Disability Activism and the Price of Success: A British Experience

• Autores: Colin Barnes
• Localización: Intersticios: Revista sociológica de pensamiento crítico, ISSN-e 1887-3898, Vol. 1, Nº. 2, 2007 (Ejemplar dedicado a: ¿Márgenes de la crítica?), págs. 15-29
• Idioma: inglés
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  • In this article I will, first, explain the reinterpretation of disability as a socio/political issue as espoused by disabled people�s organisations in the UK, second, explore the subsequent legislative and policy developments and, third discuss their relative impact on disabled people and their organisations. I will suggest that although disability activism has had an important impact on disability policy in the UK, this very success threatens to undermine its continuity and future.