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Disability and social change : a South African agenda / edited by Brian Watermeyer ... [and others]
Van Pelt Library HV1559.S6 D57 2006
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- People with disabilities--South Africa.
- People with disabilities.
- People with disabilities--Government policy--South Africa.
- People with disabilities--Civil rights--South Africa.
- Social change--South Africa.
- Social change.
- Social security--South Africa.
- Social security.
- AIDS (Disease)--South Africa.
- AIDS (Disease).
- Community health services.
- HIV infections.
- People with disabilities--Civil rights.
- People with disabilities--Government policy.
- South Africa.
- HIV infections--South Africa.
- Community health services--South Africa.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 417 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cape Town, South Africa : HSRC Press ; Chicago : Distributed in North America by Independent Publishers Group, 2006.
- Summary:
- This powerful volume represents the broadest engagement with disability issues in South Africa yet. Themes include theoretical approaches to, and representations of, disability; governmental and civil society responses to disability issues; aspects of education as these pertain to the oppression/liberation of disabled people; social security for disabled people; the complex politics permeating service provision relationships; and a consideration of disability in relation to human spaces - physical, economic and philosophical. Noteworthy is the inclusivity of its nearly 50 contributors, many of whom write both as disabled South Africans and as educators, parents, linguists, psychologists, human-rights activists, entrepreneurs, health practitioners, academics or government officials. Equally stimulating is the range of writing styles, including interviews, well crafted articles on theoretical issues and autobiographical contributions - a provocatively stark contrasting of voices. Firmly located within the social model of disability, this collection resonates powerfully with contemporary thinking and research in the disability field and sets a new benchmark for cutting-edge debates in a transforming South Africa.
- Contents:
- Section I Theoretical approaches to disability 7
- 2 Disability and the environment / Marguerite Schneider 8
- 3 Developing disability studies programmes: the international context / Mark Priestley 19
- 4 Disability and psychoanalysis / Brian Watermeyer 31
- Section II Government and societal responses to disability 45
- 5 A history of the disability rights movement in South Africa / Colleen Howell, Shuaib Chalklen, Thomas Alberts 46
- 6 Integrating disability within government: the Office on the Status of Disabled Persons / Sebenzile Matsebula, Marguerite Schneider, Brian Watermeyer 85
- 7 Establishing the Secretariat for the African Decade of Persons with Disabilities / Shuaib Chalklen, Leslie Swartz, Brian Watermeyer 93
- 8 Disability and human rights: the South African Human Rights Commission / Charlotte Mclain Nhlapo, Brian Watermeyer, Marguerite Schneider 99
- 9 HIV/AIDS and disability: new challenges / Leslie Swartz, Marguerite Schneider, Poul Rohleder 108
- 10 'How could she possibly manage in court?' An intervention programme assisting complainants with intellectual disabilities in sexual assault cases in the Western Cape / Beverley Dickman, Amanda Roux, Susan Manson, Gillian Douglas, Nokuthula Shabalala 116
- 11 Language policy and SASL: interpreters in the public service / Marion Heap, Helen Morgans 134
- Section III Disability and education 148
- 12 Disability and schooling in South Africa / Crain Soudien, Jean Baxen 149
- 13 Disabled students and higher education in South Africa / Colleen Howell 164
- 14 Developing a Disability Studies programme: engaging activism and academia for social change / Theresa Lorenzo, Mzolisi ka Toni, Mark Priestley 179
- 15 Developing literacy with Deaf adults / Meryl Glaser, Theresa Lorenzo 192
- Section IV Disability, poverty, and social security 206
- 16 Disability, poverty, gender and race / Tony Emmett 207
- 17 Tough choices: disability and social security in South Africa / Leslie Swartz, Marguerite Schneider 234
- 18 Issues in disability assessment / Ruth Watson, Marion Fourie, Joan Andrews 245
- Section V Disability and service provision 260
- 19 Physically disabled women and discrimination in reproductive health care: psychoanalytic reflections / Nokwanele Mgwili, Brian Watermeyer 261
- 20 Community-based rehabilitation: new challenges / Sarah Rule, Theresa Lorenzo, Milani Wolmarans 273
- 21 Psychiatric disability and social change: an insider perspective / Siyabulela K, Madeleine Duncan 291
- 22 Parents and therapists: dilemmas in partnership / Judy Mckenzie, Bronwen Muller 311
- Section VI Disability and human spaces 324
- 23 Disability and universal access: observations on housing from the spatial and social periphery / Justine Coulson, Mark Napier, Gertrude Matsebe 325
- 24 Disability and homelessness: a personal journey from the margins to the centre and back / Gubela Mji 350
- 25 Entrepreneurship, employment and skills: Ari Seirlis in conversation / Ari Seirlis, Leslie Swartz 361
- 26 Media and disability / Jane Stadler 373
- 27 'Ag shame' and superheroes: stereotype and the signification of disability / Kathleen McDougall 387.
- Notes:
- "Compiled within the Child, Youth, Family and Social Development Research Programme of the Human Sciences Research Council"--Prelim.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0796921377
- 9780796921376
- OCLC:
- 73219282
- Online:
- Contributor biographical information
- Publisher description
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