Department of Social Sciences and Philosophy, University of Jyväskylä, Opinkivi, Keskussairaalantie 2, PO Box 35, Jyväskylä 40014, Finland.
J Aging Stud. 2021 Sep;58:100953. doi: 10.1016/j.jaging.2021.100953. Epub 2021 Jul 2.
Within many countries, the policies of disability and old age have been developing on distinct paths. Even though the prevalence of disability is higher in older populations, older persons tend to be excluded from disability discourses. Taking Finland's disability service legislation reform as an example, this article elaborates on the justifications for excluding or including older persons from disability policies. The paper analyses the public statements given in 2017 to a proposal that introduced an age-related restriction to disability services in order to understand how the restriction is argued for and against, and what kind of conceptualisations of old age and disability the statements portray. This study found that although equality is the most important principle underlying the reform, the conceptualisation of equality varies. Depending on who is included in the disability discourse, the idea of what is fair differs. Hence, it is necessary to recognise the differing understandings of equality in the debate regarding the age-related restriction. In addition, I argue that equality research can be helpful in assessing the fairness of public policies at the intersection of ageing and disability.
在许多国家，残疾和老年政策一直是沿着不同的路径发展的。尽管老年人群体中残疾的患病率更高，但老年人往往被排除在残疾话语之外。本文以芬兰的残疾服务立法改革为例，阐述了将老年人排除在残疾政策之外或纳入残疾政策的理由。本文分析了 2017 年对一项提议的公开声明，该提议对残疾服务引入了与年龄相关的限制，以了解这种限制是如何被赞成和反对的，以及声明所描绘的老年和残疾的概念化是什么样的。这项研究发现，尽管平等是改革的基本原则，但平等的概念是不同的。根据谁被纳入残疾话语，公平的概念也不同。因此，有必要认识到在与年龄相关的限制的辩论中，对平等的不同理解。此外，我认为，在评估老龄化和残疾交叉点的公共政策的公平性方面，平等研究可以提供帮助。
