Personal and Political: A Feminist Perspective on Researching Physical Disability
Author: Morris, Jenny1
Source: Disability & Society, Volume 7, Number 2, 1992 , pp. 157-166(10)
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Abstract:
<p>Feminist theory and methodology have much to offer in understanding how disability research has been experienced as alienated research by disabled people. However, feminist research has failed to apply its principles to disability and disabled women's subjective reality has found no place in mainstream feminist work. The paper identifies the challenges for feminism in addressing the interests and reality of disabled women, asserting that it is not helpful to focus on â-˜double disadvantageâ-™. Disability research itself has much to learn from feminist methodology, in particular the principle of making the personal political. The role of non-disabled researchers as allies of disabled people is discussed, and the importance of research which turns the spotlight on the way in which non-disabled society oppresses disabled people. Finally, it is asserted that disability research and politics are of general relevance because the experience of disability is an integral part of a society characterised by fundamental inequalities and ideologies which divide people against each other.</p>Document Type: Research article
DOI: 10.1080/02674649266780181
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