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 …

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 …

Disability raises profound and fundamental issues: questions about human embodiment and
well-being; dignity, respect, justice and equality; personal and social identity. It raises …

This paper responds to the reviews by Edwards, Holm, Koch, Thomas and Vehmas of
Disability Rights and Wrongs (2006). After summarising the recent history of disability …

Traditional accounts of disability have focused on deficits of body or mind. Disabled people
have been defined in terms of their impairments. In different historical and cultural contexts …

This project draws together the diverse strands of the debate regarding disability in a way
never before combined in a single volume. After providing a representative sampling of …

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 …

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 …

Recent discussions surrounding the conceptualising of disability has resulted in a stalemate
between British sociologists and philosophers. The stagnation of theorizing that has …

Over the past few decades, political and social changes coupled with medical advances
have opened up new spaces for thinking about physical and mental deviations from the …