Beyond Disability

Gerald Hales is a Research Fellow at the Institute of Educational Technology at The Open UniversityCONTRIBUTORSColin Barnes University of LeedsDeborah Cooper National Bureau for Students with DisabilitiesMarian CorkerKen Davis Derbyshire Coalition of Disabled PeopleVic Finkelstein Open UniversitySally French Brunel UniversityBernard Leach Manchester Metropolitan UniversityDick Leaman Lambeth AccordAnn Macfarlane Consultant Disability ServicesSue NapolitanoBrenda Smith City UniversityOssie Stuart University of YorkSian Vasey, TV Producer and Presenter for ′Does He Take Sugar?′Collette Welch London Borough of Waltham ForestSallie Withers Herefordshire LifestylesRay Woolfe Keele University

• Introduction - Gerald HalesPART ONE: SETTING THE SCENEAspects of Intervention - Ann MacfarlaneConsultation, Care, Help and SupportKey Issues in Support - Collette WelchPART TWO: THE PRACTICALITIESMobility Impairment - Sue NapolitanoVisual Impairment and Disability - Colin BarnesA Hearing Difficulty as Impairment - Mairian CorkerLearning Difficulties - Sheila FordPART THREE: HOW DOES IT FEEL?The Experience of Care - Sian VaseyDisabled People and the Equal Opportunities Movement - Bernard LeachThe Experience of Counselling - Sallie WithersBeing a Counsellor - Ray WoolfePART FOUR: MAKING IT WORKSimulation Exercises in Disability Awareness Training - Sally FrenchA CritiqueDisability and Legislation - Ken DavisRights and EqualityLegislation - Deborah CooperA Practical Example - Young People and EducationWorking Choices - Brenda SmithThe Attitudes of Health Professionals towards Disabled People - Sally FrenchPART FIVE: THE WAY FORWARDFour Camels of Disability - Dick LeamanDeveloping New Services - Vic Finkelstein and Ossie Stuart

`Beyond Disability... raises questions such as why services tend to miss the needs experienced by disabled people themselves, what is it like to be disabled - and what is it like to experience different impairments such as mobility, visual or intellectual impairments. The volume includes sections on legislation (anti-discrimination), counselling, the attitudes of professionals, and concludes with a `diagnosis of the present′, co-authored by one of the grand old men of the British disability movement, Vic Finkelstein.′ Acta Sociologica`Overall,the book is an insightful investigation into the perceptions and experiences, struggles, and responsiblities of a society concerned about sensitively addressing issues of disability′ - Contemporary Psychology`This text moves the disability debate onwards from blunt challenges to prevailing models of disability.... It Explains both the complexities and the practicalities of access from a vairety of perspectives.... It [the book] offers alternatives to assumptions about intervention which are profoundly challenging. I would recommend it to all readers who are interested in reflecting upon their role in the alleviation of communication disability′ - Bulletin`The value of this section [Section II] is that the authors bring out common themes from the basis of different impairments - and highlight some of the complexities which are hidden by using broad categories of disability.... This wide-ranging book provides a broad overview of disability and social responses witha balance of personal experience, policy analysis and theoretical perspectives′ - Social Policy`This book is a useful tool.... I rather like the "beyond disability" notion′ - Community Care′The second section is by far the most rewarding with the chapter [ten] on the changing perceptions of impairment in Nicaragua and its political symbolism and uses being a cross between anthropoligical study and cultural studies. It is this mix of disciplines which enables this text to rise above single discipline texts as its salience and analysis has a depth to it which is rarely achieved.... The editor′s own chapter on the import of Norway′s rehabilitation ideology to the unsuspecting hands of Botswana is a wonderful example of how such an analysis should work′ - Disability and Society