Review of Disability Studies: An International Journal - Volume 10 Issue 3 & 4

Published: 2015-01-26

Editorial

Editorial: Progress

Megan A. Conway
Abstract 4540 | PDF Downloads 277 Word Downloads 303 Text Downloads 263

Research Articles and Essays

Facing Dyslexia: The Education of Chuck Close

Ken Gobbo
Abstract 6186 | PDF Downloads 437 Word Downloads 347 Text Downloads 374

Summer of 2012: Paralympic Legacy and the Welfare Benefit Scandal

Liz Crow
Abstract 5855 | PDF Downloads 453 Word Downloads 374 Text Downloads 479

A Capabilities View of Accessibility in Policy and Practice in Jordan and Peru

Joyojeet Pal, Ana Maria Huaita Alfaro, Tawfiq W. Ammari, Saikat Chatterjee
Abstract 5975 | PDF Downloads 338 Word Downloads 387 Text Downloads 313

Forums

Forum: Introduction: Art History and Disability

Ann Millett-Gallant, Elizabeth Howie
Abstract 6013 | PDF Downloads 521 Word Downloads 334 Text Downloads 259

Composing Dwarfism: Reframing Short Stature in Contemporary Photography

Amanda Cachia
Abstract 4917 | Word Downloads 460 PDF Downloads 531 Text Downloads 319 Figure 1: Short Sonny Downloads 345 Figure 2: Ricardo Gil Downloads 404 Figure 3: Ricardo Gil and George Dureau Downloads 333 Figure 4: Drinking In Style Downloads 329 Figure 5: Twin Brothers Tulsi and Basant Downloads 294 Figure 6: The Dwarf Downloads 494 Figure 7: Walking Man and Mannequins Downloads 344 Figure 8: David’s Kitchen Downloads 381 Figure 9: Ricardo Gil, Charles, Eric and Meg Downloads 365 Figure 12: Girl; London, England Downloads 319 Figure 13: Man; Reykjavik, Iceland Downloads 314 Figure 18: Dwarf From Naples, Rome Downloads 315 Figure 11: American Legion Convention, Dallas, Texas Downloads 323 Figure 10: New York Downloads 305 Figure 14: Anti-Self Portraits Downloads 277 Figure 15: Anti-Self Portraits Downloads 308 Figure 16: Anti-Self Portraits Downloads 368 Figure 17: Anti-Self Portraits Downloads 304

Portrait of Sixteenth-Century Disability? Quentin Matsys’s A Grotesque Old Woman

Sara Newman
Abstract 3928 | PDF Downloads 774 Word Downloads 365 Text Downloads 313 Grotesque Old Woman Downloads 352

Shifting Perception: Photographing Disabled People During the Civil Rights Era

Timothy W. Hiles
Abstract 3774 | PDF Downloads 369 Word Downloads 423 Text Downloads 296 Figure 1: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Downloads 312 Figure 2: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Downloads 318 Figure 3: Los Angeles Downloads 295 Figure 4: London Downloads 310

Becoming Aware of One’s Own Biased Attitude: The Observer’s Encounter with Disability in Chris Ware’s Acme Novelty Library no. 18

Nina Heindl
Abstract 2618 | PDF Downloads 382 Word Downloads 379 Text Downloads 316 Fig. 1: First double page in "Acme Novelty Library no. 18" Downloads 293 Fig. 2: Next double page in "ANL no. 18" Downloads 316 Fig. 3: Detail of the double page in fig. 2 Downloads 275 Fig. 4: Stuart Penn Downloads 249 Fig. 5: Alison Lapper Pregnant Downloads 280 Fig. 6: Left page in "ANL no. 18" Downloads 382 Fig. 7: Right page in "ANL no. 18" Downloads 301 Fig. 8: Next right page in "ANL no. 18" Downloads 288 Fig. 9: Next right page in "ANL no. 18" Downloads 295

Multimedia

Book Review: Mad Matters: A Critical Reader in Canadian Mad Studies

Shulan Tien
Abstract 5541 | PDF Downloads 407 Word Downloads 308 Text Downloads 243

Film Review: FIXED: The Science/Fiction of Human Enhancement

Amanda McLaughlin
Abstract 5108 | PDF Downloads 535 Word Downloads 320 Text Downloads 255

Disability Studies Dissertation Abstracts

Abstract 5106 | PDF Downloads 225 Word Downloads 297 Text Downloads 242