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Disability Studies
An Interdisciplinary Introduction

Third Edition


November 2024 | 272 pages | SAGE Publications Ltd

What if disability isn't a problem but a resource? This updated edition of a classic text in the field of disability studies interrogates the commonly held view that disability is something that needs to be 'cured' or 'eradicated'. It shows us how disability can challenge our thinking and help us to imagine a more socially just society, offering an engaging introduction to a diverse and globally expanding subject. Taking an interdisciplinary approach, this text will be of interest to undergraduates, graduates, and researchers across the social sciences. Making the case that disability is much more than just impairment, this book uncovers the ways in which disabled people are challenging discrimination and marginalisation. Ranging across topics such as health, activism and education, this book asks questions about the ways in which society tends to understand disability and offers alternative explanations that are more exciting, radical and transformative.          

 
Part 1 - Contextualising Disability
 
Chapter 1 - Understanding Disability
 
Chapter 2 - Disability Studies
 
Chapter 3 - Critical Disability Studies
 
Chapter 4 - Disability and Society
 
Chapter 5 - Researching Disability
 
Part 2 - Investigating Disability
 
Chapter 6 - Disability and Intersectionality
 
Chapter 7 - Disability and Health
 
Chapter 8- Disability Activism
 
Chapter 9 - Disability Online
 
Chapter 10 - Disability and Education
 
Chapter 11 - Conclusion

From disability studies to critical disability studies and beyond, this 3rd edition of the now classic text demonstrates Prof Goodley’s sustained input and significance in the field.  It is quite simply essential reading for students in disability studies and related subjects.

David Bolt
Professor in Disability Studies

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