The social basis of conflict between blind people and agents of rehabilitation
Demonstrates that there is not a unity of interest between agencies and the recipients of rehabilitation efforts. Professional and organizational selfinterests are opposed to consumer efforts to redefine the nature of blindness. As consumer political effectiveness continues to grow, the threat to th...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Disability, handicap & society handicap & society, 1991-01, Vol.6 (1991), p.203-217 |
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Zusammenfassung: | Demonstrates that there is not a unity of interest between agencies and the recipients of rehabilitation efforts. Professional and organizational selfinterests are opposed to consumer efforts to redefine the nature of blindness. As consumer political effectiveness continues to grow, the threat to the funding and public legitimacy of existing programs may result in a change in attitudes toward consumer participation and definitions of blindness. (Abstract amended) |
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ISSN: | 0267-4645 |