Some of the writers on disability, like Vic Finkelstein and Mike Oliver, further developed the social model of disability by overlaying a Marxist theoretical perspective (Oliver,
1990). Marxism has had an influence on the endeavour o f persons with impairments to remove them from the oppressive nature of society.
Therefore, Marxism can be utilis ed as a means to better understand the structural disadvantages that exist for disabled people in a capitalist society. Oliver states that indu strial capitalism is at the root of the social exclusion of persons with disabilities by non
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disabled people (Barnes, Oliver, and Barton.
2002). Capitalism and the changes in the mode of production
1990). Marxism has had an influence on the endeavour o f persons with impairments to remove them from the oppressive nature of society.
Therefore, Marxism can be utilis ed as a means to better understand the structural disadvantages that exist for disabled people in a capitalist society. Oliver states that indu strial capitalism is at the root of the social exclusion of persons with disabilities by non
-
disabled people (Barnes, Oliver, and Barton.
2002). Capitalism and the changes in the mode of production