Disability is a concept that has been gaining more and more attention in both political and
academic discourses throughout the 20th and 21st centuries. The growing academic field …

The concept of disability is used across a variety of contexts to describe different
phenomena and prescribe distinct behaviors or norms. The definitional challenge is not only …

This chapter focuses on the ontology of disability, ethics and the moral significance of
disability and, finally, political philosophy and its implications for disabled people's social …

Within the United Kingdom and other countries around the world, disability has been
institutionalized and industrialized and is governed by specific and general legislation and …

My work in philosophy of disability is informed by critical disability theory. The task of critical
disability theory is to analyze disability as a cultural, historical, relative, social, and political …

Proponents of constructivist conceptions of disability, especially when they espouse a strong
version of the social model of disability, are committed to the claim that what is properly …

'Disability'as a social phenomenon has emerged as a rapidly growing concept that is
gaining widespread critical attention from a wide range of disciplinary backgrounds. The …

Disability is a thorny and muddled concept–especially in the field of disability studies–and
social accounts contest with more traditional biologically based approaches in highly …

Disability is often defined as deviation from putative norms of physical, cognitive, or affective
function. This definition is normatively laden, causing people with disabilities to be thought of …

Drawing from work in a wide range of fields, this book presents novel approaches to key
debates in thinking about and defining disability. Differing from other works in Critical …