DISABLED PEOPLE AND EMPLOYMENT.doc

University of Warwick institutional repository: http://go.warwick.ac.uk/wrap A Thesis Submitted for the Degree of PhD at the University of Warwick http://go.warwick.ac.uk/wrap/3937 This thesis is made available online and is protected by original copyright. Please scroll down to view the document itself. Please refer to the repository record for this item for information to help you to cite it. Our policy information is available from the repository home page.  DISABLED PEOPLE AND EMPLOYMENT: RECOVERING HISTORIES AND CONTEMPORARY PRACTICES PETER WHEELER BA (HONS) DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK WARWICK BUSINESS SCHOOL OCTOBER 2004 TABLE OF CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS DECLARATION ABSTRACT ABBREVIATIONS INTRODUCTION 1 The place of experiential knowledge in disability research 12 Sources of data 18 Thesis outline 18 The social model organisation 21 New deal for disabled people 22 CHAPTER 1: Understanding Disability and Approaches to Equality 26 Models of disability 27 The quantification of disability: reinforcing a medical model 34 The first OPCS survey 35 The second OPCS survey 38 ICIDH-2 42 Equality for minority groups in organisations 45 CHAPTER 2: Research Concepts and Analytical Framework 50 Antonio Gramsci 50 Ideology 55 Common sense and good sense 58 Hegemony 62 Intellectuals 65 Assimilation and integration 68 Differentiating organisational ideologies 74 CHAPTER 3: Research Methodology 80 Methodological approach 80 Accessing and using documentary data 85 Ethnographic research 89 Research interviews 96 Disability and research interviews 97 Researching disability 99 Emancipatory disability research 100 Accessing research organisations 108 Gaining access to NDDP and SMO 111 Generaliseability 115 CHAPTER 4: An Historical Reflection on Disability (I) 117 Claims for a historical