From disability to ability
Changing the phrasing of the debate
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12313299 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Paul Harpur (0000-0002-3350-0381, The University of Queensland, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 325-337 |
| Publication date | 2012-04-04 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Disability & Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0968-7599 • E-ISSN: 1360-0508 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/09687599.2012.654985 |
| OpenAlex | W2015471711 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 25 |
| References cited | 14 |
Persons with disabilities have endured discrimination and live under social apartheid. While enlightened people recognise the role that society has in disabling people with impairments, there remains a struggle to remove the negative stigma associated with this form of social diversity. There is no silver bullet that will enable persons with disabilities to exercise their human rights as full citizens. One strategy to assist in this struggle is the use of language. This paper focuses on how language can be utilised in the struggle against oppression. This paper reconsiders how disability discrimination is conceived and labelled. There is no uniformly accepted label to describe the discrimination and oppression that is explained by the social model or the non-radical social model. This paper explores how the labels of disableism and ableism have emerged to explain this concept. This paper analyses these terms and argues for the adoption of ableist nomenclature
Ableism · Disabled people · Diversity (politics · Oppression · Political science · Politics · Social discrimination · Social issues · Social model of disability · Sociology · Stigma (botany · Disability Education and Employment · Disability Rights and Representation · Gender Studies · Healthcare innovation and challenges · Law · Psychology · Social Psychology
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Stakeholder perspectives of the future of accessible tourism in New Zealand
Disability and domestic violence
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Intellectual disabilities, domestic violence and legal engagement
Super, social, medical
Inclusive, social space-oriented participation of people with disabilities in the Bavaria–Tyrol border region during the Covid-19 pandemic
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Cultural strategy for people with disability in Australia
Are perceptions of disability changed by involving service users and carers in qualifying health and social work training
Deconstructing language practices
Social work field education
Disability terminology and the emergence of ‘diffability’ in Indonesia
The construction of intellectual disability by parents and teachers
Disability Rights and Wrongs
The Politics of Disablement
Contours of Ableism
Sexism and Racism, Why Not Ableism
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Understanding emerging disabilities
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| Unique citing works | 25 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1.92 |
| Citation span | 2013 - 2025 (13) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 25 |