Expanding Ableism: Taking down the Ghettoization of Impact of Disability Studies Scholars

Wolbring, Gregor

doi:10.3390/soc2030075

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“…We posit that the expectations of academia exhibited by participants of the discussion forum disability and the Post-2015 development goal agenda [12] pose challenges to the academic system especially given our findings reported here that the academic coverage of SD is under investigating disabled people and the reality that a disability studies angle is still vastly under-represented in academia in general [15] and where the key analytical lens used within disability studies (ableism) is not broadly used within other academic fields [15]. It is stated elsewhere [35] that ableism is a useful angle for the education for sustainable development discourse and we submit an ableism lens is useful for all SD discourses covered in this paper.…”

Section: Challenges For Academiamentioning

confidence: 97%

“…Furthermore, our study looked at the Post-2015 Development Goal Agenda through a disability studies lens. And disability studies scholars are seen to be accountable to academia and disabled people [15].…”

Section: Quantitative and Qualitative Data On The Views Of Members Ofmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Moreover, it also is expected that the material of the research reaches disabled people. These expectations pose numerous problems for academics including disability studies scholars (for a discussion around problems disability studies scholars which is linked to many of the here recorded expectations see [15]). …”

Section: Role Of Academicsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Academics are mentioned in all SD discourses however we want to engage with what participants of the discussion forum disability and the Post-2015 development goal agenda [12] felt academics and its institutions should do related to disabled people. As a disability studies scholar, one has to think about who one serves and how [15]. The few quotes used in Section 3.1.4 highlight the view of the participants of the discussion forum disability and the Post-2015 development goal agenda [12] on the role of academics and academic institutions.…”

Section: Role Of Academicsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Disability Studies is an interdisciplinary/multidisciplinary academic discipline that "recognizes that disability is a key aspect of human experience, and that the study of disability has important political, social, and economic implications for society as a whole, including both disabled and nondisabled people" [14,15]. Disability studies "refers generally to the examination of disability as a social, cultural, and political phenomenon in contrast to clinical, medical, or therapeutic perspectives on disability" [16].…”

Section: Analyzing the Sd And Post-2015 Development Discourses Througmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Disabled People and the Post-2015 Development Goal Agenda through a Disability Studies Lens

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Abstract:The purpose of this study was to examine the role and visibility of disabled people in the discourses of various global policy processes related to sustainable development and the Post-2015 development agenda. This article makes several recommendations for strengthening the role of disabled people in these discourses. The research addresses the question of how the disability community and sustainable development community relate to each other in these discourses. This study provides quantitative and qualitative data on three aspects of the relationship. One set of data highlights who is seen as a stakeholder in general and the visibility of disabled people in the social sustainability, sustainable consumption, Rio+20 and Post-2015 development agenda proposals discourses and what participants of the online consultation for a disability inclusive development agenda towards 2015 and beyond had to say about the issues of visibility of disabled people in development discourses. A second set of data illuminates the attitudes towards disabled people evident in the SD discourses including through the eyes of the participant of the online consultation for a disability inclusive development agenda towards 2015 and beyond. The final set of data compares the goals and actions seen as desirable for the advancement of SD evident in the SD literature covered and the online consultation for a disability inclusive development agenda towards 2015 and beyond. This study interpreted the data through a disability studies lens. The study found that OPEN ACCESSSustainability 2013, 5 4153 disabled people were barely visible to invisible in the SD literature covered, that the goals and actions proposed in the SD discourses are of high relevance to disabled people but that these discussions have generally not been explicitly linked to disabled people. It found further that disabled people have clear ideas why they are invisible, what the problems with development policies are and what needs to happen to rectify the problems. It found also that there was a lack of visibility of various SD areas and goals within the disability discourse. This paper provides empirical data that can be used to further the goal of mainstreaming of disabled people into the SD and Post-2015 development discourses as asked for in various high-level UN documents. However, we posit that the utility of our paper goes beyond the disability angle. Our quantitative data also highlights other forms of social group visibility unevenness in the literature and as such, we argue that the data we present in this paper is also of use for other stakeholders such as youth, women and indigenous people and also for NGOs and policy makers.

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Section: Challenges For Academiamentioning

confidence: 97%

Section: Quantitative and Qualitative Data On The Views Of Members Ofmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Role Of Academicsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Role Of Academicsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Analyzing the Sd And Post-2015 Development Discourses Througmentioning

confidence: 99%

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