Disability studies, the Glossary

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1. 86 relations: Ableism, Accessibility, Alison Kafer, American Psychiatric Association, Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, Anne Waldschmidt, Christopher Bell (scholar), Civil and political rights, Crip (disability term), Critical race theory, Cultural studies, Developmental disability, Disability, Disability & Society, Disability and poverty, Disability rights movement, Disability studies, Disability studies in education, DSM-5, Eli Clare, Erotophobia, Eva Kittay, False dilemma, Feminism, Fiona Kumari Campbell, Future planning for disability care, Gender, Gender studies, Graphic medicine, Human sexuality, In re Guardianship of Kowalski, Inclusion (disability rights), India, Infinite Ability, International Association of Accessibility Professionals, Intersectionality, Irving Zola, James Charlton (activist), Johanna Hedva, John Harris (bioethicist), Lancaster University, Laura Hershey, Lennard J. Davis, List of disability studies journals, Mad studies, Marta Russell, Medical humanities, Medical model of disability, Medical–industrial complex, Michael Bérubé, ... Expand index (36 more) »

2. Medical humanities

Ableism

Ableism (also known as ablism, disablism (British English), anapirophobia, anapirism, and disability discrimination) is discrimination and social prejudice against people with physical or mental disabilities (see also Sanism).

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Accessibility

Accessibility is the design of products, devices, services, vehicles, or environments so as to be usable by people with disabilities.

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Alison Kafer

Alison Kafer is an American academic specializing in feminist, queer, and disability theory.

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American Psychiatric Association

The American Psychiatric Association (APA) is the main professional organization of psychiatrists and trainee psychiatrists in the United States, and the largest psychiatric organization in the world.

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Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990

The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 or ADA is a civil rights law that prohibits discrimination based on disability.

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Anne Waldschmidt

Anne Waldschmidt (born 1958) is a German sociologist.

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Christopher Bell (scholar)

Christopher M. Bell (1974-December 25, 2009) was a disability studies scholar working in the area of HIV/AIDS, race and ethnicity.

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Civil and political rights

Civil and political rights are a class of rights that protect individuals' freedom from infringement by governments, social organizations, and private individuals.

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Crip (disability term)

Crip, slang for cripple, is a term in the process of being reclaimed by disabled people.

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Critical race theory

Critical race theory (CRT) is an interdisciplinary academic field focused on the relationships between social conceptions of race and ethnicity, social and political laws, and media. Disability studies and Critical race theory are social constructionism.

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Cultural studies

Cultural studies is a politically engaged postdisciplinary academic field that explores the dynamics of especially contemporary culture (including the politics of popular culture) and its social and historical foundations.

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Developmental disability

Developmental disability is a diverse group of chronic conditions, comprising mental or physical impairments that arise before adulthood.

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Disability

Disability is the experience of any condition that makes it more difficult for a person to do certain activities or have equitable access within a given society.

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Disability & Society

Disability & Society is a peer-reviewed academic journal in the field of disability studies.

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Disability and poverty

The world's poor are significantly more likely to have or incur a disability within their lifetime compared to more financially privileged populations.

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Disability rights movement

The disability rights movement is a global social movement that seeks to secure equal opportunities and equal rights for all people with disabilities.

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Disability studies

Disability studies is an academic discipline that examines the meaning, nature, and consequences of disability. Disability studies and disability studies are interdisciplinary subfields of sociology, medical humanities and social constructionism.

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Disability studies in education

Disability studies in education (DSE) is a field of academic study concerned with education research and practice related to disability. Disability studies and disability studies in education are social constructionism.

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DSM-5

The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5), is the 2013 update to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, the taxonomic and diagnostic tool published by the American Psychiatric Association (APA).

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Eli Clare

Eli Clare (born 1963) is an American writer, activist, educator, and speaker.

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Erotophobia

Erotophobia is a term coined by a number of researchers in the late 1970s and early 1980s to describe one pole on a continuum of attitudes and beliefs about sexuality.

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Eva Kittay

Eva Feder Kittay is an American philosopher.

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False dilemma

A false dilemma, also referred to as false dichotomy or false binary, is an informal fallacy based on a premise that erroneously limits what options are available.

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Feminism

Feminism is a range of socio-political movements and ideologies that aim to define and establish the political, economic, personal, and social equality of the sexes.

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Fiona Kumari Campbell

Fiona Kumari Campbell (born 1963) is a disability studies researcher and theorist, focusing on disability in relation to law, technology, advocacy, and desire.

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Future planning for disability care

For many elderly carers of a relative who has a learning or other disability, future planning is an issue.

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Gender

Gender includes the social, psychological, cultural and behavioral aspects of being a man, woman, or other gender identity.

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Gender studies

Gender studies is an interdisciplinary academic field devoted to analysing gender identity and gendered representation. Disability studies and gender studies are interdisciplinary subfields of sociology.

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Graphic medicine

Graphic medicine connotes the use of comics in medical education and patient care. Disability studies and Graphic medicine are medical humanities.

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Human sexuality

Human sexuality is the way people experience and express themselves sexually.

