Disability and Rehabilitation Policy: Is Paternalistic Neglect Really Benign?

Hahn, Harlan; Albrecht, Gary L.; Berkowitz, Edward D.; Berkowitz, Monroe; Johnson, William G.; Murphy, Edward H.; Bowe, Frank G.; Eisenberg, Myron G.; Griggins, Cynthia; Duval, Richard J.; Gliedman, John; Roth, William; Howards, Irving; Brehm, Henry P.; Nagi, Saad Z.; Kramer, Ralph; Levine, Erwin L.; Wexler, Elizabeth M.; Murphy, Michael J.; Stark, Nancy T.; Cheatham, Betty L.; Rubin, Jeffrey B.; Porte, Valerie La; Spiegel, Allen D.; Podair, Simon

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“…There was no small clique which secretly promulgated the sterilization and segregation laws which were applied to disabled persons and which still operate today (Berns, 1953 ;Bell, 1962;Haller, 1963 ;Wolfensberger, 1975Wolfensberger, , 1981Forman & Hetznecker, 1982 ;Hahn, 1982Hahn, , 1983Pfeiffer, 1985Pfeiffer, , 1987 . It was (and is) public opinion as articulated by public leaders and scientific opinion as articulated by professionals which gave these laws impetus for their passage and for their implementation .…”

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Eugenics and Disability Discrimination

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1994

Disability & Society

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Testimony presented during the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (P. L . 101-336) indicated the continued existence of discrimination based upon a disability . Many persons, including academics, do not believe that such discrimination exists nor do they believe that some of the most threatening discrimination in the US is based in state law . This paper details these state laws (past and present) in the area of domestic relations and presents the historical cause for the enactment of the discriminatory laws . The Eugenics Movement using (somewhat wrongly) Darwin's evolutionary theory was and continues to be the force behind them . Policy implications are presented in the conclusion.

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Eugenics and Disability Discrimination

Pfeiffer

1994

Disability & Society

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“…Authors such as Foucault (1975;1977), Illich, Zola, McKnight, Caplan & Shaiken (1977), Hahn (1982, Zola (1982), DeJong (1979), and Gliedman and Roth (1980) have identified the following influences: the built environment, production of space, increased classification, the perception of disability as deviance, distribution of power and bureaucracy. Authors such as Foucault (1975;1977), Illich, Zola, McKnight, Caplan & Shaiken (1977), Hahn (1982, Zola (1982), DeJong (1979), and Gliedman and Roth (1980) have identified the following influences: the built environment, production of space, increased classification, the perception of disability as deviance, distribution of power and bureaucracy.…”

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The Environment: A Focus for Occupational Therapy

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1991

Can J Occup Ther

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Individuals in Canada with a disability encounter environmental constraints that limit their active participation in the daily life of our communities. Fundamental inequities in participation and integration continue to exist and there is a need for a concerted effort to eliminate these disabling environments. Several factors, including the built environment, societal production of space, classification of individuals based on norms, the perception of disability as deviance, the power of health disciplines and bureaucracy are examined to determine their contribution to the creation of these disabling environments. Recent modifications to occupational therapy theory and practice, while meaningful, have not fully explored ways in which disabling environments limit occupation. Prevailing ideas about occupation and the environment are examined for their contribution to solving these environmental problems. Principles which can assist occupational therapy intervention directed at changing disabling environments are described. The intent is to define methods of changing disabling environments, based on the desires and active participation of people with disabilities

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“…Much of the impetus for this change can be traced to a significant shift in the definition of disability. While disability traditionally has been examined from a medical approach that focuses on functional impairments or from an economic approach that emphasizes vocational limitations, a new socio-political approach has emerged that regards disability as a product of interactions between individual and environment (Hahn, 1982). The latter viewpoint avoids the limitations of the clinical model (Stubbins, 1982) by recognizing that the fundamental restrictions of a disability may be located in the surroundings that people encounter rather than within the disabled individual.…”

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The Politics of Physical Differences: Disability and Discrimination

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1988

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Although a “minority‐group” model has emerged to challenge the traditional dominance of the “functional‐limitations” paradigm for the study of disability, research on attitudes toward disabled people has not produced a theoretical orientation that reflects these developments. This paper proposes a new conceptual framework, based on the fundamental values of personal appearance and individual autonomy, for assessing the “aesthetic” and “existential” anxiety aroused by persons with disabilities. Investigations using this perspective might contribute to determining the attitudinal foundations of the competing models that are dividing research on disability.

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Disability and Rehabilitation Policy: Is Paternalistic Neglect Really Benign?

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Eugenics and Disability Discrimination

Eugenics and Disability Discrimination

The Environment: A Focus for Occupational Therapy

The Politics of Physical Differences: Disability and Discrimination

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