@inbook{a5504a7f301c43a581561d3f572ac448,
title = "Why the Affirmation Model is Important for Social Work Practice",
abstract = "In this chapter I shall explore why unexamined terms such as {\textquoteleft}people with disabilities{\textquoteright} are parts of a discourse which identifies disability as a personal problem rather than as a structural issue, and why they are at odds with thinking in the disabled people{\textquoteright}s movement. I shall consider the disability definition in the UK 2010 Equality Act and explain why this establishes in law a way of looking and thinking which makes it difficult to think about disability other than as unfortunate individual limitation. I shall consider the affirmation model, an idea that has emerged from the creative practice of the disability arts movement, which offers a way of understanding disability rooted in ideas of pride and respect. I shall conclude by reflecting on the affirmation model in the light of a number of statements made by disabled people, and draw out its implications for anti-oppressive social work practice.",
author = "Colin Cameron",
year = "2025",
month = oct,
day = "23",
language = "English",
isbn = "9781035329267",
series = "Elgar Handbooks on Social Work",
publisher = "Edward Elgar",
editor = "Hugh McLaughlin and Teater, \{Barbra \}",
booktitle = "Research Handbook on Social Work and Societies",
address = "United Kingdom",
}