Analyzing Disability Discourse through the Process of Enactment of Disability Discrimination Act in Korea

Abstract

This article focuses on the analysis of disability discourse in Korean society through the points of issue emerging from the process of enactment of Code of Practice(Disability Discrimination Act: DDA). Through this study, it has been explored that the disability discourses exist in various forms and that they collide or compete with one another in a differnt context. As a conclusion it is emphasised that most importantly Disability Discrimination Act should play a key role in spreading counter-discourse of disability in a legal system. For doing that, DDA should be a legal mechanism through which the ways to gurantee the rights of disabled people can be positively developed.