Guest Editorial: Science and Technology, Social Cohesion, Human Security, and Disabled People
Main Article Content
Keywords
Disability Studies, sciences and technologies, social cohesion
Abstract
This editorial highlights the linkage between science and technology advances, social cohesion, human security and disabled people.
References
Albertson's, Inc. v. Kirkingburg (1998) 527 U.S. 555 (Case No. 98–591). Retrieved February 17, 2009, from http://www.supremecourtus.gov/opinions/boundvolumes/527bv.pdf http://laws.findlaw.com/us/000/98-591.html.
Americans with Disabilities Act. (1990). Sec. 2. (a)(2) Findings and Purposes Americans with Disabilities Act. Retrieved February 17, 2009, from http://www.usdoj.gov:80/crt/ada/pubs/ada.txt
Atkinson Foundation (2005). Reality check. Retrieved February 17, 2009, from http://www.atkinsonfoundation.ca/ciw/SkinnedFolder_111470157295 /Document_1114708094548 http://www.atkinsonfoundation.ca/ciw/RCheck_May_2005_revised_31.pdf
Barton, L. (1993). The struggle for citizenship: the case of disabled people. Disability & Society, 8, 235-248.
Beauvais, C., & Jenson, J. (2002). CPRN Discussion Paper No. F|22 Research Report - Social Cohesion: Updating the State of the Research (Rep. No. CPRN Discussion Paper No. F|22 Research Report). Canadian Policy Research Networks. Retrieved February 17, 2009, from http://www.cprn.org/en/doc.cfm?doc=167# http://www.cprn.org/documents/12949_en.pdf
Bergheim, S. (2006). Measures of well-being. There is more to it than GDP. Retrieved February 17, 2009, from http://www.dbresearch.com/PROD/DBR_INTERNET_EN-PROD/PROD0000000000202587.pdf;jsessionid=1:451222c9:87a20b23d84617b
Börjesson, M. (2006). Maslow turned upside down? Retrieved February 17, 2009, from http://www.futuramb.se/blog/2006-10/maslow-turned-upside-down/
Carlson, L. (2001). Cognitive ableism and disability studies: Feminist reflections on the history of mental retardation. Hypatia, 16, 124-146.
Campbell, F. A. K. (2001). Inciting legal fictions: 'Disability's' date with ontology and the ableist body of the law. Griffith Law Review, 10, 42.
Commission On Human Security. (2003). Human security now. Retrieved February 17, 2009, from http://www.humansecurity-chs.org/finalreport/index.html http://www.humansecurity-chs.org/finalreport/English/FinalReport.pdf
Connors, J. L., & Donnellan, A. M. (1993). Citizenship and culture: the role of disabled people in Navajo society. Disability & Society, 8, 265-280.
Craig, G. (2004). Citizenship, exclusion and older people. Journal of Social Policy, 33, 95-114.
Das, V., & Addlakha, R. (2001). Disability and domestic citizenship: Voice, gender, and the making of the subject. Public Culture, 13, 511-325.
Edwards, C., & Imrie, R. (2008). Disability and the implications of the wellbeing agenda: Some reflections from the United Kingdom. Journal of Social Policy, 37, 267-277.
Field, M. J., & Jette, A. M. (2007). The future of disability in America. National Academies Press (USA). Retrieved February 17, 2009, from http://books.google.ca/books?hl=en&id=Uvs8gmoUeHcC&dq=The+Future+of+Disability+in+America&printsec=frontcover&source=web&ots=_IRLiAKIin&sig=wLpzviXzoqgpz9FxwPkup05yJgY&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=3&ct=resulthttp://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3622/is_200801/ai_n25500133/print?tag=artBody;col1
Giussani, B. (2006). Hierarchy of needs revisited. Retrieved February 17, 2009, from http://giussani.typepad.com/loip/2006/02/hierarchy_of_ne.html
Hughes, J. (2004). Battle plan to be more than well transhumanism is finally getting in gear. Retrieved February 17, 2009, from http://transhumanism.org/index.php/th/more/509/
Huitt, W. (2004). Maslow's hierarchy of needs. Educational Psychology Interactive. Retrieved February 17, 2009, from http://chiron.valdosta.edu/whuitt/col/regsys/Maslow.html
Jayasooria, D. (1999). Disabled people: active or passive citizens - reflections from the Malaysian experience. Disability & Society, 14, 341-352.
