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New Politics of Disablement

The Contribution of Mike Oliver

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Michael Oliver (3 February 1945 to 2 March 2019) was a British academic, author, and disability rights activist. He was Emeritus Professor of Disability Studies at the University of Greenwich. His research focused on the social model of disability, and his activism centered on overcoming the systemic barriers disabled people confront in their daily lives. We present below a memoir of his contribution to building disability studies and a movement demanding inclusion and equality for disabled people.

This article originally appeared in The Bullet at https://socialistproject.ca/2019/03/new-politics-of-disablement-contribution-of-mike-oliver/

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  1. Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada

    Ravi Malhotra

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  1. Faculty of Health, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Marcia H. Rioux

  2. Head Office, World Blind Union, Toronto, Canada

    José Viera

  3. School of Rehabilitation Science, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada

    Alexis Buettgen

  4. Department of Anthropology, University at Buffalo, State University, Buffalo, NY, USA

    Ezra Zubrow

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  1. School of Health Policy and Management, Faculty of Health, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Marcia Rioux

  2. Advocacy Director, International Disability Alliance, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

    Jose Viera

  3. School of Rehabilitation Science, Faculty of Health, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada

    Alexis Buettgen PhD

  4. Anthropology, Universities of Buffalo, Cambridge, and Toronto, Toronto, Canada

    Ezra Zubrow

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Malhotra, R. (2022). New Politics of Disablement. In: Rioux, M.H., Viera, J., Buettgen, A., Zubrow, E. (eds) Handbook of Disability. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-1278-7_55-1

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