Runswick-Cole, K. and Ryan, S. (2019) Liminal still? Un-mothering disabled children. Disability & Society, 34 (7-8). pp. 1125-1139. ISSN 0968-7599
Abstract
In this article we reflect on our experiences as mothers, academics and activists over the last 10 years. We explore the (limited) successes in campaigns for disabled children and young people, and offer an analysis of why such campaigning seems to be stuck in a cycle of failure. We want to move away from traditional approaches to campaigning that rely on story-telling and awareness-raising. Instead, we offer a description of a form of campaigning based on collective action and the ‘disability commons’. This takes an innovative and imaginative approach based on the common humanity of all. Finally, we call for a shift away from the mother–child dyad as the primary site of activism and call for ‘unmothering’ as a way of challenging the individualisation discourse in order to break through silos of temporality and exclusion.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an author-produced version of a paper subsequently published in Disability and Society. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Mothering; disabled children; activism; liminality |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > School of Education (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 08 Apr 2019 09:34 |
Last Modified: | 22 Nov 2021 11:08 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/09687599.2019.1602509 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:144113 |