Cultural diversity and social inequality are often ignored or downplayed in disability
services. Where they are recognized, racial and cultural differences are often essentialized …

In many settler-colonial countries, Indigenous people do not access disability services at
rates commensurate with disability prevalence. Existing research suggests that services …

Disability among Indigenous Australians lies at a nexus between the ongoing impact of
European settlement from 1788 and the social effects of living with a disability. Colonisation …

This paper explores the concept of disability through a critical disability lens to understand
how Indigenous ontologies are positioned within the dominant discourse of disabled …

In the realm of disability studies, an increasing number of academics are engaging with the
promises of postcolonial scholarship. Writers such as Barker and Murray (2010), Erevelles …

Decolonisation aims to deconstruct the hegemonic traditional Western academic practices
and values that oppress Indigenous peoples. Decolonising research methodologies is a …

Dares to name and explore a hidden blight in society: the routine, daily and oppressive
treatment of people with disabilities. Drawing on a wide range of case studies from health …

Research on impairment and disability among Indigenous people in Australia has reflected
and served the colonial enterprise. National ethical guidelines on research have not been …

This paper argues that the dominance of the global North in the universalising and totalising
tendencies of writings about disability has resulted in the marginalisation of these …

Shaun Grecha and Karen Soldaticb* aResearch Institute for Health and Social Change,
Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, UK; bCentre for Social Impact, University …