Media
Mobilizing Metaphor: Art, Culture, and Disability Activism in Canada (Disability Culture and Politics)
UBC Press
774832797
Mobilizing Metaphor illustrates how radical and unconventional forms of activism, including art, are reshaping the rich and vibrant tradition of disability mobilization in Canada. The artists, activists, and scholars in Mobilizing Metaphor reveal how their work is distinctive as both art and social action, and how disability activism is as varied as the population it represents. Sketching the shifting contours of Canadian disability politics, the authors challenge perceptions of disability and the politics that surround it, leading us to re-examine how we define oppression and how we enact change.
Disability Politics and Care: The Challenge of Direct Funding
by Christine Kelly
UBC Press
774830107
"We do not need care!" is a rallying cry for disability movements. It is informed by a recognition that a lack of choice over simple care decisions - like what to eat or wear - is a subtle yet pervasive form of violence endured by many disabled people. Disability Politics and Care examines an independent living program to explore what happens when people with disabilities take control of their own care arrangements. Christine Kelly documents responses by a wide range of stakeholders of this program and reflects on some of its broader social and political implications.
Biography
Christine Kelly, PhD, is an Assistant Professor in Community Health Sciences at the University of Manitoba. Informed by feminist and critical disability scholarship, Kelly uses qualitative methods to explore the politics of care, aging, and Canadian disability movements. Kelly is leading a national CIHR study on directly-funded home care, has previously led a study on personal support worker education, and is involved in initiatives related to disability, aging and care. For more information, see www.christinekelly.ca.