Miles to Go: Some Personal Reflections on the Social Construction of Disability

Dianne Pothier

Miles to Go: Some Personal Reflections on the Social Construction of Disability

Dianne Pothier

Dalhousie Law Journal

Dalhousie University

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Abstract

The "social construction" of disability refers to the way an able bodied conception of disability magnifies its consequences. The social construction of disability assesses and deals with disability from an able bodied perspective. It includes erroneous assumptions about capacity to perform that come from an able bodied frame of reference. It encompasses the failure to make possible or accept different ways of doing things. It reflects a preoccupation with "normalcy" that excludes the disabled person.

Original language	Canadian English
Journal	Dalhousie Law Journal
Issue number	3.0
Publication status	Published - May 1 1992

Keywords

disability
physical limitations
Dalhousie Law School
Canada
discrimination

Disciplines

Civil Rights and Discrimination
Disability Law

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Miles to Go: Some Personal Reflections on the Social Construction of Disability

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