About the Journal
Since 2003, RDS has published over 500 authors from around the world. One of only a handful of peer-reviewed Disability Studies journals in the world, the Review of Disability Studies: An International Journal (RDS) is a quarterly online, open-access journal that provides an international forum for people with disabilities, academics, professionals, artists and creators from all backgrounds and expertise to express ideas relevant to our understanding of disability.
Current Issue
Vol. 18 No. 1 & 2 (2022): Special Issue: Understanding Disability in Sub-Saharan Africa
Special issue exploring issues of Disability in Sub-Saharan Africa.
This special issue of the Review of Disability Studies consists of original articles and creative works that take seriously and explore some important aspects of sub-Saharan African perspectives on disability and their impact on understandings of disability and the lived experiences of persons with disabilities in African societies. This special issue focuses on communities in countries including Nigeria, Ghana, Ethiopia, South Africa, and Zimbabwe and general understandings of disability.
This double issue also contains additional international disability studies research.
Plain language abstracts for all essays and creative work may be accessed at:
https://rdsjournal.org/index.php/journal/Africa-plain-language-abstracts
Published: 2022-10-25
Full Issue
Editorial
Editorial: Special Issue: Understanding Disability in Sub-Saharan Africa
Abstract 266 | WORD Downloads 43 PDF Downloads 85Research Articles and Essays
Cultural Etiologies of Disability in Ghana: A Case of Food Taboos in Pregnancy
Abstract 122 | WORD Downloads 61 PDF Downloads 61What Obligations Should Be Owed to [African] People with Disabilities?
Abstract 89 | WORD Downloads 42 PDF Downloads 46Color Specifications and the Othering of Persons with Albinism in Sub-Saharan African Traditions
Abstract 64 | WORD Downloads 37 PDF Downloads 28Qualitative Exploration of the Experiences and Coping Strategies of Individuals with Disabilities at Some Selected Healthcare Facilities in the Bosomtwe District of Ghana
Abstract 70 | WORD Downloads 38 PDF Downloads 27Disabilities in an African Cultural Worldview
Abstract 122 | WORD Downloads 41 PDF Downloads 65Realizing the Right to Health of People Living with Podoconiosis
Abstract 51 | WORD Downloads 34 PDF Downloads 33Employment of People with Disabilities in the Hotel Sector in Zimbabwe
Abstract 263 | WORD Downloads 68 PDF Downloads 62Literary Representations of People with Disabilities in Selected Nigerian Prose-works
Abstract 80 | WORD Downloads 44 PDF Downloads 36Creative Works
FOURTEEN CRITICAL QUESTIONS
Abstract 76 | WORD Downloads 25 PDF Downloads 21Seen and Unseen Steps to Success
Abstract 43 | WORD Downloads 25 PDF Downloads 15‘The Matutu Girl’
Abstract 40 | WORD Downloads 26 PDF Downloads 17Additional Global Research
Counseling Clients with Learning Disabilities
Abstract 166 | WORD Downloads 46 PDF Downloads 51Disabled People’s Organisations Grow Social Connectedness for Persons with Disabilities
Abstract 61 | WORD Downloads 31 PDF Downloads 18Contextualizing principles: Lebanon and social justice perspectives on disability reform
Abstract 51 | WORD Downloads 23 PDF Downloads 20Critical te Tiriti analysis of the New Zealand Disability Strategy 2016-2026
Abstract 251 | WORD Downloads 29 PDF Downloads 62“Listen to the Parents, Just Listen to Them”
Abstract 115 | WORD Downloads 31 PDF Downloads 36Notes from the Field
Pacific Rim International Conference Returns to Hawaii In-Person March 6th and 7th, 2023
Abstract 129 | WORD Downloads 25 PDF Downloads 24Dissertation & Abstracts v18i1&2
Abstract 61 | WORD Downloads 23 PDF Downloads 24The Review of Disability Studies (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 is published four times a year, and each issue runs approximately 50 pages.