ABSTRACT
There is a strong consensus in the disability studies literature that the disability movement has been a very positive force, both in the collective ability to lever political change and in the benefits to individual participants (Driedger, 1989; Gilson et al., 1997; Charlton, 1998; Branfield, 1999) – ‘A confident, positive disability identity within a broad, inclusive disability community has emerged. The benefit to disabled people to determine and relate their own stories is increasingly evident’ (Gilson et al., 1997: 16).
