Have a correction or comment about this article? Demonstrate research skills for ongoing reading/research in disability studies; Advocate for improved quality of life and social justice for people with disabilities; The Program. 4 (Winter, 2001), pp. Linker begins by critiquing disability studies’ resistance to medical discourse. Disabled People and the Right to Life: The Protection and Violation of Disabled People's Most Basic Human Rights. But as the Haitian example portended, eventually society, itself, would have to become maroon territory. Bell, M. (2015) Mental Health at Work and the Duty to Make Reasonable Adjustments, Industrial Law Journal, 44(2) pp.194-221. A survey course may be the only college-level history course a student takes. The fourth edition of the reader has just been released in February. In addition to discussing the difficulty of disclosure in the classroom, they explore how educators might adopt different approaches to teaching to accommodate instructors’ disabilities. University of Michigan (2011). As the sources below reveal, ability should not be the default when it comes to human worth. In addition to showcasing disability studies’ interdisciplinary focus, the list traces the relationship between D.S. Broderick, A. Researchers have made considerable progress in understanding all types of reading disabilities (Fletcher et al., 2007). (2011) Disability and employment in the Equality Act 2010: opportunities lost, seized and generated, Industrial Law Journal, 40 (4):359-383. The list is meant to serve … Barnes, C. (1994) Disabled People in Britain and Discrimination: A Case for Anti-discrimination Legislation. Skarstad, K. (2018) Human rights through the lens of disability, Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights, 36(1), pp.24-42. We publish articles grounded in peer-reviewed research and provide free access to that research for all of our readers. Pearson, A. Why I Burned My Book and Other Essays on Disability. All Rights Reserved. Woodhams, C. and Corby, S. (2007) Then and Now: Disability Legislation and Employers’ Practices in the UK. Get your fix of JSTOR Daily’s best stories in your inbox each Thursday. The United Nations Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities: What does it mean for you? In turn, while disability history is typically understood as different from medical history, especially in the U.S., Linker argues for a greater need for cross-disciplinary collaboration. Disability studies emerged out of the disability civil rights movement in the late twentieth century. London: Disability Rights Commission. Equality and Human Rights Commission (2018d) Your rights to accessible and adaptable housing in England: A guide for disabled people and the organisations that support them, Manchester: Equality and Human Rights Commission. “Feminist Disability Studies.” Signs (2005). 586-592, American Literary History, Vol. 1360-1365. Coleman, N, Sykes, W, Groom, C (2014) Barriers to employment and unfair treatment at work, a quantitative analysis of disabled people's experiences, Research Report 88, Manchester: Equality and Human Rights Commission. Blanck, P. (2020) Routledge Handbook of Disability Law and Human Rights, London: Routledge. This non-exhaustive reading list highlights some of the key debates and conceptual shifts in disability studies. London: Routledge. Please email our Library and Information Services Manager if you have a suggestion for a book or journal article to add to this list.. Barnes, C. (1994) Disabled People in Britain and Discrimination: A … 2 (Winter 2005), pp. The MA in Disability Studies, the first stand-alone program of its kind in the country, offers students a unique opportunity to examine disability … Department for Work and Pensions/Office for Disability Issues (2019) 2019 Progress Report on the UK’s vision to build a society which is fully inclusive of disabled people, London: Office for Disability Issues. In the public … Equality and Human Rights Commission (2011) Hidden in Plain Sight: Inquiry into Disability-Related Harassment Manchester: Equality and Human Rights Commission. Enforcing Normalcy (1995) by Lennard J. Davis 4. She also addresses the problem of “overcoming rhetoric,” which fails to address disabled people’s need for access. Massie, B. Linker, Beth. 428-438. Equality and Human Rights Commission (2010a) The United Nations Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities: What does it mean for you? This book introduces graduate students, educational researchers, and teacher educators to the range of scholarly inquiry emerging from this exciting new field. 42 (2013), pp. In this essay, he analyzes how the popular show The Queer Eye for the Straight Guy normalizes the disabled body. 372-393. In addition to showing how disabled women are doubly discriminated against, Hershey outlines how gender can influence the international movement for disability rights. Equality and Human Rights Commission (2017) Being disabled in Britain: A journey less equal, Manchester: Equality and Human Rights Commission. Fletcher, A. O'Brien, N. (2008) Disability Rights Commission: From Civil Rights to Social Rights, Journal of Law and Society 35(4), pp. 1 (1998), pp.