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Disability Paradigm Shifts

Models, Perspectives, and Philosophical Orientations Driving Change

Handbook of Disability

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In this chapter, we introduce Section 3 of the Handbook and contextualise the chapters within it. We begin by explaining the overall aim of the Section. Put simply, this is to explore and highlight the connection between positive social change and ways of thinking about and understanding ‘disability’. We then introduce two ‘models’, or ways of understanding disability, which have had a particularly powerful impact on generating and informing initiatives to enhance full inclusion and participation and to reduce disability-related oppression in all its forms. We then introduce and contextualise three chapters in this Section which critically reflect on how these models have been put to work in particular places and particular times. This chapter closes with some brief concluding reflections.

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  1. School of Law and Centre for Disability Studies, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK

    Anna Lawson

  2. MagWaz Physiotherapy, Disability & Wellness Services, Lilongwe, Malawi

    Margaret Wazakili

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

    Marcia H. Rioux

  2. Advocacy Director, International Disability Alliance, Toronto, ON, 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. Disability, MagWaz Physiotherapy & Wellness Services, Lilongwe, Malawi

    Margaret Wazakili

  2. School of Law and Centre for Disability Studies, University of Leeds, Leeds, West Yorkshire, UK

    Anna Lawson

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Lawson, A., Wazakili, M. (2023). Disability Paradigm Shifts. 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_59-1

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    Disability Paradigm Shifts: Models, Perspectives, and Philosophical Orientations Driving Change: Introduction
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