The struggle for citizenship: the case of disabled people |
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Authors: | Len Barton |
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Affiliation: | a Division of Education, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom |
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Abstract: | The notion of 'citizenship' has become a popular slogan of governments who espouse a commitment to democratic ideals. Such discourse tends to emphasise responsibilities with little serious significance being given to the question of rights. In this paper we explore the continual discrimination which disabled people experience and which militates against the realisation of meaningful citizenship. The struggle for citizenship is viewed as an affirmation of the value of choice, independent and control which disabled people conceive in terms of human rights. |
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