International Perspective on Disability Studies: Overview and History of Interlinking Popular, Academic, and Service Movements

2012

Conceived in 1984, the Society for Disability Studies (SDS) is the first and largest of the world?s academic societies of disability studies. We will sketch the growth and the development of disability studies in the light of popular disability social movements and the growth of campus disability services. We will highlight some of the basic theoretical, methodological, and organizational differences in world disability studies approaches and how they connect to disability rights and disability justice movements. One goal of group discussion is to share how academic and service personnel can better ally to achieve and disseminate a more nuanced understanding of disability, in all its complexity, through possible future joint SDS/AHEAD projects.

disability studies, social justice

Conference presentations and posters presented

Professionals

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