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Disability. Disability studies is an academic discipline that examines the meaning, nature, and consequences of disability. Initially, the field focused on the division between "impairment" and "disability", where impairment was an impairment of an individual's mind or body, while disability was considered a social construct. [1] This premise ...
Models of disability are analytic tools in disability studies used to articulate different ways disability is conceptualized by individuals and society broadly. [1] [2] Disability models are useful for understanding disagreements over disability policy, [2] teaching people about ableism, [3] providing disability-responsive health care, [3] and articulating the life experiences of disabled people.
Finkelstein was a tutor in disability studies at the Open University and later visiting senior research fellow in the Centre for Disability Studies Leeds University.Vic’s ideas influenced and inspired a generation of disabled activists and gave rise to the development of the Disabled People’s Movement through the formation of Centres for Independent Living, Coalitions of Disabled People ...
In the United States in the early 20th century, having a disabling condition was often a source of social stigma, and people with disabilities were excluded from many parts of U.S. society, including participation in the creation of popular culture via creative writing or reportage.
Mia Mingus's work focuses on disability justice as a means of liberation. Mingus founded the Living Bridges Project, which focuses on listening to people's responses regarding child sexual abuse. The goal of this project is to offer support and resources to survivors.
Christopher M. Bell (1974 – December 25, 2009) was a disability studies scholar working in the area of HIV/AIDS, race and ethnicity. He was the former president of the Society for Disability Studies and contributed to national discussions about race, ethnicity and disability studies. His posthumously published anthology, Blackness and ...
Appearance. Disability anthropology is a cross-section of anthropological studies that takes sociocultural approaches to interdisciplinary disability studies. The main subdisciplines of anthropology active in disability anthropology studies are medical anthropology and cultural anthropology. [ 1 ][ 2 ] The field of disability anthropology ...
Pages in category "Disability studies". The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total. This list may not reflect recent changes . Disability studies.