Are there rights in a time of crisis?

Portero, Israel Biel

doi:10.1080/09687599.2012.659461

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“…Despite the UN CRPD and the EU policy, transport systems and public buildings are still acting as the main barriers, alongside the presence of more in-depth barriers: cultural barriers. Prejudice and stereotypes are still strongly surrounding inclusive education for people with disability, which is not yet perceived as a right but as some sort of not really necessary option, and therefore it seems to be considered an 'unaffordable luxury' (Portero 2012).…”

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“…The increasing awareness concerning the importance of inclusive education and the social model of disabilities is not central in the political agenda of Spain, Lithuania and Greece, in the context of socio-economic crisis and budget cutbacks (Portero 2012). Historic, political, social and cultural features contribute to defining educational policies and generating barriers to equitable access to education within a 'laminated system' (Bhaskar and Danermark 2006;Gable 2014).…”

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Barriers to inclusive education in Greece, Spain and Lithuania: results from emancipatory disability research

Genova

2015

Disability & Society

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Inclusive education is a key aspect of the European Disability Strategy 2010-2020. The aim of this study is to give voice to three local organisations of people with disability and for people with disability in Spain, Lithuania and Greece, discussing the EU policy for inclusive education in relation to personal experiences and national policies, as part of the Able'20 European project. The points of view of 58 young people with disabilities were collected through the 'theatre of the oppressed' approach as an emancipatory disability research tool, aiming at the empowerment of young people with disabilities and their organisations. The voices of young people show the presence of physical barriers alongside more challenging cultural and institutional barriers, which strongly limit access to inclusive education, showing an opposite trend to the EU policy, and overshadowing the social model of disability.

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Barriers to inclusive education in Greece, Spain and Lithuania: results from emancipatory disability research

Genova

2015

Disability & Society

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“…Portero (2012: 1), writing about disabled people, asks ‘could this global crisis be an excuse for states to disregard their international obligations in the protection and realisation of Human Rights’? Disabled people have a clear claim here, supported by the European Disability Forum.…”

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Assessing the Cost of Cuts in Welfare Spending for Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual People

Beckett¹

2014

Social Policy & Society

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The current austerity in government spending has far reaching implications, not only for individuals but for the context in which a welfare state is perceived. The position has been reached at the same time as equality legislation makes some groups more visible. This article is an early attempt at drawing out the relationship between lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) people and welfare spending cuts, made observable because of legislation requiring impact assessment. This article draws on research into impact prepared by the author, in affiliation with the Bradford LGBT Strategic Partnership, and considers LGB claims to welfare and to citizenship.

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“…These students' comments indicate the strength of normative discourses and their capacity to subjectivate the lives of people with disabilities. This creates a gridlock, for when placed against economic downturn, people with disabilities have been cornered out of the labour market (Biel Portero, 2012;NESSE, 2012;Pallisera et al, 2012), an issue that will potentially lead to problems for these students in the future.…”

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“…Instead, children so labelled perpetually have their rights forfeited to be educated in inclusive schools (UNICEF, 2011). This issue is further exasperated at times of economic instability when normative discourses tend to overrule disability rights (Biel Portero, 2012).…”

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The perspectives of secondary school students with special needs in Spain during the crisis

Whitburn

2016

Research in Comparative and International Education

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This paper presents an overview of a situational analysis of inclusive schooling in Spain from the perspective of students with special educational needs. The purpose of this work was to learn how young people collectively considered their experiences of school inclusion. The participants-aged 12-19 years who attended six different settings-highlighted the school community, resources, teacher pedagogy, support and social cohesion as germane aspects of their inclusion. Through a presentation of these characteristics, this analysis demonstrates how schools can effectively fulfil the core requirement of teaching and supporting diversity and, in so doing, how they can incite included subjectivities of differently abled students. This analysis is positioned within the climate of economic instability in Spain, which threatens to derail the headway made towards inclusive schooling via the introduction of severe austerity measures.

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Are there rights in a time of crisis?

Cited by 6 publications

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Barriers to inclusive education in Greece, Spain and Lithuania: results from emancipatory disability research

Barriers to inclusive education in Greece, Spain and Lithuania: results from emancipatory disability research

Assessing the Cost of Cuts in Welfare Spending for Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual People

The perspectives of secondary school students with special needs in Spain during the crisis

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