Disability Studies 1010A/B Lecture 6: Week 6
Document Summary
The process of involving people with disabilities in communities where citizenship, empowerment, full participation, individual & community capacity- building, & relationships are present" (hutchison, 2006) The process in which one gradually increases the number of people included in the term we" or us", & decreases those labeled you" or them". A virtuous circle of improved rights of access to the social & economic world, new opportunities, recovery of status & meaning, & reduced impact of disability" (sayce, 2001, p. 122) A phenomenon of alienation & distance from society exclusion is the act of preventing, even temporarily, someone from participating in social relationships & in the construction of society" (health canada) An individual is socially excluded if he or she does not participate in the normal activities of citizens in that society" (burchardt, le grand, & piachaud, Put individuals with & without disabilities together in inclusive contexts & they"ll get to.