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We are all so concerned with not seeming to be bought aren't we; but would any of us really ponder so long and hard on whether it is right or wrong for us to be paid for the time we spend researching. Another thought - we all think it is, not only right but probably unproblematic to reimburse people for wage losses because they spend time away from work contributing to our research. At the same time we seem to expect people, who are not employed in the meaning that they get a salary for working, to devote time to our things and be happy just to have something to do. Isn't this to reinforce the notion that only paid employment is considered valuable work? Since disabled people are marginalised in the labour market (mainly through discrimination) are we not exploiting the results of a discriminatory system? Things never are quite easy are they? Susanne ---------------------------------------------------- Susanne Berg Institute on Independent Living project coordinator www.independentliving.org Luntmakargatan 86 A 113 51 Stockholm Sweden telephone/fax: +46 8 15 73 54 mobile phone: +46 705 15 73 56 e-mail home: [log in to unmask] Annual report: www.independentliving.org/docs1/ilanrp2001.html Årsberättelse: www.independentliving.org/docs1/ilarsbrtls2001.html ________________End of message______________________ Archives and tools for the Disability-Research Discussion List are now located at: www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/disability-research.html You can JOIN or LEAVE the list from this web page.