Jeannotte, M. S. (2001). Social cohesion around the world: An international comparison of definitions and issues. Retrieved February 17, 2009, from http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/ph-sp/phdd/news2001/pdf/social_exclusion_en.pdf
Jeannotte, M. S. (2000). Social cohesion around the world: An international comparison of definitions and issues. Strategic Research and Analysis, Canadian Heritage, Ottawa.. Retrieved February 17, 2009, from
Keyt, D. (2007). The good man and the upright citizen in Aristotle's Ethics and Politics. Social Philosophy and Policy, 24, 220-240.
Korea National Standard Office (2006). Social indicators in Korea. Retrieved February 17, 2009, from http://www.nso.go.kr/eng2006/e03___0000/e03a__0000/e03aa_0000/e03aaf0000/e03aaf0000.html
Marshall, T. H. (1950). Citizenship and social class. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Massie, B. (2006). Finding the wormhole achieving equal citizenship for disabled people. Retrieved February 17, 2009, from http://83.137.212.42/sitearchive/drc/library/drc_speeches/bert_massie_-_finding_the_worm.html
Meekosha, H., & Dowse, L. (1997). Enabling citizenship: Gender, disability and citizenship in Australia. Feminist Review, 57, 49-72.
Miller, P., Parker, S., & Gillinson, S.. (2004). Disablism. How to tackle the last prejudice DEMOS. Retrieved February 17, 2009, from http://www.demos.co.uk/files/disablism.pdf
Morris, J. (2005). Citizenship and disabled people: A scoping paper prepared for the disability rights commission. Disability Studies program University of Leeds, UK. Retrieved February 17, 2009 ,from http://www.leeds.ac.uk/disability-studies/archiveuk/morris
/Citizenship%20and%20disabled%20people.pdf
Murphy v. United Parcel Service, Inc. (1999). Retrieved February 17, 2009, from http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/cgi-bin/getcase.pl?court=US&vol=000&invol=97-1992. certiorari to the United States court of appeals for the tenth circuit No. 97-1992. Argued April 27, 1999--Decided June 22, 1999.
National Council on Disability. (2000). Executive summary. National disability policy: A progress report. Retrieved February 17, 2009, from http://www.ncd.gov/newsroom/publications/policy98-99.html#1 http://www.ncd.gov/newsroom/publications/2000/pdf/policy98-99.pdf
Nevis, E. C. (1983). Using an American perspective in understanding another culture: Toward a hierarchy of needs for the People's Republic of China. Journal of Applied Behavioral Science, 19, 249-264.
New Zealand Immigration Service (2004). A future together: The New Zealand settlement strategy in outline. Retrieved February 17, 2009, from http://www.immigration.govt.nz/NR/rdonlyres/7137ABC7-9569-4BAE-BB09-227914CECE50/0/NZImmigrationSettlementStrategyOutline.pdf
Office of the Deputy Prime Minister: (2004). Office of the deputy prime minister: Housing, planning, local government and the regions - Sixth report. Retrieved February 17, 2009, from http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200304/cmselect/cmodpm/45/4504.htm
Overboe, James (2007). Vitalism: Subjectivity exceeding racism, sexism, and (psychiatric) ableism. Wagadu: A Journal of Transnational Women's and Gender Studies, 4. Retrieved February 17, 2009, from http://web.cortland.edu/wagadu/Volume%204/Articles%20Volume%204/Chapter2.htmhttp://web.cortland.edu/wagadu/Volume%204/Vol4pdfs/Chapter%202.pdf
Rapp, R., & Ginsburg, F. (2001). Enabling disability: Rewriting kinship, reimagining citizenship. Public Culture, 13, 588-556.
