Seeing the person? Disability theories and speech and language therapy.
The potential value of a framework enabling practitioners to conceptualise speech and language therapy from a range of perspectives engendered by different theories about disability is explored. Four disability research paradigms are used to categorise professional activities, whilst the 'individual' and 'social' models of disability are considered as alternative value systems. Challenges facing speech and language therapists in developing roles and services to embrace different perspectives are outlined.
Jordan
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L
School of Social Science, Middlesex University, Queensway, Enfield, Middlesex EN3 4SF. la.jordan@mdx.ac.uk
Bryan
K
K
D003147:Communication Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D006233:Persons with Disabilities; D006801:Humans; D013066:Speech-Language Pathology / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards