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Phil, You got it that professional writing is priveledged above non-professional narrative writring (though, what's the evidence that this professional arrogance is limited to "the West"?). Some wise person whose name I heard in a City Planning course lecture 25 years ago, said "A profession is a bottleneck in the flow of information". If anyone knows the source of that quote, please send!) It's telling that you'd be called on to defend an interest in gathering & reading first person PWD narratives. As if studying the highly varied phenomenon of disability, could be rooted in anything, but-- gathering as much information as possible about what disability-related experiences are... How refreshing to read of a DS scholar interested in what AIDS activists have termed a "reality-based" (as opposed to ideology, emotionally-based, or a bias-based) approach,.... ....instead of squandering time, playing egotistical shell games with terms.... I mean --- Define your terms, quickly, and then SAY SOMETHING with them, already! To say you're a DS scholar, with no interest in narratives, is like saying you're an expert on French cuisine, while you've never actually tasted any of it, beyond maybe your one favourite recipe.... If that's what is going to replace the Medical Model, then Pete Townsend got it right when he wrote "Meet the new boss, same as the old boss." %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%