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Anne Marie I think you also need to look at organisations who rely on bequests and other types of donations and Govt funding but who provide all sorts of services for people disadvantaged by marginalisation. I wear a reasonable degree of cynicism but am also of the opinion that there are many people in the world who genuinely see social justice as something worth working toward and try hard to deliver services to marginalised groups including people with a disability. As long as their service goals are aligned with the goals of the people who use those services, with their ultimate aim being that they no longer need to exist (as a provider of such services) then such "charitable" services can serve as allies. It might be interesting to look at the "vocational" motivation of some of religious organisations who provide such services. Despite what anyone says, there are some damn good ones out there "employing" some great people devoted to social justice and politically astute who serve to maintain the dignity of the people they work for. Best regards Laurence Bathurst School of Occupation and Leisure Sciences Faculty of Health Sciences University of Sydney PO Box 170 Lidcombe NSW 1825 Australia Please use home phone or mobile number Home Ph: 61 2 9818 2050 Mobile Ph: 0407 069 441 Email: [log in to unmask] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Maria Barile" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2003 10:55 PM Subject: Re: Negative Image | Anne Marie, | | This is a non academic response to your question. | without prejudice | Charities as a means to solve social problem is, for the most part a | capitalist construction. Wherein the "victim's" most "vulnerable" point | is exploited to call pity on them; this trigger guilt in others so that | funds are sent. | An exchange of some sort (feeling goods by giving monetary to the | "victims"). This exchanges give illusion necessary or otherwise, that the | external individuals are doing something. In reality the social problem | persist and increase. | | With regard to disability it also works in the following way: | It makes charity organization rich, and respectable | Increases self-doubts among those of us who see ourselves (in younger years) | paraded as, "freaks " | Increases the needs for cure industries and or technologies response on | how to makes us "good and normal" or get rid of us. | Increases society fear of producing more of us. | | I suggest a good book that gives you better response than what I outlined | is " Beyond Ramp.... by Martha Russell | | Maria | ----- Original Message ----- | From: "Anne MArie Murphy" <[log in to unmask]> | To: <[log in to unmask]> | Sent: Monday, September 29, 2003 6:29 PM | Subject: Negative Image | | | > I am currently studying a B.A. in Learning Difficulties at Fife College. | I | > have been asked to deliver a presentation on 'The Charity Trap' and | > although I have researched the subject, I do not want to deliver any | > projects without, at least, some real representation. I would be very | > grateful if I could communicate with disabled people and gather some real | > and valuable information. I would really like to know what people think | of | > charities, how disabled people are portrayed and any input which anyone | > would like to contribute. I hope I don't sound patroninsing or silly, I | am | > very interested in people and inequalities. I really want to talk to | > you. Thank you for reading this. Look forward to communicating. | > | > ________________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. | > | > | | ________________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. ________________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.