Disability studies
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Disability studies is an academic discipline that examines the meaning, nature, and consequences of disability. Initially, the field focused on the division between "impairment" and "disability", where impairment was an impairment of an individual's mind or body, while disability was considered a social construct.
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Notable disability studies theorists
- Peter Beresford
- Michael Bérubé
- James Charlton
- Lennard J. Davis
- Nirmala Erevelles
- Vic Finkelstein
- Rosemarie Garland-Thomson
- Johanna Hedva
- Laura Hershey
- Eva Kittay
- Simi Linton
- Robert McRuer
- Tom Shakespeare
- Anne Waldschmidt
- Irving Zola
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See also
- Ableism
- Accessibility
- Cultural studies
- Developmental disability
- Future planning
- Inclusion (disability rights)
- Infinite Ability
- List of disability studies journals
- Matching Person & Technology Model
- Social model of disability
- Special education
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