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In re Guardianship of Kowalski

In re Guardianship of Kowalski, 478 N.W.2d 790 (Minn. Ct. App. 1991), is a Minnesota Court of Appeals case that established a lesbian's partner as her legal guardian after Sharon Kowalski became incapacitated following a traffic collision.

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Inclusion (disability rights)

Inclusion, in relation to persons with disabilities, is defined as including individuals with disabilities in everyday activities and ensuring they have access to resources and opportunities in ways that are similar to their non-disabled peers.

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India

India, officially the Republic of India (ISO), is a country in South Asia.

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Infinite Ability

Infinite Ability is a special interest group on disability within the Medical Humanities Group of the University College of Medical Sciences (University of Delhi). Disability studies and Infinite Ability are medical humanities.

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International Association of Accessibility Professionals

Founded on March 19, 2014, the International Association of Accessibility Professionals (IAAP) is a nonprofit organization headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, United States.

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Intersectionality

Intersectionality is a sociological analytical framework for understanding how groups' and individuals' social and political identities result in unique combinations of discrimination and privilege.

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Irving Zola

Irving Kenneth Zola (1935 – December 1, 1994) was an American activist and writer in medical sociology and disability rights.

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James Charlton (activist)

James I. Charlton is an American author, disability rights activist, and Executive Vice President of Access Living in Chicago.

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Johanna Hedva

Johanna Hedva (born 1984) is a Korean American contemporary artist, writer, and musician.

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John Harris (bioethicist)

John Morley Harris, FMedSci, FRSA, FRSB (born 21 August 1945), is a British bioethicist and philosopher.

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Lancaster University

Lancaster University (officially The University of Lancaster) is a public research university in Lancaster, Lancashire, England.

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Laura Hershey

Laura Ann Hershey (August 11, 1962 – November 26, 2010) was a poet, journalist, popular speaker, feminist, and a disability rights activist and consultant.

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Lennard J. Davis

Lennard J. Davis, an American specialist in disability studies, is Distinguished Professor of English at the University of Illinois at Chicago, School of Arts and Sciences, and also Professor of Disability and Human Development in the School of Applied Health Sciences and Professor of Medical Education in the University of Illinois College of Medicine.

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List of disability studies journals

This is a list of academic journals in the field of disability studies.

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Mad studies

Mad studies is a field of scholarship, theory, and activism about the lived experiences, history, cultures, and politics about people who may identify as mad, mentally ill, psychiatric survivors, consumers, service users, patients, neurodivergent, and disabled. Disability studies and mad studies are interdisciplinary subfields of sociology.

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Marta Russell

Marta Russell (December 20, 1951 – December 15, 2013) was an American writer and disability rights activist.

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Medical humanities

Medical humanities is an interdisciplinary field of medicine which includes the humanities (philosophy of medicine, medical ethics and bioethics, history of medicine, literary studies and religion), social science (psychology, medical sociology, medical anthropology, cultural studies, health geography) and the arts (literature, theater, film, and visual arts) and their application to medical education and practice.

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Medical model of disability

The medical model of disability, or medical model, is based in a biomedical perception of disability.

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Medical–industrial complex

The medical–industrial complex (MIC) refers to a network of interactions between pharmaceutical corporations, health care personnel, and medical conglomerates to supply health care-related products and services for a profit.

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Michael Bérubé

Michael Bérubé (born 1961) is Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of Literature at Pennsylvania State University, where he teaches American literature, disability studies, and cultural studies.

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Mike Oliver (disability advocate)

Michael James Hoiles Oliver (3 February 1945 – 2 March 2019) was a British sociologist, author, and disability rights activist.

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Minority group

The term "minority group" has different usages, depending on the context.

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Modern Language Association

The Modern Language Association of America, often referred to as the Modern Language Association (MLA), is widely considered the principal professional association in the United States for scholars of language and literature.

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Neoliberalism

Neoliberalism, also neo-liberalism, is both a political philosophy and a term used to signify the late-20th-century political reappearance of 19th-century ideas associated with free-market capitalism.

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Nirmala Erevelles

Nirmala Erevelles is a Professor in the Social Foundations of Education and Instructional Department of Education Leadership, Policy, and Technology Studies at the University of Alabama.

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Ohio State University libraries

The Ohio State University Libraries are the collective libraries of the Ohio State University and its satellite campuses.

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Oppression

Oppression is malicious or unjust treatment of, or exercise of power over, a group of individuals, often in the form of governmental authority or cultural opprobrium.

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Peter Beresford

Peter Beresford OBE, FAcSS, FRSA (born 1 May 1945) is a British academic, writer, researcher and activist best known for his work in the field of citizen participation and user involvement, areas of study he helped to create and develop.

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Quality of life

Quality of life (QOL) is defined by the World Health Organization as "an individual's perception of their position in life in the context of the culture and value systems in which they live and in relation to their goals, expectations, standards and concerns".

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Queer

Queer is an umbrella term for people who are not heterosexual or are not cisgender.

