Same Difference? Older People's Organisations and Disability Issues
Titel:
Same Difference? Older People's Organisations and Disability Issues
Auteur:
Priestley, Mark Rabiee, Parvaneh
Verschenen in:
Disability & society
Paginering:
Jaargang 17 (2002) nr. 6 pagina's 597-611
Jaar:
2002-10-01
Inhoud:
This paper addresses some important areas of commonality in the political interests of older and disabled people. The paper reports findings from survey and interview research with local organisations representing older people, and their engagement with disability issues. We begin by reviewing similarities in the claims and mobilisation of older and disabled people, and by reviewing the groups that participated in the study. The main part of the paper identifies substantive policy issues that were perceived as important to older people. Here, there are considerable areas of overlap with the claims of disabled people's organisations (for example, in relation to information, independent living, accessible housing, transport, social support, and incomes). We review these commonalities and offer some thoughts on the potential for political alliance between the two movements. The paper concludes that, while there are considerable areas of common ground, there remain cultural barriers to the mobilisation of such alliances.
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