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The Politics of Disablement

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In this article, disability definitions are defined: the politics of meaning, the Cultural Production of Impairment and Disability, Disability and the Rise of Capitalism, the Ideological Construction of Disability, the Structuring of Disabled Identities, and the Social Construction of the Disability Problem.
Abstract
Introduction - Disability Definitions: The Politics of Meaning - The Cultural Production of Impairment and Disability - Disability and the Rise of Capitalism - The Ideological Construction of Disability - The Structuring of Disabled Identities - The Social Construction of the Disability Problem - The Politics of Disablement: Existing Possibilities - The Politics of Disablement: New Social Movements - Postscript: The Wind is Blowing - Bibliography - Index

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It's a horrible term for someone: Service user and provider perspectives on personality disorder

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present findings from a study exploring the views of people with personality disorder diagnoses and various professionals working with them, including user and provider perspectives on the meaning of "personality disorder" and the strategies and support people use to address their difficulties.
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Personal and Perplexing: Feminist disability politics evaluated

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The mainstreaming of disability cricket in England and Wales: Integration ‘One Game’ at a time

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Developments in special education in Ireland: deep structures and policy making

TL;DR: In spite of considerable criticism, psycho-medical definitions of and responses to disability have been incorporated into educational legislation in Ireland and continue to dominate policy development in special education as discussed by the authors, and the real danger of failing to address these deep structures of exclusion and marginalization will be reproduced even in well-intentioned and well-supported programmes.