Back to the future? New genetics and disabled people
- 1 October 1995
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Critical Social Policy
- Vol. 15 (44-45) , 22-35
- https://doi.org/10.1177/026101839501504402
Abstract
This article attempts to put developments in molecular biology into the broader context of disability rights and the relationship between disabled people and medical science. It includes a critique of biologi cal reduclionism and of the role of the media in inflating 'back-to- basics biology'. The article suggests that disabled people have not been consulted or involved in debates around the new genetics and that a wider discussion of these developments is urgently needed.Keywords
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