Thanks Stuart
Chris
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Sent: 11 December 2009 12:18
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Subject: Re: Disabled People or People with Disabilities?
Chris
I can't give you
the actual date, but according to the Journal ‘Research in Social Science and
Disability’ Volume 2, pp. 9-28
(2002)), by Tom Shakespeare and Nicholas Watson, the social model of disability was
developed in the 1970s by activists in the Union of the Physically Impaired
Against Segregation (UPIAS), and was given academic credibility via
the work of Vic Finkelstein (1980, 1981), Colin Barnes (1991) and Mike Oliver
(1990, 1996).
By the time the
Disability Discrimination Act was introduced in 1995 'disabled people' had certainly become
the more socially recognised term (its referenced in Part 1 of the DDA
1995, see http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts1995/ukpga_19950050_en_2).
Its also
interesting to note that some other countries, which use the social model (such
as USA and Sweden), the term 'people with disability' is still preferred.
Hope this is
helpful.
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From: HE Administrators equal opportunities list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
Behalf Of Chris Bradshaw
Sent: 11 December 2009 12:04
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Subject: Disabled People or People with Disabilities?
Just a quick question
that I have been asked by a senior colleage! Can anyone tell me when the
phrase "people with disabilities" became outdated and was replaced by
"disable people" please?
I seem to recall it was
at least 3 years ago but I have been asked to cite a reference!
Chris
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