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Research in Social Science and Disability
Exploring Theories and Expanding Methodologies: Where we are and where we need to go
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Sharon N. Barnartt
Sharon N. Barnartt
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Barbara M. Altman
Barbara M. Altman
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Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Volume
2
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1016/S1479-3547(2001)2
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978-1-84950-102-6
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978-0-76230-773-9
Series ISSN:
1479-3547
Publication date:
2001
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The conceptualization of disability

By
David Pfeiffer
David Pfeiffer
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David Pfeiffer
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2001
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https://doi.org/10.1016/S1479-3547(01)80019-1
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    2001
© Emerald Group Publishing Limited
2001

The experiences of people with disabilities can only be understood through the use of the disability paradigm. As in any developing area, there are a number of versions of the disability paradigm, each one of which is presented. Together they lead to the version of the disability paradigm in which disability is understood as discrimination, with equal protection and due process as means for countering this discrimination. Finally, a composite disability paradigm is elaborated.

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