Constructing autonomy: smart homes for disabled veterans and the politics of normative citizenship

Serlin, David

doi:10.1080/23337486.2015.1005392

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“…These tend to represent soldiers who look away from the camera, often in civilian outfits or incomplete military uniform, and the photographic subjects are often non-white men and women. A case in point that visually exemplifies this is Nina Berman's 2004 photographic project titled Purple Hearts 18 that portrays the struggles of veterans to re-adjust to civilian life (Serlin 2015).…”

Section: Sexual Politics and Militarizationmentioning

confidence: 98%

Sexing the disabled veteran: the homoerotic aesthetics of militarism

Caso

2016

Critical Military Studies

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Section: Sexual Politics and Militarizationmentioning

confidence: 98%

Sexing the disabled veteran: the homoerotic aesthetics of militarism

Caso

2016

Critical Military Studies

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“…Finally, some manifestations of positive psychology reproduce a tragedy narrative of disability by presenting disability largely as a personal adversity to be overcome (Swain & French, 2000). Disabled people who successfully navigate abled spaces (i.e., outperforming lowered expectations) or accomplish extraordinary feats (e.g., completing a marathon, climbing a mountain, getting into an Ivy League school) serve as exemplars of neoliberal agency (Campbell, 2009;Kafer, 2013;Perry, 2015;Serlin, 2015). Disability is culturally figured as the most daunting of obstacles, and if someone can independently achieve in the face of such adversity, then surely no one else, regardless of ability-level, has an excuse for failure to achieve similar feats.…”

Section: Defining Disabilitymentioning

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Decolonial theory and disability studies: On the modernity/coloniality of ability

Dirth

Adams

2019

J. Soc. Polit. Psych.

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This paper applies a decolonial approach to hegemonic psychological science by engaging marginalized knowledge perspectives of Disability Studies (DS) to reveal and disrupt oppressive knowledge formations associated with standard understandings of ability. In the first section of the paper, we draw upon mainstream DS scholarship to challenge individualistic orientations to disability (evident in the medical model and positive psychology perspectives) that pervade psychological science. The purpose of this approach is to normalize disability by thinking through disabled ways of being as viable and valuable. In the second section of the paper, we draw upon critical race and global disability perspectives to denaturalize hegemonic accounts of ability. Rather than essential properties of human bodies and minds, the capabilities of the modern subject reflect technological and ideological investments that enable a privileged few, while disabling the marginalized global majority. We conclude by discussing implications of decolonial theory for DS and ways in which considerations of disability subjectivity can inform the decolonial project.

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“…VBA program applicants are entitled to compensation for permanent and total SCD; in addition, disability qualification criteria are more stringent. For example, SHA and SAH programs only consider specific disabilities (e.g., blindness in both eyes), emphasizing the corporeal location of the disability in question (Serlin, 2015). However, Veterans with less severe SCDs or disabilities that are not service-connected are eligible for HISA benefits.…”

Section: Comparison Of the Hisa Benefit With Other Va Hm Programsmentioning

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The Home Improvements and Structural Alterations Benefits Program: Veterans With Disabilities and Home Accessibility

Semeah

Ahrentzen

Jia

et al. 2017

Journal of Disability Policy Studies

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The United States has a limited and inadequate supply of housing to meet the accessibility needs of those with physical disabilities. As it pertains to the built environment, accessibility means that an environment can be approached and used independently by individuals with diverse disabilities (DeJong, 1979; University of Washington, 2015). The U.S. "accessibility movement" is grounded in the realization that community participation (e.g., leisure activity, voting, residence, etc.) for individuals with disabilities is nearly impossible without the eradication of attitudinal and environmental barriers preventing full participation (DeJong, 1979). An analysis of the 2011 American Housing Survey (AHS) data reinforced that the needs of individuals with disabilities are not well matched to the housing in which they live or available in the housing market (Bo'Sher, Chan, Ellen, Karfunkel, & Liao, 2015). While one third of the current housing stock may be modifiable for individuals with mobility impairments, currently less than 5% would be accessible to those with moderate mobility impairments, and only 0.15% accessible to those utilizing mobility devices. With the rising numbers of older adults, an aging society will witness growth in physical and cognitive impairments among seniors living in the community. In addition, deinstitutionalization trends will result in growing numbers of individuals with developmental disabilities transitioning from institutionalized care to community living. Hence, aging population trends and the deinstitutionalization movement, in addition to growing numbers of Veterans with disabilities, will increase the demand for accessible homes.

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Constructing autonomy: smart homes for disabled veterans and the politics of normative citizenship

Abstract: Trevisan, F. (2018). Connective action mechanisms in a time of political turmoil: Virtual disability rights protest at Donald Trump's inauguration.

Cited by 11 publications

References 4 publications

Sexing the disabled veteran: the homoerotic aesthetics of militarism

Sexing the disabled veteran: the homoerotic aesthetics of militarism

Decolonial theory and disability studies: On the modernity/coloniality of ability

The Home Improvements and Structural Alterations Benefits Program: Veterans With Disabilities and Home Accessibility

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