Transforming Disability Welfare Policy. Completing A Paradigm Shift
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چکیده
Before we address the mainstreaming of disability from sort to self-determination as well as the salience, success and failure of modern disability welfare policies, some thoughts about what disability actually means are at place: How can this most complex phenomenon be defined and measured – and how can people, their needs, hardships and behaviour, their restricted employment opportunities, life chances and their compensation requirements be classified accordingly? What are the problems that these definitions, measurements and classifications involve, and how do these problems impact on disability entitlements?
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