Roulstone, A. (2000). Disability, dependency and the New Deal for disabled people. Disability & Society, 15, 427-443.
Salama, P. (2004). Development of indicators for social cohesion 12 & 13 February 2004, Venice Devising a social cohesion indicator. Retrieved February 17, 2009, from http://pagesperso-orange.fr/pierre.salama/Salamadevisingsocindicatoreng.pdf
Spoonley, P., Peace, R., Butcher, A., & O'Neill, D. (2008). Social cohesion: A policy and indicator framework for assessing immigrant and host outcomes. Social Policy Journal of New Zealand, 24, 85-110.
Sutton et al. v. United Air Lines, Inc. (1999). Retrieved February 17, 2009, from http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/cgi-bin/getcase.pl?court=US&vol=000&invol=97-1943. certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit No. 97-1943. Argued April 28, 1999--Decided June 22, 1999.
The Canadian Cultural Research Network (CCRN (2000). Making connections: Culture and social cohesion in the new millennium.. Retrieved February 17, 2009, from http://www.circle-network.org/activity/edmonton2000/confreport/plenary1.htm
The Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, S. a. T. (1999). Final report on social cohesion. Government of Canada. Retrieved February 17, 2009, from http://www.parl.gc.ca/36/1/parlbus/commbus/senate/com-e/SOCI-E/rep-e/repfinaljun99-e.htm
United Nations (2007). United Nations international convention on the rights of persons with disabilities. United Nations. Retrieved February 17, 2009, from http://www.un.org/disabilities/convention/http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/enable/index.html
Wallerstein, I. (2003). Citizens all? Citizens some! The making of the citizen. Comparative Studies in Society and History, 45, 650-679.
Wikipedia (2008). Maslow's hierarchy of needs. Retrieved February 17, 2009, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maslow's_hierarchy_of_needs
Wolbring, G. (2008a). Why NBIC? Why human performance enhancement? Innovation; The European Journal of Social Science Research, 21, 25-40.
Wolbring, G. (2008b). "Is there an end to out-able? Is there an end to the rat race for abilities?" Journal: Media and Culture, 11:3 Retrieved February 17, 2009, from http://journal.media-culture.org.au/index.php/mcjournal/article/viewArticle/57
Wolbring, G. (2008c). The politics of ableism. Development, 51, 252-258.
Wolbring, G. (2007). NBICS, other convergences, ableism and the culture of peace. Retrieved February 17, 2009, from http://www.innovationwatch.com/choiceisyours/choiceisyours-2007-04-15.htm
Wolbring, G. (2006). Scoping paper on nanotechnology and disabled people. Retrieved February 17, 2009, from http://cns.asu.edu/cns-library/documents/wolbring-scoping%20CD%20final%20edit.doc
Wolbring, G. (2005). HTA initiative #23. The triangle of enhancement medicine, disabled people, and the concept of health: A new challenge for HTA, health research, and health policy. Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research, Health Technology Assessment Unit: Edmonton, Alberta Canada. Retrieved February 17, 2009, from http://www.ihe.ca/documents/hta/HTA-FR23.pdf
World Transhumanist Association. (2004). The physically disabled. Retrieved from http://transhumanism.org/index.php/WTA/communities/physicallydisabled/
World Transhumanist Association (2003). The transhumanist FAQ – A general introduction – Version 2.1. Retrieved February 17, 2009, from http://www.transhumanism.org/index.php/WTA/faq21/46/
World Transhumanist Association. (2002). Transhumanist declaration. Retrieved from http://www.transhumanism.org/index.php/WTA/declaration/
Americans with Disabilities Act. (1990). Sec. 2. (a)(2) Findings and Purposes Americans with Disabilities Act. Retrieved February 17, 2009, from http://www.usdoj.gov:80/crt/ada/pubs/ada.txt
Atkinson Foundation (2005). Reality check. Retrieved February 17, 2009, from http://www.atkinsonfoundation.ca/ciw/SkinnedFolder_111470157295 /Document_1114708094548 http://www.atkinsonfoundation.ca/ciw/RCheck_May_2005_revised_31.pdf
Barton, L. (1993). The struggle for citizenship: the case of disabled people. Disability & Society, 8, 235-248.
