Northern IrelandPARarts and disabilitydisabilitypower constructsDisability Arts (arts created by people with disabilities as a political act), which grew out of the Disability Rights movement in the United States and in England in the 1970s鈥 1980s, is not widely practised or recognized in ...
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The social model analysis is the essential political tool of the disability rights movement. It allows activists to clarify exactly what changes and actions are necessary to ensure that disabled people's dignity, rights and freedom are guaranteed. It is important to note the difference between the...
Senior health figures have promised that the NHS will “always seek to fully protect” the rights of disabled people during the coronavirus pandemic, after responding to concerns raised in a statement by scores of disabled campaigners and user-led organisations. The response from Professor St...
【24hr】Resistance, transformation and the politics of hope: imagining a way forward for the disabled people's movement 包量 机译抵抗,变革与希望政治:为残疾人运动构想前进的道路 作者:Susan Peters;Susan Gabel;Simoni Symeonidou; 刊名:Disability & Society ...
Rights are meaningless without the power to enforce them. “The reason I co-founded DPAC was the unquestionable belief that we, disabled people, had to build a new social movement, foster a sense of community, and build alliances with allies. Over the last 15 years we have not made ...
It should be noted that whichever way the die is cast, in the context of development planning, access to healthcare services is one of the foremost human rights that has been politically compromised. Furthermore, it should be noted that majority of refugees in the world reside in developing ...
Ireland’s intellectual disability services encompass a mixed economy of care, involving voluntary, private, and state-managed organisations, and comprise a diverse range of supports tailored to meet the needs of individuals across the lifespan. Services vary in size, with some supporting a small ...
Ceylan sees Wewalk as part of an attempt to help blind people achieve greater freedom of movement, which he believes will give them greater access to education and jobs. The canes are already having an impact on users, Ceylan says. He recently received an email from a teacher in Ireland wh...
This article attempts to trace how the infuriatingly elusive concept of equality has been applied in the context of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and more specifically, Section 15, commonly referred to as the equality provision. It suggests that a critical analysis of the historical...