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DISABILITY AND PRODUCTIVE EMPLOYMENT: A PREDICTION OF FAILURE AND A PROPOSAL FOR CHANGE
Author(s) -
Trowbridge Roger
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
australian journal of social issues
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.417
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1839-4655
pISSN - 0157-6321
DOI - 10.1002/j.1839-4655.1993.tb00917.x
Subject(s) - legislation , productivity , position (finance) , project commissioning , publishing , focus (optics) , intellectual disability , quality (philosophy) , public relations , quality of life (healthcare) , political science , sociology , law and economics , public economics , business , economics , economic growth , psychology , law , epistemology , finance , philosophy , physics , optics , psychiatry , psychotherapist
This article will argue that recent disability services legislation has selectively interpreted the concepts of normalisation and integration to focus on employment for people with an intellectual disability as a major policy goal. It will be contended that the nature of the contemporary labour market is such that this goal cannot be fulfilled and therefore that the aim of enhancing quality of life cannot be achieved. The article recommends an approach to the reorientation of policy which is based upon a critical analysis of the cultural position of people with disabilities. In this regard, the notion of cultural productivity is introduced as a framework within which some solutions may be found.