Jan Weisser:
Der Begriff der Behinderung und sein Gebrauch
The Concept of Disability and its Use

2005, 104-112

Summary: The paper presents the results of an empirical study in the public use of the concept of disability. It shows how – compared to other differentiations – an autonomous difference between disabled/ non disabled gets established through the use of the concept. Two techniques are central to this: Disability means either a process or a quality. Its use always refers to the experience that something unexpectedly does not work. The reconstruction of the use of the concept reveals the nucleus of a theory of disability that does not define but observe the construction of disabilities.

Keywords: Theory of disability, difference, discourse

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