I also agree with Adrian, my expertise is in my own disability and that
is limited to the effects it has on me. I cringe when I hear of
'disabled experts' BUT wholly endorse disabled people being incorporated
in decision making and taking a full part in disability studies. We
(disabled people) have a great deal to learn too about other
disabilities that we are not experiencing!
Regards
Denise
In message <[log in to unmask]>, Adrian
Higginbotham <[log in to unmask]> writes
>afraid I must disagree with you here Rosie:
>being disabled doesn't make you an expert in disability in the same way
>that for example driving a car doesn't make you an expert driver.
>Granted life experience gives you greater insight in to the likely issues
>related to disability but this in my opinion is a long way from expert
>knowledge.
>From my relatively short time reading this list (about 3 weeks) it has
>become clear that many if not most of us are disabled and / or study
>disability therefore may well be dare I suggest slightly out of touch with
>those people who have disabilites but do not get involved in the study or
>politics of disability.
>many of you (us) here may be experts, not everyone is . . .
>
>At 13:01 29/10/99 +0100, you wrote:
>>Dear Jude,
>>In my opinion a 'disabled expert' is any disabled person who exists daily
>>in a 'Disabling Society'. We experience 'being disabled' every day and
>>therefore must be experts at it!
>>Regards -- Rosie.
>>
>>Rosaleen Moriarty-Simmonds, B.Sc.(Hon).
>>RMS - Freelance Journalist & Disability Issues Consultant
>>E-mail - [log in to unmask]
>>Web Site - http://www.rms-cons.demon.co.uk
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: [log in to unmask] [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
>>Sent: Friday, October 29, 1999 10:44 AM
>>To: [log in to unmask]
>>Subject: Disabled expert?
>>
>>
>>I have been trying to get my head around this term, disabled
>>expert. I'm having a hard time conceiving what exactly that could
>>consist of, meaning is this a disabled person which because of
>>their disability automatically made an expert in disability. I'm a
>>dwarf person, but I'm not a dwarf expert. I know quite a bit about
>>my type of dwarfism, but I don't have my PhD in this area there for
>>I'm not an expert. I only know of my life excrescences and the
>>research I have undertaken concerning architectural access to the
>>built environment.
>>
>>I could be getting this term totally wrong! I am glad I have others of
>>which I can learn from on this list.
>>
>>Thanks,
>>Jude
>>
>>Judith M. Irving BSc Arch.Envir.Design
>>Research Assistant / PhD Student
>>S U R F A C E
>>Salford University Research Focus on AcCessible Environments
>>Bridgewater Building
>>Salford University
>>Salford, M7 9NU
>>England
>>Tel:0161-295-3194
>>
>>
>>
>Adrian Higginbotham:
>S U R F A C E
>Salford University, Research Focus on Accessible Environments.
>tel> 0161 2954939.
>
>if a pig looses his voice is he disgruntled?
>
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Denise Webber
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