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Queer Crips

Queer Crips: Disabled Gay Men and Their Stories is a 2004 anthology edited by Bob Guter and John R. Killacky.

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Queer studies

Queer studies, sexual diversity studies, or LGBT studies is the study of topics relating to sexual orientation and gender identity usually focusing on lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, gender dysphoric, asexual, queer, questioning, and intersex people and cultures.

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Queer theory

Queer theory is a field of post-structuralist critical theory that emerged in the early 1990s out of queer studies (formerly often known as gay and lesbian studies) and women's studies.

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Race (human categorization)

Race is a categorization of humans based on shared physical or social qualities into groups generally viewed as distinct within a given society.

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Robert McRuer

Robert McRuer (born 1966) is an American theorist who has contributed to fields in transnational queer and disability studies.

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Rosemarie Garland-Thomson

Rosemarie Garland-Thomson is Professor of English at Emory University with a focus on disability studies and feminist theory.

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Sami Schalk

Sami Schalk is an associate professor in the Department of Gender & Women's Studies at the University of Wisconsin - Madison.

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Sara Ahmed

Sara Ahmed (30 August 1969) is a British-Australian writer and scholar whose area of study includes the intersection of feminist theory, lesbian feminism, queer theory, affect theory, critical race theory and postcolonialism.

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Self-efficacy

In psychology, self-efficacy is an individual's belief in their capacity to act in the ways necessary to reach specific goals.

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Simi Linton

Simi Linton is an American arts consultant, author, filmmaker, and activist.

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A social class or social stratum is a grouping of people into a set of hierarchical social categories, the most common being the working class, middle class, and upper class.

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Social constructionism is a term used in sociology, social ontology, and communication theory.

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The social model of disability identifies systemic barriers, derogatory attitudes, and social exclusion (intentional or inadvertent), which make it difficult or impossible for disabled people to attain their valued functionings. Disability studies and social model of disability are social constructionism.

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Society for Disability Studies

The Society for Disability Studies is an international academic network of disability studies practitioners.

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Special education

Special education (also known as special-needs education, aided education, alternative provision, exceptional student education, special ed., SDC, and SPED) is the practice of educating students in a way that accommodates their individual differences, disabilities, and special needs.

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Speculative fiction

Speculative fiction is an umbrella genre of fiction that encompasses all the subgenres that depart from realism, or strictly imitating everyday reality, instead presenting fantastical, supernatural, futuristic, or other imaginative realms.

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Syracuse University

Syracuse University (informally 'Cuse or SU) is a private research university in Syracuse, New York, United States.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.

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Tobin Siebers

Tobin Siebers (January 29, 1953 – January 29, 2015) was an American professor of literature, art, and design at the University of Michigan, and a key figure in the development of disability studies.

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Tom Shakespeare

Sir Thomas William Shakespeare, 3rd Baronet, (born 11 May 1966) is an English sociologist and bioethicist.

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Transgender

A transgender person (often shortened to trans person) is someone whose gender identity differs from that typically associated with the sex they were assigned at birth.

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United Nations

The United Nations (UN) is a diplomatic and political international organization whose stated purposes are to maintain international peace and security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and serve as a centre for harmonizing the actions of nations.

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University of Manitoba

The University of Manitoba (U of M, UManitoba, or UM) is a public research university in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

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Vic Finkelstein

Victor Berel Finkelstein (25 January 1938 – 30 November 2011) was a disability rights activist and writer.

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Women's studies

Women's studies is an academic field that draws on feminist and interdisciplinary methods to place women's lives and experiences at the center of study, while examining social and cultural constructs of gender; systems of privilege and oppression; and the relationships between power and gender as they intersect with other identities and social locations such as race, sexual orientation, socio-economic class, and disability.

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York University

York University (Université York), also known as YorkU or simply YU, is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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See also

Medical humanities

• Biopolitics
• Biotheology
• Centre for the Study of Medicine and the Body in the Renaissance
• Deathcare
• Disability studies
• Graphic medicine
• Health humanities
• Infinite Ability
• Medical Heritage Library
• Medical anthropology
• Medical ethics
• Medical humanities
• Medical sociology
• Mom's Cancer
• Narrative medicine
• Preventive and social medicine
• Public health
• Reflective writing
• Research and Humanities in Medical Education
• Theatre of the Oppressed

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disability_studies

Also known as Crip theory, Critical disability studies, Intersectionality and disability, Philosophy of disability.

, Mike Oliver (disability advocate), Minority group, Modern Language Association, Neoliberalism, Nirmala Erevelles, Ohio State University libraries, Oppression, Peter Beresford, Quality of life, Queer, Queer Crips, Queer studies, Queer theory, Race (human categorization), Robert McRuer, Rosemarie Garland-Thomson, Sami Schalk, Sara Ahmed, Self-efficacy, Simi Linton, Social class, Social constructionism, Social model of disability, Society for Disability Studies, Special education, Speculative fiction, Syracuse University, The New York Times, Tobin Siebers, Tom Shakespeare, Transgender, United Nations, University of Manitoba, Vic Finkelstein, Women's studies, York University.