@article{be4c98072d4f4a628b91e88a4904adb7,
title = "Danish disability research across half a century",
abstract = "Social research on disability exhibits a degree of interdisciplinarity. While neither large nor clearly defined, this area of research has political relevance since it is often brought into play when drawing up or evaluating government policy to improve the situation for disabled people. The present article outlines Danish disability research with the emphasis on social research in the last 10 years. It points to forces and framework conditions that have influenced the development of the field of research. It also presents central topics of research as well as some of its findings. It concludes with a discussion of future conditions for disability research in Denmark.",
keywords = "disabled",
author = "Bonfils, {Inge Storgaard} and Steen Bengtsson",
note = "Funding Information: The financial framework likewise has a bearing on the conditions for disability research. As mentioned above, much of this research is conducted under the auspices of the SFI and AKF and financed by government departments, agencies, regions and municipalities. Not since the 1980s have central government research funds been earmarked for disability research. Back in 1980·1982, the Danish Social Research Council launched a programme of research into disabilities, which was reviewed in 1982 by Melchior and a number of symposiums were held (Melchior 1982). This programme was designed to stimulate social scientists to get to grips with this area, creating a research community able to exist on the universities{\textquoteright} basic appropriations supplemented by general research council funding. Funding Information: Besides the above, research is conducted primarily at institutions for applied social research, with the Danish National Centre for Social Research (SFI) playing a key role in research into living conditions, labour market, social policy, etc. (Bengtsson and Stigaard 2011). Financial support has been provided by the Ministry of Social Affairs. The ministry has called for greater knowledge of social policy and services that target citizens with impairments, as well as greater general awareness of disabled persons{\textquoteright} participation in society and their dealings with the public system. To that end, the SFI has also played a part in two major surveys in 1995 and 2006 (Bengtsson, 2008, 1997; Larsen, Schademan and H{\o}gelund 2008) which show that impairment results in limited participation in society. This applies to participation in the form of employment, in the personal sphere and in social contexts alike. The two surveys provide a general overview and have proven to be good starting points for research of a more specific nature (Larsen, Jonassen, and H{\o}gelund 2009).",
year = "2013",
month = may,
day = "17",
doi = "10.1080/15017419.2013.781963",
language = "English",
volume = "15",
pages = "13 --37",
journal = "Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research",
issn = "1501-7419",
publisher = "Stockholm University Press",
number = "SUPPL1",
}