21. Enriching Social Work Through Interdisciplinary Disability Studies

21. Enriching Social Work Through Interdisciplinary Disability Studies

This paper recommends that faculties of Social Work incorporate Disability Studies in their curriculum by embracing its interdisciplinary deconstructionist perspective. Disability Studies encourages Social Work to move beyond person-in–the-environment and anti-oppressive approaches to find more effe...

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Main Authors: Irene Carter, Christine Quaglia, Donald Leslie
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Windsor 2011-06-01
Series:Collected Essays on Learning and Teaching
Online Access:https://celt.uwindsor.ca/index.php/CELT/article/view/3251
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spelling doaj-7b3fbb2f463d4dc99fcb2d0132cc598e2020-11-25T02:28:43ZengUniversity of WindsorCollected Essays on Learning and Teaching2368-45262011-06-01310.22329/celt.v3i0.325121. Enriching Social Work Through Interdisciplinary Disability StudiesIrene Carter0Christine Quaglia1Donald Leslie2University of WindsorUniversity of WindsorUniversity of WindsorThis paper recommends that faculties of Social Work incorporate Disability Studies in their curriculum by embracing its interdisciplinary deconstructionist perspective. Disability Studies encourages Social Work to move beyond person-in–the-environment and anti-oppressive approaches to find more effective ways of removing barriers for persons with disabilities, and new opportunities to include them in the larger culture. Discussing the critical nature of Disability Studies, the authors point out how Social Work is learning to embrace the interdisciplinary nature of Disability Studies.https://celt.uwindsor.ca/index.php/CELT/article/view/3251
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description This paper recommends that faculties of Social Work incorporate Disability Studies in their curriculum by embracing its interdisciplinary deconstructionist perspective. Disability Studies encourages Social Work to move beyond person-in–the-environment and anti-oppressive approaches to find more effective ways of removing barriers for persons with disabilities, and new opportunities to include them in the larger culture. Discussing the critical nature of Disability Studies, the authors point out how Social Work is learning to embrace the interdisciplinary nature of Disability Studies.
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