>>>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?”
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[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
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