Disabled people experience profound discrimination and social disadvantage, but this has
not generated substantial interest among mainstream sociologists. Barnes, Mercer and …

This paper will address the debates surrounding the usefulness of the social model of
disability as an academic and practical tool with which to explore the experience of …

In this section, we will explore in more detail the dominant, individual, model of disability,
and then contrast it with a social model of disability that was originally advanced by a small …

This year marks exactly 30 years since I published a book introducing the social model of
disability onto an unsuspecting world and yet, despite the impact this model has had, all we …

Over the last forty years, the field of disability studies has emerged from the political activism
of disabled people. In this challenging review of the field, leading disability academic and …

COLIN BARNES CEOFF MERCER ince the 1970s, a disabled people's movement has
become established as a political force worldwide. It has confronted the orthodox view that …

The social model approach to understanding disability reflects the growth of the disability
movement, and emphasizes the role of discrimination and prejudice in the lives of disabled …

The Disability Press aims to provide an alternative outlet for work in the field of disability
studies. The Disability Press draws inspiration from the work of all those countless disabled …

As one of the originators of discussions about disability models, it is important that I clarify
some of the issues I intended to raise when I began to write about the individual and social …

Deborah Marks examines current theories and practices relating to disability. The focus of
the work is not disabled people as' objects' of study but rather an analysis of disability as it …