Exploring how the social model of disability can be re-invigorated: in response to Jonathan Levitt.

WOODS, Richard (2017). Exploring how the social model of disability can be re-invigorated: in response to Jonathan Levitt. Disability and Society, 32 (7), 1090-1095.

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Abstract

Levitt argues the social model of disability needs to be re-invigorated, potentially by adapting the tool for separate countries. The social model has been successfully applied for some disabled groups in the United Kingdom. However, the social model is not implemented for neurodivergent labels such as autism, through negative language of autism, causing severe problems for autistic individuals’ daily lives. The social model can be re-invigorated for autism, removing social barriers by; changing non-autistic people’s attitudes towards autism through ensuring positive language of autism, preventing the categorisation of autism and fully enacting The Autism Act 2009 and The Equality 2010.

Item Type:	Article
Identification Number:	https://doi.org/10.1080/09687599.2017.1328157
Page Range:	1090-1095
Depositing User:	Colin Knott
Date Deposited:	29 Apr 2019 09:08
Last Modified:	18 Mar 2021 05:23
URI:	https://shura.shu.ac.uk/id/eprint/24527

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