General Media Portrayals of Disability
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In: Agenda, Band 29, Heft 2, S. 133-140
ISSN: 2158-978X
In: Australian journal of human rights: AJHR, Band 11, Heft 1, S. 139-170
ISSN: 1323-238X
In: Critical social policy: a journal of theory and practice in social welfare, Band 20, S. 441-457
ISSN: 0261-0183
In: Critical social policy: a journal of theory and practice in social welfare, Band 20, Heft 4, S. 441-458
ISSN: 0261-0183
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Copyright © 2020 Cambridge University Press. Many endorse the Bad-Difference View (BDV) of disability which says that disability makes one likely to be worse off even in the absence of discrimination against the disabled. Others defend the Mere-Difference View (MDV) of disability which says that, discounting discrimination, disability does not make one likely to be worse (or better) off. A common motivation for the BDV is the Options Argument which identifies reduction in valuable options as a harm of disability. Some reject this argument, arguing that disabled people's prospects aren't hindered by having fewer options. In this article, I defend the Options Argument by arguing that, in disability cases, possessing a greater number of valuable options seems to overall improve well-being prospects. As such, the Options Argument appears to be sound and - although it doesn't establish the BDV - it lends plausibility to the BDV by identifying a potentially significant cost of disability.
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In: Journal of applied research in intellectual disabilities: JARID, Band 33, Heft 6, S. 1357-1367
ISSN: 1468-3148
AbstractBackgroundCan disability support services (DS) facilitate access to mental health services (MHS) for people with intellectual disability? This study utilized 10 years of data from 6,260 persons in NSW who had received DS and specific MHS to quantify the relationship between DS utilization and MHS utilization in adults with intellectual disability and co‐existing mental illness.ResultsReceipt of DS was associated with greater odds of accessing community mental health (CMH) services (36%, 95% CI 29%–43%) but not psychiatric admissions. Age, sex and social disadvantage did not affect the odds of psychiatric admission or CMH use. Individuals living in a remote area had greater odds of CMH use and lesser odds of psychiatric admission.ConclusionsReceipt of DS was associated with greater CMH but not psychiatric hospital utilization in people with intellectual disability and co‐existing mental illness.
In: Canadian journal of sociology: CJS = Cahiers canadiens de sociologie, Band 29, Heft 3, S. 459-467
ISSN: 1710-1123
In: African Journal of Disability, Band 4, Heft 1
ISSN: 2226-7220
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In: Routledge advances in disability studies
In: Journal of literary and cultural disability studies, Band 10, Heft 2, S. 129-137
ISSN: 1757-6466