Beauvais, C., & Jenson, J. (2002). CPRN Discussion Paper No. F|22 Research Report - Social Cohesion: Updating the State of the Research (Rep. No. CPRN Discussion Paper No. F|22 Research Report). Canadian Policy Research Networks. Retrieved February 17, 2009, from http://www.cprn.org/en/doc.cfm?doc=167# http://www.cprn.org/documents/12949_en.pdf
Bergheim, S. (2006). Measures of well-being. There is more to it than GDP. Retrieved February 17, 2009, from http://www.dbresearch.com/PROD/DBR_INTERNET_EN-PROD/PROD0000000000202587.pdf;jsessionid=1:451222c9:87a20b23d84617b
Börjesson, M. (2006). Maslow turned upside down? Retrieved February 17, 2009, from http://www.futuramb.se/blog/2006-10/maslow-turned-upside-down/
Carlson, L. (2001). Cognitive ableism and disability studies: Feminist reflections on the history of mental retardation. Hypatia, 16, 124-146.
Campbell, F. A. K. (2001). Inciting legal fictions: 'Disability's' date with ontology and the ableist body of the law. Griffith Law Review, 10, 42.
Commission On Human Security. (2003). Human security now. Retrieved February 17, 2009, from http://www.humansecurity-chs.org/finalreport/index.html http://www.humansecurity-chs.org/finalreport/English/FinalReport.pdf
Connors, J. L., & Donnellan, A. M. (1993). Citizenship and culture: the role of disabled people in Navajo society. Disability & Society, 8, 265-280.
Craig, G. (2004). Citizenship, exclusion and older people. Journal of Social Policy, 33, 95-114.
Das, V., & Addlakha, R. (2001). Disability and domestic citizenship: Voice, gender, and the making of the subject. Public Culture, 13, 511-325.
Edwards, C., & Imrie, R. (2008). Disability and the implications of the wellbeing agenda: Some reflections from the United Kingdom. Journal of Social Policy, 37, 267-277.
Field, M. J., & Jette, A. M. (2007). The future of disability in America. National Academies Press (USA). Retrieved February 17, 2009, from http://books.google.ca/books?hl=en&id=Uvs8gmoUeHcC&dq=The+Future+of+Disability+in+America&printsec=frontcover&source=web&ots=_IRLiAKIin&sig=wLpzviXzoqgpz9FxwPkup05yJgY&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=3&ct=resulthttp://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3622/is_200801/ai_n25500133/print?tag=artBody;col1
Giussani, B. (2006). Hierarchy of needs revisited. Retrieved February 17, 2009, from http://giussani.typepad.com/loip/2006/02/hierarchy_of_ne.html
Hughes, J. (2004). Battle plan to be more than well transhumanism is finally getting in gear. Retrieved February 17, 2009, from http://transhumanism.org/index.php/th/more/509/
Huitt, W. (2004). Maslow's hierarchy of needs. Educational Psychology Interactive. Retrieved February 17, 2009, from http://chiron.valdosta.edu/whuitt/col/regsys/Maslow.html
Jayasooria, D. (1999). Disabled people: active or passive citizens - reflections from the Malaysian experience. Disability & Society, 14, 341-352.
