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 …

Despite the steady growth of rights and acceptance of people from other minority groups, the
significance of the issues faced by people with chronic illnesses and disabilities has not …

In the Introduction chapter of Ableism: The Causes and Consequences of Disability
Prejudice, Michelle R. Nario-Redmond begins with selections from Maria Palacios's 2017 …

This issue marks the beginning of the 7th volume of Disability and Health Journal (DHJO).
This 7th volume also brings with it a special issue that captures the conceptualizations of …

Giving Voice to Profound Disability is devoted to exploring the lives of people with profound
and multiple learning difficulties and disabilities, and brings together the voices of those best …

In March 2020, seemingly overnight, words like “immunocompromised” and
“immunosuppressed” became part of the national vernacular in the United States …

Theories of disability have developed over the last 30 years in response to the politicization
of disabled people and the growing awareness of this political praxis in a myriad of social …

In January 2021, President Joe Biden issued executive order 13985 calling for the federal
government to establish a comprehensive approach to advancing equity for all, including …

Over the past three decades, health equity has become a guiding framework for
documenting, explaining, and informing the promotion of population health. With these …

An eye-opening portrait of the diverse disability community as it is today, and how disability
attitudes, activism, and representation have evolved since the passage of the Americans …