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Article: Theoretical approaches to disability content in social work education.
- Article from:
- Journal of Social Work Education
- Article date:
- January 1, 2002
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OVER THE PAST SEVERAL DECADES, theoretical perspectives on disability have undergone a major paradigm shift. Traditionally viewed as a deficit, disability is now more commonly understood as an element of human diversity. Concurrently, on university campuses, definitions of disability have been revised to locate disability within the discourses of multiculturalism and diversity. However, despite the foundational focus on diversity and social justice in the social work curriculum, discussion and analysis of disability in social work courses typically occur through a deficit-treatment lens. In this article disability is defined as the interplay of diverse human conditions ...