Whose voices? Representing the claims of older disabled people under New Labour
- 2002
Although the majority of Britain's disabled people are also older people, there has been relatively little exchange between policy making in the areas of disability and old age. This article highlights some significant similarities and differences in the social cliams made by groups representing older pople and disabled people in policy debates under New Labour. Using recent policy examples, the analysis focuses on the claims being made by older and disabled people and the discouses, representations and strategies used to make them. The article suggest that there are considerable areas of common ground on which polictical alliances and common voice could be uilt, but there is also evidence of a tactical or discursive distancing between the two groups. These difficulties are interpreted with reference to the centrality of independence and paid employment within policy debates under New Labour
Deficiente Older People Representation Policy Communities