Contemporary disability identity has emerged in the US and western world in concert with
institutional, legislative, and material changes that have defined disability as a civil rights …

Despite its emergent field status, disability studies in the United States has been on the
academic scene long enough to have developed its own critical conventions. One of these …

Currently, disability is primarily viewed from a medical model that sees it as a tragedy
resulting from impairment within the disabled person. The social model of disability views …

I lived the all-American dream until I was blind-sided by a drunk running a red light. I didn't
know it at the time but my life just changed. I played high school football, graduatedfrom …

A common refrain in disability studies is that disability is the one identity category that, if we
live long enough, everyone will inhabit. White people will not become black, and men will …

COLIN BARNES CEOFF MERCER ince the 1970s, a disabled people's movement has
become established as a political force worldwide. It has confronted the orthodox view that …

This chapter explores the relationship between disability identity, civil rights, and the law.
Twenty-five years after the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act, the question …

From public transportation and education to adequate access to buildings, the social impact
of disability has been felt everywhere since the passage of the Americans with Disabilities …

When many people, particularly “able-bodied” ones, think of the word “disability,” they think
of someone sitting in a wheelchair, or perhaps a blind person with a guide dog or white …

The notion of identity as a personal construction began with the study of adolescents.
Erikson (1959, 1968) discussed the various stages that typically developing adolescents go …