Sinnhaft tätig sein im Schatten der Erwerbsarbeitsnorm : Arbeit fur Menschen mit Komplexen Behinderungen zwischen Inklusion, Kommodifizierung und Normalisierung

Since the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities proclaimed the right of persons with disabilities to work, inclusive employment has become a human rights issue. While efforts to include persons with disabilities in paid labour are evident, some remain excluded. In particular, persons with complex disabilities are excluded from the general labour market as well as from sheltered workplaces. Surprisingly, while analyses about disabled persons’ positions in capitalist production processes are predestined to highlight ambivalences of the employment regime, the problematic conditions faced by persons with disabilities are not part of critical debates about the future of employment. This article contributes to the discussion of the paid labour norm by conducting an interdiscourse analysis about efforts to include persons with complex disabilities in employment-like settings. Whereas anthropological arguments about the human desire to work are made, critical perspectives on possible futures beyond labour market participation are scarce.