Hi
The earliest I've found so far is in the transcript of a talk given to
doctors by Vic Finkelstein in March 1972 on 'The Psychology of
Disability'. The transcript is edited but I presume the text is
otherwise accurate from the tape recording.
"What I, as a disabled person, want to see is that there are ramps, that
the kerbs in the streets, etc., are designed in a way that I can
anticipate that wherever I go, move in society, I will not be faced with
'disabling' barriers." (p10 in the original)
http://www.leeds.ac.uk/disability-studies/archiveuk/finkelstein/01%20-%2
0Talk%20to%20GPs.pdf
Paul Hunt does use the word 'barriers' once in 'A Critical Condition'
(1966) but more colloquially and not really in the same sense of
disabling barriers (and it doesn't appear at all in the text of 'Stigma'
the same year).
"I know I have instinctive prejudices against lots of people; against
the able-bodied to start with. It is a basic human characteristic to
fear and put up barriers against those who are different from
ourselves."
Hope that helps.
Best wishes
Mark
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Subject: where did the 'barriers' come from?
Hiya,
Am just mailing to ask if anyone has information, refs or would hazard a
guess regarding the origins of 'barriers' in disability theory and
activism.
I am doing some research looking at disability language use and want to
find
out if prior to the UPIAS '76 articulation of disability in social model
terms as 'socially imposed restriction' and 'oppression', a notion of
'barriers' was discussed / asserted in theory and activism (or anywhere
for
that matter).
Any comments you may have will be gratefully received.
Many thanks
Stephen
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