Jeannotte, M. S. (2001). Social cohesion around the world: An international comparison of definitions and issues. Retrieved February 17, 2009, from http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/ph-sp/phdd/news2001/pdf/social_exclusion_en.pdf
Jeannotte, M. S. (2000). Social cohesion around the world: An international comparison of definitions and issues. Strategic Research and Analysis, Canadian Heritage, Ottawa.. Retrieved February 17, 2009, from
Keyt, D. (2007). The good man and the upright citizen in Aristotle's Ethics and Politics. Social Philosophy and Policy, 24, 220-240.
Korea National Standard Office (2006). Social indicators in Korea. Retrieved February 17, 2009, from http://www.nso.go.kr/eng2006/e03___0000/e03a__0000/e03aa_0000/e03aaf0000/e03aaf0000.html
Marshall, T. H. (1950). Citizenship and social class. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Massie, B. (2006). Finding the wormhole achieving equal citizenship for disabled people. Retrieved February 17, 2009, from http://83.137.212.42/sitearchive/drc/library/drc_speeches/bert_massie_-_finding_the_worm.html
Meekosha, H., & Dowse, L. (1997). Enabling citizenship: Gender, disability and citizenship in Australia. Feminist Review, 57, 49-72.
Miller, P., Parker, S., & Gillinson, S.. (2004). Disablism. How to tackle the last prejudice DEMOS. Retrieved February 17, 2009, from http://www.demos.co.uk/files/disablism.pdf
Morris, J. (2005). Citizenship and disabled people: A scoping paper prepared for the disability rights commission. Disability Studies program University of Leeds, UK. Retrieved February 17, 2009 ,from http://www.leeds.ac.uk/disability-studies/archiveuk/morris
/Citizenship%20and%20disabled%20people.pdf
Murphy v. United Parcel Service, Inc. (1999). Retrieved February 17, 2009, from http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/cgi-bin/getcase.pl?court=US&vol=000&invol=97-1992. certiorari to the United States court of appeals for the tenth circuit No. 97-1992. Argued April 27, 1999--Decided June 22, 1999.
National Council on Disability. (2000). Executive summary. National disability policy: A progress report. Retrieved February 17, 2009, from http://www.ncd.gov/newsroom/publications/policy98-99.html#1 http://www.ncd.gov/newsroom/publications/2000/pdf/policy98-99.pdf
Nevis, E. C. (1983). Using an American perspective in understanding another culture: Toward a hierarchy of needs for the People's Republic of China. Journal of Applied Behavioral Science, 19, 249-264.
New Zealand Immigration Service (2004). A future together: The New Zealand settlement strategy in outline. Retrieved February 17, 2009, from http://www.immigration.govt.nz/NR/rdonlyres/7137ABC7-9569-4BAE-BB09-227914CECE50/0/NZImmigrationSettlementStrategyOutline.pdf
Office of the Deputy Prime Minister: (2004). Office of the deputy prime minister: Housing, planning, local government and the regions - Sixth report. Retrieved February 17, 2009, from http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200304/cmselect/cmodpm/45/4504.htm
Overboe, James (2007). Vitalism: Subjectivity exceeding racism, sexism, and (psychiatric) ableism. Wagadu: A Journal of Transnational Women's and Gender Studies, 4. Retrieved February 17, 2009, from http://web.cortland.edu/wagadu/Volume%204/Articles%20Volume%204/Chapter2.htmhttp://web.cortland.edu/wagadu/Volume%204/Vol4pdfs/Chapter%202.pdf
Rapp, R., & Ginsburg, F. (2001). Enabling disability: Rewriting kinship, reimagining citizenship. Public Culture, 13, 588-556.
Roulstone, A. (2000). Disability, dependency and the New Deal for disabled people. Disability & Society, 15, 427-443.
Salama, P. (2004). Development of indicators for social cohesion 12 & 13 February 2004, Venice Devising a social cohesion indicator. Retrieved February 17, 2009, from http://pagesperso-orange.fr/pierre.salama/Salamadevisingsocindicatoreng.pdf
Spoonley, P., Peace, R., Butcher, A., & O'Neill, D. (2008). Social cohesion: A policy and indicator framework for assessing immigrant and host outcomes. Social Policy Journal of New Zealand, 24, 85-110.
