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(2004) The anti-social model of disability. <em>Disability &amp; Society,<\/em> 19, 2. p.145-158<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1090\" aria-labelledby=\"figcaption_attachment_1090\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 109px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.slewth.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/disabilityandsociety1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-1090\" title=\"Disability and Society\" src=\"http:\/\/www.slewth.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/disabilityandsociety1.jpg?w=105\" alt=\"Disability and Society\" width=\"105\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"figcaption_attachment_1090\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Disability and Society<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>There continues to be a marked seperation between Engineering\/Computer Science and Disability Studies in academia. Despite the advance of accessibility discourse and significant developments in Science and Technology Studies, where Computer Science and Disability Studies do\u00a0meet, the knowledge exchange is often limited, failing to fully utilise the strengths of either discipline. Dewsbury et al\u2019s paper may go some way to explaining one aspect of this disciplinary\u00a0bifurcation. They consider the <a title=\"The Social Model of Disability on Wikipedia\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Social_model_of_disability\" target=\"_blank\">Social Model of Disability<\/a> (the \u2018big idea\u2019 of the disability movement [Shakespeare &amp; Watson, 2002]) from a design perspective and attack this representation of disability, and it\u2019s wider sociological framing, claiming it \u2018ironicises ordinary experience, treating it as somehow partial and flawed in its ignorance of what is really going on\u2019. In this way the authors identify the social model as profoundly \u2018anti-social\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>As a sociologist, I fundamentally disagree with many of the authors vehement assertions about sociology (in particular, I feel they fail to engage with the fundamental<em> practical ethics <\/em>that Disability Studies is built upon &#8211; a determination to elevate practice <em>over <\/em>theory, despite referring to their own <em>practical politics<\/em>). Nonetheless, Dewsbury et al. offer a powerful reminder that there are alternative and grounded routes into disability praxis that can deliver real positive benefits for disabled people. Importantly, they also critique the dangers of sociological hyperbole and the rabbit hole of theory \u2013 such dangers have also been forcefully identified by many disability academics and activists, and here the useful confluence of disciplinary exchange begins for\u00a0an engaged\u00a0reader. Dewsbury et al., manifest an engineering perspective, seeking routes into design, and testing disability theory at the same time, proffering significant food for thought for all\u00a0in the process. \u00a0Reader responses are very welcome. If you can recommend further reading on this disciplinary intersection, please signpost below!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>This article is available both via Disability and Society (linked above), but also via <a title=\"The Anti-Social Model of Disability PDF\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dirc.org.uk\/publications\/articles\/papers\/88.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Interdisciplinary Research Collaboration in Dependability<\/a> [PDF]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\r\n\t\t<!-- BEGIN ODIOGO LISTEN BUTTON v2.5.7 (WP) -->\r\n\t\t<script type=\"text\/javascript\" language=\"javascript\">\r\n\t\t<!--\r\n\t\t\/\/ ODIOGO_START:do_NOT_remove_this_comment\r\n\t\tshowOdiogoReadNowButton (\"687068\", \"#6 &#8216;The Anti-Social Model of Disability&#8217; by Dewsbury et al.\", \"1160\", 290, 55);\r\n\t\t\/\/ -->\r\n\t\t<\/script>\r\n\t\t<br\/>\r\n\t\t<script type=\"text\/javascript\" language=\"javascript\">\r\n\t\t<!--\r\n\t\tshowInitialOdiogoReadNowFrame (\"687068\", \"1160\", 290, 0);\r\n\t\t\/\/ ODIOGO_END:do_NOT_remove_this_comment\r\n\t\t\/\/ -->\r\n\t\t<\/script>\r\n\t\t<!-- END ODIOGO LISTEN BUTTON v2.5.7 (WP) -->\r\n\t\t\n<p>DEWSBURY, G., CLARKE, K., RANDALL, D., ROUNCEFIELD, M. &amp; SOMMERVILLE, I. 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