This article aims to reorient thinking about the relationship between the long-standing social
model of disability and the rapidly emerging human rights model. In particular, it contests the …

The fifth edition of The Disability Studies Reader addresses the post-identity theoretical
landscape by emphasizing questions of interdependency and independence, the human …

Disability rights activists often claim that disability is not—by itself—something that makes
disabled people worse off. A popular objection to such a view of disability is this: were it …

The strategy of developing an ontology or models of disability as a prior step to settling
ethical issues regarding disabilities is highly problematic for two reasons. First, key …

32 treaty, the CRPD is a visionary law designed to transform society into a more just society.
But visions cannot be achieved over night. Human rights implementation is a process with …

In this essay, I offer tentative ruminations about the possibilities/challenges of theory and
praxis in the field of disability studies. I begin the essay by thinking through my own …

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In this absorbing text by a leading writer and respected activist, theory, policy, historical
background and personal experience are combined to give readers a rich and illuminating …

Critical disability theory refers to a diverse, interdisciplinary set of theoretical approaches.
The task of critical disability theory is to analyze disability as a cultural, historical, relative …

A feminist ethics that bases morality on dependence or vulnerability challenges the moral
priority of uniform over disparate treatment. Persons with disabilities resist equality's …