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Who is “us” in “nothing about us without us”? Rethinking the politics of disability research [PDF]
, 2023 Disability research (and disability studies) emerged from the activism of disabled people who not only challenged oppressive legal and social structures, but also the ways in which research was used to legitimate that oppression. At the forefront of this
Brighton, J., Inckle, K., Sparkes, A. C.
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Accessing democracy: disability politics in the United States and Canada
, 2021 Rasmussen, ClaireWhy have legislative guarantees of equality rights been ineffective in addressing key inequalities in substantive political, economic and social citizenship for people with disabilities in the United States, the global innovator in ...
Jenks, Andrew B.
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Listening for policy change: how the voices of disabled people shaped Australia’s National Disability Insurance Scheme [PDF]
, 2014 : Voice has become an important yet ambivalent tool for the recognition of disability. The transformative potential of voice is dependent on a political commitment to listening to disabled people. To focus on listening redirects accountability for social
Thill, Cate, Cate Thill
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The Politics of Disability Rights
, 2022 The Americans with Disabilities Act was a landmark piece of legislation that made institutions responsible for accommodating persons with disability, but the burden of proof remained with disabled persons.
Tulkin, Annie +2 more
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Thinking With Disability Studies
Disability Studies Quarterly, 2014 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 positionality as a non-disabled woman of color scholar/ally in the field.
Nirmala Erevelles
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Japanese Sociological Review, 2000 Disability Studies finally seem to have taken off in our society. However, it is still unclear which discipline and subject it is going to take. One possible choice will be to deconstruct “disablism” with a thorough criticism conducted by post-welfare theories. However, its theoretical base is still fragile.
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Social Inclusion, 2023 At its height, the Covid‐19 pandemic dispersed across society a perception of bodyminded contingency that ushered in modes of “building community” that were unimaginable in pre‐pandemic times, alongside an intensification of health and social ...
Arianna Introna
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Disability and political participation in Ghana: an alternative perspective
Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research, 2014 Persons with disabilities (PWDs) rarely attain political positions in Ghana. This relates more to the scenario of PWDs as candidates contesting for political position than the mere participation as voters. The core objective of this article is to examine
Emmanuel Sackey
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Disability Studies Quarterly, 2021 The metaphor of the 'body politic' is an apparently optimistic one, as it is supposed to signal the relationality and connectedness of all members of the whole. This paper argues that the metaphor does not deliver on its potential because it associates illness and disability with lack of quality of life.
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Culture and carelessness: Constituting disability in South India [PDF]
, 2012 This is the author's accepted manuscript. The final published article is available from the link below.Professional and lay explanations of disability, collected via interviews and participant-observation during fieldwork in Hyderabad, South India ...
Staples, J, James Staples
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