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The personal response of individuals to their disabilities cannot be understood merely as a reaction to trauma or tragedy but have to be located within a framework which takes account of both history and ideology. Thus
a materialist understanding of the individual must centre upon two aspects of the ensemble of social relations of which the person is constituted: the performance of labour and the incorporation of ideology. (Leonard, 1984, p. 180)
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Oliver, M. (1990). The Structuring of Disabled Identities. In: The Politics of Disablement. Critical Texts in Social Work and the Welfare State. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-20895-1_5
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