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‘Disabled motherhood in an African community’: Towards an African women theology of disability

In die Skriflig, 2018
The politics of culture, motherhood and mothering in some African communities highlight the tensions that exist in the broader feminist theology agenda.
Sinenhlanhla S. Chisale
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Can disability studies contribute to client-centred occupational therapy practice? [PDF]

, 2010
Occupational therapists frequently cite a ‘client-centred’ approach as a fundamental aspect of their practice. However, there are many examples in the narratives of disabled people that suggest that the health and social care services they experience do ...
Collins, Bethan, McCormack, Cathy, Cathy McCormack, Collins, B, Bethan Collins, McCormack, C   +5 more
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Guest Editors' Introduction: Growing Disability Studies: Politics of Access, Politics of Collaboration

Disability Studies Quarterly, 2014
This is an introduction and has no abstract.
Michelle Jarman, Alison Kafer
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Systemic Silencing Mechanisms in Autism/Autistic Advocacy in Ontario, Canada

Social Inclusion
This article reveals how systemic ableism operates within grassroots organizations in Ontario, formulating a normative standard for being an autistic person. In‐depth interviews were conducted with 50 participants in the years 2021 and 2022, triangulated
Cheuk Ming Tsang
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The emergence, importance of #DisabilityTooWhite hashtag

Disability Studies Quarterly, 2020
In this essay, I look at #DisabilityTooWhite (Thompson, 2016) as an activist call to center the messy intersectionality politics in the disability community, specifically in terms of disability and Whiteness.
Carrie Elizabeth Mulderink
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Mainstreaming the disability equality duty and the impact on public authorities' working practices [PDF]

, 2011
Implemented as part of the 2005 amendments to the Disability Equality Act, the Disability Equality Duty (DED) placed new and important demands on public sector bodies.
Ferrie, J., Kirsten Stalker, Stalker, Kirsten, Ferrie, Jo, Watson, Nick, Paterson, K., Kevin Paterson, Charlotte Pearson, Nick Watson, Stalker, K., Pearson, Charlotte, Jennifer Lepiniere, Lepiniere, J., Lerpiniere, Jennifer, Pearson, C., Watson, N., Paterson, Kevin, Jo Ferrie   +17 more
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Disabling Power of Class and Ideology: Analyzing War Injury through the Transnational Disability Theory and Praxis

Disability Studies Quarterly, 2019
My doctoral thesis, through a case study of the theocratic-nationalist politics of the Iranian regime and the imperialist politics of the U.S., Russia, and Western Europe in the Middle East, investigated the ways in which gendered-, ideological-, and ...
Sona Kazemi
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Disability, Climate Change, and Environmental Violence: The Politics of Invisibility and the Horizon of Hope

Disability Studies Quarterly, 2020
This article brings disability theory and activism into conversation with environmental justice, a conversation that has often been stymied by a fundamental difference in approaching disability.
Julia Watts Belser
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„Mentální retardace“ a afektivní politiky zřeknutí se [PDF]

Gender a Výzkum, 2017
This text explores the affective politics of race and disability that underpin the post-socialist developments in the Czech Republic. Firstly, I interrogate “mental retardation”, as a discursive and material practice of differentiating human life ...
Kateřina Kolářová
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Truth, Politics and Disability: Graphic Narratives as Illustrated Hope

The Comics Grid: Journal of Comics Scholarship, 2020
Citizenship in the 21st century may necessitate new and novel means of practice and expression. The graphic novel form can allow for these new means of expression, especially in regards to an important issue in any society: the issue of disability.
Angelo Joseph Letizia
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