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________________End of message________________Thanks Ingrid,Language is such an important tool for crafting social attitudes. Do you think the term "barriers assessment" would be a suitable alternative to "needs assessment"? When considering the social barriers faced by someone with functional limitations, or impairment of some kind, might an outward focus on the barriers achieve a similar goal en route to social inclusion?
Janice
Sent from my iPad________________End of message________________Hi Janice. I'd say that while the NZ disability strategy certainly embraces the social model, the rest of our policies (and particularly funding) don't really indicate any adherence to the social model, but are based on a deficit-focus of disability ... If you've ever had the *cough* pleasure of sitting through a "needs assessment" (note the term 'needs') you'll see what I mean________________End of message________________On Thu, Feb 6, 2014 at 10:15 AM, Vin <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
Got there before me Larry - couldn't agree more. The Welsh Government has good intentions and nominally works within the Social Model but the underlying attitudes of all but a few Ministers and officials is instinctively Med Model but the UK Coalition has perpetrated a disability hate crime since taking office
Vin
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> On 5 Feb 2014, at 20:53, Larry Arnold <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> The Uk Government categorically does not follow the social model.
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> We currently have a Government intent upon undoing all the advances of the last two decades and more, replacing assessments for disability benefits with pseudo medical tests designed to deny the existence of disabled people and a concerted Government backed press campaign of hatred implying that unless you are a Paralympian, you are a fraud and therefore should be driven out of your home and starved to death because work makes you free.
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> Larry
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> Subject: Re: Governments that have embraced a Social Model paradigm
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> Hi Janice,
> I think the munber of governments 'following' a social model of disability is too small to comprise a list. The only governments embracing such a model are the UK and NZ governmnets. I suspect the reason for this state of affiars is due, in part, to the utility of a bio-medical definition of disability. It is not only useful for governments, it legitimates the plethora of human services in Western societies, where manufacturing has declined over many years.
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> May I ask why you are asking? And could I ask your reason for reviewing the DDA?
>
> Pamela
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> Subject: Governments that have embraced a Social Model paradigm
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>
> Hello colleagues,
> Is anyone compiling a list of which governments have made the move from the
> traditional medical model to a social model of disability, as they try to
> implement change? I know it is happening in dribs and drabs across the
> world, at National, state and local government levels, although not
> consistently. New Zealand embraced the social model 13 years ago...what
> other countries have followed suit?
>
> Janice,
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