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This chapter is dedicated to disability in the context of diversity with a focus on the disability culture movement (highlighting artists, ethno-racial communities, and community leaders) followed by a critical review of disability in the mainstream, disability, and the social determinants of well-being and suggestions on how to be an inclusive practitioner. In this chapter, you will learn about disability in the context of cultural participation and community leadership. The chapter highlights a few of the leading Canadian organizers and activists involved in the disability justice and rights movements. From a critical disability studies perspective, the chapter explains how influential the social environment, and respect for culture and diversity is to individuals with disabilities in society. The chapter also draws from community psychology to bring attention to the need for practitioner training that is informed by the voices and experiences of disabled people themselves. Here we aspire to promote a new understanding of disability in terms of various cultural norms and inclusion of diversity.
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Some activists prefer people first language, and therefore prefer the term “people with disabilities.” Other activists argue that they are proud to be disabled, and that therefore they prefer the term “disabled people.”
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Sins Invalid “Our mission” and “Our vision” http://www.sinsinvalid.org/, accessed June 12, 2016.
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Buettgen, A., Gorman, R. (2019). Disability Culture. In: Zangeneh, M., Al-Krenawi, A. (eds) Culture, Diversity and Mental Health - Enhancing Clinical Practice. Advances in Mental Health and Addiction. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-26437-6_3
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