• Corpus ID: 148126110

PHASE 2: DISCOVERING THE PERSON IN 'DISABILITY' AND 'REHABILITATION'

@inproceedings{Finkelstein1975PHASE2D,
  title={PHASE 2: DISCOVERING THE PERSON IN 'DISABILITY' AND 'REHABILITATION'},
  author={Vic Finkelstein and Magic Carpet},
  year={1975}
}

• V. Finkelstein, Magic Carpet
• Published 1975
• Philosophy

The past ten years have seen great changes in the position of disabled people in this country. This period has been called the age where rehabilitation has come into its own, where the rights and needs of disabled people have been increasingly recognised, and so on. However, there is still some confusion about where this is all leading, what has really been achieved, and even, at times, what it is all about. Mary Greaves, for example says, on integration: ‘We who are disabled all talk long and glibly about “integration” and ”segregation“. Many of us are not quite clear what we mean – I certainly don’t – at least all the time! ... First let me be quite clear and unambiguous – I want to be integrated – whatever definition is given’ (1). Equally undefined, in another area of disability, is this description of DIG’s position on disability: ‘DIG is not concerned with the cause of disability but with the economic consequences’ (2). However, if causes are not understood then the consequences may be equally misunderstood.