individuals including “the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health without
discrimination on the basis of disability.” Its guiding principles include the right to individual …

In this new edition, the editors and contributors update and expand on the educational
framework that was introduced in the first edition for rethinking disability in public health …

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 …

At the 2012 Modern Languages Association conference, President Michael Bérubé affirmed
his chosen theme of “access” by announcing at the Presidential Forum that disability studies …

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central to this book—opportunity, bias, and systemic disadvantage. The significance of the …

Theorising disability lies at the heart of many recent social scientific engagements with the
body, subjectivity, culture and society. Disability studies have developed across, through …

Abstract Rosemarie Garland-Thomson is a disability justice and culture thought leader,
bioethicist, teacher, and humanities scholar. Her 2016 editorial,“Becoming Disabled,” was …

The definition of disability used by the United States (US) Census, World Health
Organization, and other groups that monitor populations has been expanded over time, and …

This new volume series is launched with the purpose of stimulating, providing a vehicle for
and encouraging the social sciences to address the many social issues associated with …

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 …