Drawing on the approach of disability studies this article claims the relevance of culture as
an analytical category for the study of disability. It starts with differentiating several fields of …

Covering the period from Antiquity to Early Modernity, A Historical Sociology of Disability
argues that disabled people have been treated in Western society as good to mistreat and …

The onslaught of neoliberalism, austerity measures and cuts, impact of climate change,
protracted conflicts and ongoing refugee crisis, rise of far right and populist movements have …

The view that it is better for life to be created free from disability is pervasive in both common
sense and philosophy. We cast doubt on this view by focusing on an influential line of …

This short thought piece focuses on the novel contributions the authors of Lived Nation make
to the study of the nation, and to the new history of experience. It discusses the …

This introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in the subsequent
chapters of this book. The book discusses the impact of neoliberalism and linked welfare …

The model, as academics and activists with a disability studies background know well,
emphasises that disability is a social construction. This chapter aims to support the thinking …

This article places anthropology in dialogue with critical disability studies (CDS) in order to
reassess historical and emerging ethnographic readings of difference. We argue that one …

Der Beitrag stellt die kulturwissenschaftlichen Disability Studies in drei Schwerpunkten vor:
Erstens aus der Perspektive einer kritischen Revision des sozialen Behinderungsmodells …

Students with disabilities (SWDs) require a transition process to support high school
graduation and continuation to higher education or the workforce. In a rural district in a …