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Community Development Journal Advance Access originally published online on August 31, 2007
Community Development Journal 2007 42(4):501-511; doi:10.1093/cdj/bsm040
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Whose problem? Disability narratives and available identities

Colin Cameron

Address for correspondence: School of Media, Communication & Sociology, Dept. of Social Sciences, Media & Communication, Queen Margaret University, Musselburgh, East Lothian, EH21 6UU; email: ccameron{at}qmu.ac.uk

In this article, the author demonstrates that contemporary cultural disability discourses offer few positive resources for people with impairments to draw upon in constructing positive personal and social identities. Examining the emergence of the Disability Arts Movement in Britain, consideration is given to alternative discourses developed by disabled people who have resisted the passive roles expected of them and developed a disability identity rooted in notions of power, respect and control. It is suggested that these alternative discourses provide an empowering rather than a disabling basis for community development and community arts practice and should be embraced by workers in these fields.


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