Abstract
This article critiques the assumptions about the nature and meaning of disability advanced in social‐psychological writing, suggests the origins of these assumptions, and proposes a return to a Lewinian/minority‐group analysis of the situation of people with disabilities. It concludes by placing the articles in this issue of the Journal of Social Issues in context and by presenting questions in need of further exploration.
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Stigma (botany)Meaning (existential)Social psychologyPsychologyContext (archaeology)Social stigmaSociologySocial environmentSocial sciencePsychotherapistMedicinePsychiatry
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- 44
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- 3-21
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Michelle Fine,
Adrienne Asch
(1988).
Disability Beyond Stigma: Social Interaction, Discrimination, and Activism.
Journal of Social Issues
, 44
(1)
, 3-21.
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-4560.1988.tb02045.x
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- 10.1111/j.1540-4560.1988.tb02045.x