Sutton et al. v. United Air Lines, Inc. (1999). Retrieved February 17, 2009, from http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/cgi-bin/getcase.pl?court=US&vol=000&invol=97-1943. certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit No. 97-1943. Argued April 28, 1999--Decided June 22, 1999.
The Canadian Cultural Research Network (CCRN (2000). Making connections: Culture and social cohesion in the new millennium.. Retrieved February 17, 2009, from http://www.circle-network.org/activity/edmonton2000/confreport/plenary1.htm
The Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, S. a. T. (1999). Final report on social cohesion. Government of Canada. Retrieved February 17, 2009, from http://www.parl.gc.ca/36/1/parlbus/commbus/senate/com-e/SOCI-E/rep-e/repfinaljun99-e.htm
United Nations (2007). United Nations international convention on the rights of persons with disabilities. United Nations. Retrieved February 17, 2009, from http://www.un.org/disabilities/convention/http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/enable/index.html
Wallerstein, I. (2003). Citizens all? Citizens some! The making of the citizen. Comparative Studies in Society and History, 45, 650-679.
Wikipedia (2008). Maslow's hierarchy of needs. Retrieved February 17, 2009, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maslow's_hierarchy_of_needs
Wolbring, G. (2008a). Why NBIC? Why human performance enhancement? Innovation; The European Journal of Social Science Research, 21, 25-40.
Wolbring, G. (2008b). "Is there an end to out-able? Is there an end to the rat race for abilities?" Journal: Media and Culture, 11:3 Retrieved February 17, 2009, from http://journal.media-culture.org.au/index.php/mcjournal/article/viewArticle/57
Wolbring, G. (2008c). The politics of ableism. Development, 51, 252-258.
Wolbring, G. (2007). NBICS, other convergences, ableism and the culture of peace. Retrieved February 17, 2009, from http://www.innovationwatch.com/choiceisyours/choiceisyours-2007-04-15.htm
Wolbring, G. (2006). Scoping paper on nanotechnology and disabled people. Retrieved February 17, 2009, from http://cns.asu.edu/cns-library/documents/wolbring-scoping%20CD%20final%20edit.doc
Wolbring, G. (2005). HTA initiative #23. The triangle of enhancement medicine, disabled people, and the concept of health: A new challenge for HTA, health research, and health policy. Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research, Health Technology Assessment Unit: Edmonton, Alberta Canada. Retrieved February 17, 2009, from http://www.ihe.ca/documents/hta/HTA-FR23.pdf
World Transhumanist Association. (2004). The physically disabled. Retrieved from http://transhumanism.org/index.php/WTA/communities/physicallydisabled/
World Transhumanist Association (2003). The transhumanist FAQ – A general introduction – Version 2.1. Retrieved February 17, 2009, from http://www.transhumanism.org/index.php/WTA/faq21/46/
World Transhumanist Association. (2002). Transhumanist declaration. Retrieved from http://www.transhumanism.org/index.php/WTA/declaration/
Article Sidebar
Published
Nov 12, 2014
Article Details
Issue
Section
Editorial
RDS Journal is an open-access journal, create a free account to read full articles and to submit a proposal. For visual arts and multimedia, submission will be considered evidence that you are offering RDS the right to display your work without penalty, compensation or royalties.
Author Biography
Gregor Wolbring, Assistant Professor, University of Calgary; Faculty of Medicine, Dept of Community Health Sciences
Gregor Wolbring, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor at University of Calgary, Faculty of Medicine, Dept of Community Health Sciences; Program in Community Rehabilitation and Disability Studies. Webpage: http://www.bioethicsanddisability.org
Contact Info: University of Calgary, Faculty of Medicine, Dept of Community Health Sciences, Program in Community Rehabilitation and Disability Studies. 3330 Hospital Drive, NW, T2N4N1, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. E-mail: [email protected]