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TY - JOUR
T1 - Do disabled people need a stronger social model
T2 - a social model of human rights?
AU - Berghs, M.
AU - Atkin, K.
AU - Hatton, Chris
AU - Thomas, Carol
N1 - This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Disability and Society on 01/06/2019, available online: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09687599.2019.1619239
PY - 2019/11/1
Y1 - 2019/11/1
N2 - We introduce the social model of disability by reflecting on its origins and legacy, with particular reference to the work of the Union of the Physically Impaired against Segregation. We argue that there has been a gradual rolling back of the rights and entitlements associated with the social model of disability. Yet no alternative for the social model has been proposed in response to such threats to disabled people’s human rights. Disabled people need a stronger social model that acts as a means to a society which enables and ensures their rights; the right to live a dignified life, as well as to live in an environment that enables people to flourish with disability.
AB - We introduce the social model of disability by reflecting on its origins and legacy, with particular reference to the work of the Union of the Physically Impaired against Segregation. We argue that there has been a gradual rolling back of the rights and entitlements associated with the social model of disability. Yet no alternative for the social model has been proposed in response to such threats to disabled people’s human rights. Disabled people need a stronger social model that acts as a means to a society which enables and ensures their rights; the right to live a dignified life, as well as to live in an environment that enables people to flourish with disability.
KW - Disability
KW - human rights
KW - social model
KW - social model of human rights
U2 - 10.1080/09687599.2019.1619239
DO - 10.1080/09687599.2019.1619239
M3 - Journal article
VL - 34
SP - 1034
EP - 1039
JO - Disability and Society
JF - Disability and Society
SN - 0968-7599
IS - 7-8
ER -