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Redefining Disability

Redefining Disability

Bones, Paul D. C.
Gullion, Jessica Smartt
Barber, Danielle

Paperback

Series: Personal/Public Scholarship, Book 12

General EducationSpecial Education

ISBN10: 9004512683
ISBN13: 9789004512689
Publisher: Brill
Published: Feb 22 2022
Pages: 272
Weight: 1.00
Height: 0.70 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.10
Language: English
The reality of disability--of what it means to be disabled--has primarily been written by non-disabled people. Disability and disabled individuals are often described with pity, presented as burdens, or are background figures in larger non-disabled narratives. Redefining Disability challenges the outsider-dominated approach to disability by centering the disabled experience.

This edited volume, featuring all disabled authors and creators, combines traditional academic works with personal reflections, visual art, and poetry. These works address disability and race, sexuality and disability, disability cultures, accommodation, self-diagnosis, and how we manage the obstacles ableist institutions place in our way. The authors address a variety of disabilities, including sensory, chronic pain, mobility, developmental disorders, and mental illness. It is through these testimonies that we hope to redefine disability on our terms; to clearly state that disability is not a bad word, and that all disabled lives have value.

Redefining Disability is interdisciplinary, with broad application for undergraduate courses, graduate seminars, or to read for pleasure. Each entry contains discussion questions and/or activities for educators to use in the classroom.

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