Disability activism and the price of success: a British experience

Barnes, Colin ^[1]
1. [1] University of Leeds
  
  University of Leeds
  
  Reino Unido
Localización: Intersticios: Revista sociológica de pensamiento crítico, ISSN-e 1887-3898, Vol. 14, Nº. 2, 2020 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Los intersticios de la Discapacidad (II)), págs. 7-28
Idioma: inglés
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- To get too close to the Government is to risk incorporation and end up carrying out their proposals rather than ours. To move too far away is to risk marginalisa-tion and eventual demise. To collaborate too eagerly with the organizations for disabled people risks having our agendas taken over by them, and having them presented both to us and to politicians as theirs. To remain aloof risks appearing unrealistic and/or unreasonable, and denies possible access to much needed re-sources (Barnes and Oliver 1995: 115).