Emerging Perspectives on Disability Studies brings together up-and-coming scholars whose
works expand disability studies into new interdisciplinary contexts. This includes new …

In recent decades, medical humanities scholars have increasingly looked to patient-
authored narratives of illness to help medical practitioners better understand patients' lived …

Abstract (If I sound like a theologian trying to slip in a lesson on the workings of the Trinity, I
assure you that I am not.) Some of you may know a similar process in Essential Lifestyle …

More than 1 billion people globally, about 15% of the world's population, have some type of
disability [1]. As defined by the World Health Organization (Box 8.1), disabilities are diverse …

I WAS IMPELLED, IN A WORD, BY PAIN. THREE ROTATOR CUFF SURGERIES in two
years oblige me to live for six weeks each time in another country I have previously only …

Disability oftentimes tends to be associated with misfortune, personal tragedy, passivity, and
dependency. However, a closer look at the actual history of the disabled people's movement …

'We are all disabled'is a statement that is made overtly, through implication or paraphrased
in many forms of political argument to appeal to the sentiments and define the obligations of …

Over the last half century, global healthcare practices have increasingly relied on
technological interventions for the detection, prevention, and treatment of disability and …

Ableism is the discrimination of and social prejudice against people with disabilities based
on the belief that typical abilities are superior. At its heart, ableism is rooted in the …