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Trapped Between Ableism And Neoliberalism : Critical Reflections On Disability And Employment In India [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Despite affirmative actions such as reservations in government employment, incentives and subsidies to employers, tax exemptions to persons with disabilities, skill-development trainings etc, employment for persons with disabilities continues to be ...
Hiranandani, Vanmala   +2 more
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The Rhetoric of Ableism

open access: yesDisability Studies Quarterly, 2011
This essay argues that rhetoric is both the means by which ableist culture perpetuates itself and the basis of successful strategies for challenging its practices. Public demonstrations, countercultural performances, autobiography, transformative histories, and critiques of ableist films and novels all apply rhetorical solutions to the problem of ...
Cherney, James L.
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Ableism in Academia [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Rather than embracing difference as a reflection of wider society, academic ecosystems seek to normalise and homogenise ways of working and of being a researcher. As a consequence, ableism in academia is endemic. However, to date no attempt has been made
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Visibility of Disability: Ableism in Indian Film, Politics and Sports [PDF]

open access: yes, 2023
“Visibility of Disability: Ableism in Indian Film, Politics and Sports” is a study of the representation of the disabled in Indian film, politics, and sports, where the representation of anything matters the most since these three are the major cultural ...
Stenza Augustine, Abhaydev C.S
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Interrogating disability and prosthesis through the conceptual framework of NEODISABILITY

open access: yesKvinder, Køn & Forskning, 2021
This article investigates the emerging field of critical disability studies in order to explore understandings of disability and prosthesis through the intersection of dis/ability studies, studies in ableism, and philosophical enquiries into the ...
Tine Fristrup   +1 more
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Expressed Ableism

open access: yesErgo, An Open Access Journal of Philosophy, 2023
With increased frequency, reproductive technologies are placing prospective parents in the position of choosing whether to bring a disabled child into the world.
Joseph A. Stramondo, Stephen Campbell
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Ableism and the Life Stories of People with Disabilities

open access: yesScandinavian Journal of Disability Research, 2019
This paper investigates the narrative circulation of ableism. By drawing on anti-oppressive perspectives and narrative inquiry, this article argues that narrative circulation is crucial for understanding the performance and practice of ableism.
Merja Tarvainen
doaj   +1 more source

‘They Can Replace You at Any Time!’: (In)Visible Hyper-Ableism, Employment and Sickle Cell Disorders in England

open access: yesScandinavian Journal of Disability Research, 2021
This paper explores how ableism interacts with multiple identities in the workplace, in order to understand barriers and enablers to employment. Two focus group discussions and forty-seven semi-structured interviews were conducted with people who have ...
Maria Berghs   +4 more
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Infusing disability equity within rehabilitation education and practice: A qualitative study of lived experiences of ableism, allyship, and healthcare partnership

open access: yesFrontiers in Rehabilitation Sciences, 2022
BackgroundAddressing issues of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) has become central in implementing inclusive and socially responsible rehabilitation education and clinical practice. Yet, the constructs of disability and d/Deaf identity and culture,
Heather A. Feldner   +11 more
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Dismantle Ableism

open access: yes, 2023
This is a painting of a Disabled person pointing their cane at the sky while lightning shoots out of it. It is representative of the resilience of the Disability community in our fight to dismantle ableism.
Khan, Eman
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