Participation and Inclusion ‐ a Discourse of Welfare or a Discourse of Rights

Bibliographic Data

ID11228658
AuthorsJoan Abbott‐Chapman (0000-0003-0072-4714, corresponding author), Gary Easthope
Year1998
Volume33
Issue2
Pages99-118
Publication date1998-05-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAustralian Journal of Social Issues (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0157-6321 • E-ISSN: 1839-4655
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/j.1839-4655.1998.tb01326.x
OpenAlexW2413094613
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited18

Research among students with physical and sensory disabilities who have succeeded in continuing their education at post‐compulsory level as far as higher education, revealed that they have a high level of perceived personal control. This is strongly linked with educational attainment irrespective of severity of disability. The emphasis of these students upon self‐help groups, and institutional response to student needs within a discourse of rights, rather than of welfare, has lessons for equity policy and practice with respect to other disadvantaged groups. The wider implications of intervention strategies and compensation programs which label and further marginalise members of disadvantaged groups are explored in the paper, in the context of the social construction of categories of disadvantage and difference, the analysis of competing discourses and social trends of individualisation and globalisation

Context (archaeology · Disadvantage · Disadvantaged · Equity (law · Globalization · Inclusion (mineral · Political science · Project commissioning · Public relations · Publishing · Sociology · Welfare · Gender Studies · Law · Social Work Education and Practice · Youth Education and Societal Dynamics

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