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Disability and Populism
Disability, as a socially and culturally constructed condition, has subjected many individuals globally to a marginalized state. Populist leaders and...
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Transhumanism and Disability
This chapter examines the transhumanist approach to disability focusing on its defining feature: human enhancement. The study of what underlies the...
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Disability in Intersectionality and Vice Versa
This chapter maintains that a close look at disability can help us better understand the power and social structures of inequality and discrimination...
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Understanding Disability, Disability Sport and Inclusion
The country-specific chapters in this handbook give a comparative overview of the different ways various countries across Europe attempt to include...
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Disability in US History
People with diverse bodies and minds have existed since the origins of human habitation in what is now the United States, but how that diversity has...
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Disability
The chapter discusses the social construction of disability presenting the main elements in the debate on history, definition, and data on...
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Disability Activism and Advocacy: Introduction
The second decade of the twenty-first century has witnessed a multitude of significant changes that have engendered systemic shifts, civic...
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Disability Activism and Advocacy: Introduction
The second decade of the twenty-first century has witnessed a multitude of significant changes that have engendered systemic shifts, civic...
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Leadership and Disability Studies: Inclusive Development
There can be little doubt that sociology has played a key role in our understanding of the process of disablement. Yet most sociologists have ignored...
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Disability, Ethics, and Law: Introduction
This section explores the intersection between disability, law, and ethics, and anticipates the challenges that the twenty-first century will bring....
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Disability, Ethics, and Law: Introduction
This section explores the intersection between disability, law, and ethics, and anticipates the challenges that the twenty-first century will bring....
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Disability and Refugee Protection
Recent years have seen major change in the way vulnerable migrants – including persons with disabilities – have been recognized as subjects of...
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Models of Disability and Judicial Interpretation in India
How disability is modeled or understood is determinative in the evolution of both Disability Studies and Disability Politics. By focusing on India,...
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Disability-Inclusive Disaster-Resilient Village
Climate change-induced disasters, directly and indirectly, impact the lives and livelihoods of persons with disabilities. Koyra, Dacope, Paikgacha...
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The African Disability Protocol: Toward a Social and Human Rights Approach to Disability in the African Human Rights System
The adoption of the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and People’s Rights on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in Africa marked a...
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Studying Critical Disability: A Transformative and Inclusive Agenda for Social Change – Introduction
Disability studies has grown as an emerging discipline since the 1980s across mainstream disciplines in academic, which has influenced policy...
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Studying Critical Disability – A Transformative and Inclusive Agenda for Social Change: Introduction
Disability studies has grown as an emerging discipline since the 1980s across mainstream disciplines in academic, which has influenced policy...
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HIV/AIDS, Disability, and Viral Masculinities
This article explores the relationship between HIV/AIDS, disability, and masculinity, critically analysing how these elements intersect and influence...
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A Conversation on Disability Justice and Intersectionality
Disability Justice as a concept and an activist practice was developed in 2005 by the Disability Justice Collective, a group that included disabled...
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Thinking About Disability: Implications for Practice
This chapter considers the diversity of people with disabilities, highlighting their common experiences of significant social disadvantage on all...