General articles
This page lists articles that don't fit the morespecific categories in the directory. Some of them are about equality, inclusion, and social justice in general. Others are about specific subjects but aren't numerous enough to have their own section.
Making Good - prisons punishment and beyond
by Martin Wright
from a list of full texts
on the Restorative Justice Online site
A full book(approx 300 pages) by Martin Wright who was the Director of the Howard
League for Penal Reform.
Hidden Treasures
written by Susan A. Rans, with Mike Green, Research Associate
on Mike Green's web site
and on the Asset Based Community Development Institute web site
This excellent book (and toolkit) is introduced as follows:
" This publication contains a group of participation stories—stories that
include important lessons. They tell of communities that have found powerful
ways to include the individual gifts of members who have been labeled and isolated.
They tell of communities that have inventoried their associations and found
ways in which formerly isolated people can participate in them. They tell of
people labeled old, poor, mentally ill, disabled, young thugs who have become
connected citizens. And finally they tell of those extraordinary people who
know everyone—Connectors."
Why Imagination Matters
by Pete Richie
on the SHS site
Pete's speech to the Imagine Better SHS (May 2000) conference. Covers ideas about social and system change, what makes this difficult, and the idea of memes.
Making a difference to the lives of older people?
by Elspeth A. Stirling
on International Journal of Disability, Community & Rehabilitation
An article providing an overview of social role valorisation applied to
older people, and linking Wolf Wolfensburger's work and Tom Kitwood's.
Redefining Community
by John McKnight
Some of John McKnight's well known article - from the book "The Careless Society" - is
reproduced as part of this pdf file (scroll down through the text to find it).
The file is 931kB and therefore may take
a while to display. Some people may not be able to read the text, for example
by screen reader.
Envisioning
by Máire Dugan
on www.beyondintractability.org
An article about facilitating the imagining of a possible future as a tool
to work on conflict resolution. Facilitators of PATH and other person centred
/ organisational planning tools may find this useful.
If you are thinking about suicide read this first
on www.metanoia.org
The Commercial Closet
This site is an analysis of advertising images from an LGBT perspective.
Matters of the Heart and Mind: Negotiating and Assessing Personhood and Dignity
Among Elderly Canadians with Dementia
by Steven Sabat
one of the discussion papers accessible through the Matters of the Heart and Mind site.
This short article discusses assessments around dementia - quote:"If one assumes
that the cognitive ability of a person with dementia is understood on the basis
of standard tests, and if one sees that person as being defective as a result,
and if one views the person with dementia principally as a patient as a result
of the diagnosis, one will not give that person the cooperation he or she requires
in order to construct healthy, valued, worthy, social personae." Thanks to Sally Mendham for suggesting this author.
Dirty Junkies
by Joanne Pioro
one of about 40 articles accessible from the abstracts page
of the Bolton Data for Inclusion site (also available as a pdf file)
"This paper offers a realistic insight into the life of the "Junkie". Once inside this existence you will experience a world that is probably different to your own. You will have many of your basic human rights taken away from you, and you will accept this treatment without question. After all, you deserve it. You are a dirty Junkie and you are excluded from society."
Beyond Welfare video
on the Beyond Welfare site
An introduction to the work of Beyond Welfare in Iowa.
Pass The Bucket
by 'Seahorse'
on her blog
I've included this short blog entry because of what 'Seahorse' has written
about the label of 'young carer'.
Miss Ability lays down on the job
by Kay Olson
on her blog 'The Gimp Parade'
This blog entry is on 'Miss Ability' - a television beauty contest - and
covers some interesting issues. It's also worth following various links
from the article, and reading the blog comments.
All in the mind
by Cordelia Fine
from the 'Speakers Corner' articles on the Equality and Human Rights Commission website
This short article argues that "negative expectations about aspects of
our identity such as race, sex, age, sexual orientation and social background
can have powerfully self-fulfilling effects", gives some examples, and
discusses conclusions.
Articles on www.isja.org.uk
The links listed on the directory page displayed above take you to other websites. Articles on www.isja.org.uk (this site) are listed separately on the 'on-site articles' page, grouped by author rather than subject. The links below should take you directly to relevant items on that page:
Catching Trains
by Robert Weetman
Circles of Support - an introduction
by Robert Weetman
Good places to look for more
Many of the other links pages on this site contain related material, for instance:
the social theory page of this directory
the service quality page of this directory
and the change page of this directory.
The Asset Based Community Development Institute web site.
The Restorative Justice online site.
Mike Green's workshop handouts.