Can't even begin to list the way the blog has misinterpreted the social model - it would take too long..... Sent from my iPad On 16 Oct 2012, at 16:31, Paul Swann <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > >>>They did not, however, fit the neat ‘disability has nothing to do with the body’ mantra of the social model.<<< > > This is a myth, not a mantra! Perpetuated perhaps by those who don’t really “get” the Social Model. > > Recommended reading: Colin Barnes’ chapter in The Routledge Handbook of Disability Studies (2012) on “The Social Model of Disability: Valuable or Irrelevant?” > > http://www.mcgill.ca/files/osd/TheSocialModelofDisability.pdf > > > > Paul Swann > Policy Officer (Independent Living) > Disability Wales / Anabledd Cymru > t: 02920 887325 > f: 02920 888702 > e: [log in to unmask] > w: disabilitywales.org > > > About us Events Membership News DW Facebook DW Twitter > > Disability Wales/Anabledd Cymru is a Registered Charity, No. 517391 > and a Company Limited by Guarantee, No. 1998621 > > From: The Disability-Research Discussion List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Simo Vehmas > Sent: 16 October 2012 16:15 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: NNDR blog > > Dear all, new NNDR blog entry 'The Social Model: Sleeping on the Job?' by Jo Ferrie now at http://nndr.org/ > > Best wishes, Simo Vehmas > ________________End of message________________ > This Disability-Research Discussion list is managed by the Centre for Disability Studies at the University of Leeds (www.leeds.ac.uk/disability-studies). > > Enquiries about list administration should be sent to [log in to unmask] > > Archives and tools are located at: www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/disability-research.html > > You can VIEW, POST, JOIN and LEAVE the list by logging in to this web page. > > ________________End of message________________ > This Disability-Research Discussion list is managed by the Centre for Disability Studies at the University of Leeds (www.leeds.ac.uk/disability-studies). > > Enquiries about list administration should be sent to [log in to unmask] > > Archives and tools are located at: www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/disability-research.html > > You can VIEW, POST, JOIN and LEAVE the list by logging in to this web page. ________________End of message________________ This Disability-Research Discussion list is managed by the Centre for Disability Studies at the University of Leeds (www.leeds.ac.uk/disability-studies). Enquiries about list administration should be sent to [log in to unmask] Archives and tools are located at: www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/disability-research.html You can VIEW, POST, JOIN and LEAVE the list by logging in to this web page.