What I am not sure of here is whether when you talk of critical, you are meaning critical of the
notion of the construct of "codependancy" or whether you are within that model and looking for
examples.
I don't have any references, I am not sure whether they will be found in scholarly journals, but I
do recall that in the past there have been numerous local protests about this state of affairs, so
perhaps you should be trawling newspapers and the "disability" press.
It really is a complex situation created by the various benefits regulations and reforms, so I would
guess that in the responses to various white papers dealing with Income Support, (supplementary
benefit) Incapacity Benefit (invalidity benefit) some material might be found.
Anyway from recent personal experience the problem is more complex in that the 'system' predisposes
to such forms of exploitation, because the bureocracy and the paperwork involved in taking a living
wage for a fair days work is worse than the consequences of being underpaid. One is effectively
forced to collude with the system in order to survive it.
Larry
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> Elizabeth Ellis
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> Subject: Codependency, caring and Disability AND exploitation
>
> Hi
>
> Can anyone suggest or recommend some texts in reference to
> codependency and disability particularly learning
> difficulties. I'm especially interested in something which
> takes a critical perspective of codependency but really I'll
> take anything, as so far I have found virtually nothing that
> could be referenced anyway.
>
> I'm also interested in any research looking at the ways in
> which disabled people (again, particularly people with
> learning difficulties) are exploited within 'work experience'
> settings. You know the kind of thing. Pay someone 80p a day
> to do a full day's labour and then give the company £25 a day
> for the privilege of that free labour. I can't find anything
> dealing with it specifically and there must be something out
> there surely?
>
> Many thanks to you all
>
> Liz
>
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