different context. There are not many critical male researchers that
I know who would admit to being 'bearded feminists' - indeed to do
so, would in some ways fail to recognise 'ontological priviledge' of
women (see Stanley and Wise, 1993). However, I have met many
non-disabled people who would say that they are 'proponents of the
social model'. Does this challenge the ontological priviledge of
disabled people and reproduce notions of 'non-disabled as
expert' (which we know is nonsense, but is a core component of the
surveillance by professionals in the lives of disabled people) or is
this problematically fitting with 'interdependence' and individual
and collective responsibility of all social actors (as argued for by
Oliver, Corker, etc)?
Just a thought ....
Dan
Dan Goodley
Bolton Institute
Department of Psychology
Deane Campus
Bolton BL3 5AB
Tel : 01204 903676
"Revolution is necessary ... the class which
overthrows the ruling class can rid itself of
the accumulated rubbish of the past and become
capable of reconstructing society". (Marx 1845)
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