Joanna wrote:
>I am undertaking some research into the potential use of the social model by
>the MS Society to guide its work - at the moment this isn't the case. I am
>trying to grapple with the above issue and am coming to the conclusion that
>there is an awareness raising job to be done within the MS Society itself.
>The negativity is due in part to people with MS having lived much of their
>lives as non-disabled people I assume although I wouldn't want to
>distinguish so simplistically between acquired and 'conjenital' impairments
>(if that's the right phrase (apologies if it isn't)).
>
I wonder if it might be useful to look at the distinction between chronic
illness and impairment, though. In which case, the early work of Jenny
Morris and the volume by Barnes and Mercer "Exploring the Divide" may be
useful. There's also a good U.S. volume called 'Recovering Bodies' by
Thomas Couser, which uses narrative. It's my experience that 'negative'
self-perceptions are more commonly associated with chronic illness,
especially if pain and fatigue are predominant, and these can be both
impairment and disability effects.
Best wishes
Mairian
Mairian Corker
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Department of Education and Social Studies
University of Central Lancashire
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