From disability to ability: changing the phrasing of the debate

• Published in: Disability & society Vol. 27; no. 3; pp. 325 - 337
• Main Author: Harpur, Paul
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Abingdon Routledge 01.05.2012; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: Ableism; Apartheid; Australia-overseas comparisons; Australia. Disability Discrimination Act 1992; Australia: Law and legislation; Citizens; Civil rights; Disability; Disability discrimination; Disableism; Discrimination; Disorders; Human Rights; Language; Language Usage; Multiculturalism & pluralism; Oppression; People with disabilities; Physically Handicapped; Social change; Social exclusion; Social model; Social norms; Stigma; Terminology

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...