About the Journal
Since 2003, RDS has published hundreds of authors from around the world. The Review of Disability Studies: An International Journal (RDS) is a quarterly, peer-reviewed, open-access journal providing an international forum for folks with disabilities, academics, professionals, artists and creators from all backgrounds and expertise to express ideas relevant to our understanding of the experience of disability. The journal is published by the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Center on Disability Studies.
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Current Issue
Vol. 20 No. 4 (2026): Review of Disability Studies (Volume 20 Issue 4 [2026])
The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa · Center on Disability Studies · College of Education
Review of Disability Studies: An International Journal
Volume 20 · Issue 4 · 2026 | Est. 2003 · Peer Reviewed · Open Access · Scopus Indexed
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Ed Roberts (1939–1995), Father of the Independent Living Movement
This issue brings together interdisciplinary research in disability studies spanning education policy, assistive technology, arts, Indigenous knowledge, and disability history. Plain language abstracts for all articles are available at: rdsjournal.org/index.php/journal/plainlangv20i4
Since 2003, Review of Disability Studies: An International Journal has published interdisciplinary research in disability studies worldwide and serves as a platform for scholarship, dialogue, and public engagement that extends the reach of the field. The journal is published by the Center on Disability Studies, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, College of Education. Submissions will open in late spring.
The Center on Disability Studies conducts research, offers training and technical assistance, and works with community partners to support the full participation of people with disabilities and their families, Native Hawaiians, Pacific Islanders, and other underserved communities in education, employment, and community life across Hawaiʻi, the Pacific, and beyond.
Flagship Event
CDS is also home to the 41st Annual Pacific Rim Conference, the premier global gathering on disability, held May 27–30 in Honolulu, Hawaiʻi. Registration is now open at pacrim.coe.hawaii.edu/registration-2026
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Ed Roberts (1939–1995) smiling, secured to his electric wheelchair. Photographer: William Bronston.
rdsjournal.org · coe.hawaii.edu/cds · University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa · College of Education
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Review of Disability Studies: An International Journal
Volume 20 · Issue 4 · 2026 | Est. 2003 · Peer Reviewed · Open Access · Scopus Indexed
Published: 2026-04-04
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Editorial
Editorial: Volume 20, Issue 4 (2026): Our Body to Come
Abstract 1339 | WORD Downloads 109 PDF Downloads 56Research Articles and Essays
A Genealogy of the Council for Exceptional Children Advanced Preparation Standards
Abstract 1232 | WORD Downloads 174 PDF Downloads 115Interview Survey on Provision of Assistive Technology Services for Students with Disabilities under COVID-19 Pandemic
Abstract 755 | WORD Downloads 88 PDF Downloads 92Beyond Words: Reception of Audio Description in Public Places Complicated by External Factors
Abstract 600 | WORD Downloads 172 PDF Downloads 57Disability Arts as Disability Justice: Racialized Disabled Artists Navigating the Arts in Canada
Abstract 1695 | WORD Downloads 167 PDF Downloads 95Book Reviews
Disability, Sexuality, and Gender in Asia: Intersectionality, Human Rights, and the Law
Abstract 1626 | WORD Downloads 117 PDF Downloads 95We Were Never the Problem: Reclaiming Disability Through Indigenous Worldviews: A Review of Indigenous Disability Studies, edited by John T. Ward
Abstract 886 | WORD Downloads 120 PDF Downloads 221Interviews
An Interview with Scot Danforth, Author of An Independent Man: Ed Roberts and the Fight for Disability Rights
Abstract 1470 | WORD Downloads 119 PDF Downloads 56Dissertation & Abstracts v20i4
Abstract 733 | WORD Downloads 74 PDF Downloads 77The Review of Disability Studies: An International Journal (RDS) is a peer-reviewed, open-access academic journal that is targeted towards any person interested in disability studies. We have readers and authors from all over the world. We accept submissions in English of a scholarly nature covering a range of disciplines within disability studies as well as creative works expressing ideas in the area of disability. The RDS journal contains the following sections: 1. Research and Essays; 2. Topical Forums; 3. Creative Works; 4. Global Perspective on Disability Studies; 5. Multi-Media Review; 6. Notes from the Field; 7. Dissertation Abstracts. The journal publishes four issues a year.