Professor Michael James Hoiles Oliver (1945-2 Mar 2019) was a British sociologist, author, and disability rights activist. He was the first Professor of Disability Studies in the world, and key advocate of the social model of disability. Prof. Oliver was a Kent undergraduate and studied for his PhD here, graduating in 1979. He then led an MA in Social Work at the University of Kent, and in 1983 wrote ‘Social Work with Disabled People’ in which he framed the Social Model of Disability. He sadly died 2 March 2019.
Collection in brief
Contents: Born-digital documents
Period: c.2010-2018