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

Published: 2015-01-26

Editorial

Editorial: Progress

Megan A. Conway
Abstract 4605 | PDF Downloads 288 Word Downloads 307 Text Downloads 270

Research Articles and Essays

Facing Dyslexia: The Education of Chuck Close

Ken Gobbo
Abstract 6309 | PDF Downloads 444 Word Downloads 352 Text Downloads 379

Summer of 2012: Paralympic Legacy and the Welfare Benefit Scandal

Liz Crow
Abstract 5941 | PDF Downloads 455 Word Downloads 380 Text Downloads 492

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 6056 | PDF Downloads 345 Word Downloads 393 Text Downloads 319

Forums

Forum: Introduction: Art History and Disability

Ann Millett-Gallant, Elizabeth Howie
Abstract 6195 | PDF Downloads 531 Word Downloads 339 Text Downloads 266

Composing Dwarfism: Reframing Short Stature in Contemporary Photography

Amanda Cachia
Abstract 5100 | Word Downloads 472 PDF Downloads 544 Text Downloads 333 Figure 1: Short Sonny Downloads 353 Figure 2: Ricardo Gil Downloads 409 Figure 3: Ricardo Gil and George Dureau Downloads 338 Figure 4: Drinking In Style Downloads 335 Figure 5: Twin Brothers Tulsi and Basant Downloads 305 Figure 6: The Dwarf Downloads 505 Figure 7: Walking Man and Mannequins Downloads 353 Figure 8: David’s Kitchen Downloads 392 Figure 9: Ricardo Gil, Charles, Eric and Meg Downloads 374 Figure 12: Girl; London, England Downloads 328 Figure 13: Man; Reykjavik, Iceland Downloads 325 Figure 18: Dwarf From Naples, Rome Downloads 322 Figure 11: American Legion Convention, Dallas, Texas Downloads 330 Figure 10: New York Downloads 309 Figure 14: Anti-Self Portraits Downloads 281 Figure 15: Anti-Self Portraits Downloads 314 Figure 16: Anti-Self Portraits Downloads 377 Figure 17: Anti-Self Portraits Downloads 309

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

Sara Newman
Abstract 4037 | PDF Downloads 791 Word Downloads 372 Text Downloads 317 Grotesque Old Woman Downloads 363

Shifting Perception: Photographing Disabled People During the Civil Rights Era

Timothy W. Hiles
Abstract 3876 | PDF Downloads 374 Word Downloads 432 Text Downloads 306 Figure 1: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Downloads 318 Figure 2: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Downloads 327 Figure 3: Los Angeles Downloads 304 Figure 4: London Downloads 322

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 2677 | PDF Downloads 392 Word Downloads 389 Text Downloads 325 Fig. 1: First double page in "Acme Novelty Library no. 18" Downloads 301 Fig. 2: Next double page in "ANL no. 18" Downloads 322 Fig. 3: Detail of the double page in fig. 2 Downloads 281 Fig. 4: Stuart Penn Downloads 256 Fig. 5: Alison Lapper Pregnant Downloads 286 Fig. 6: Left page in "ANL no. 18" Downloads 388 Fig. 7: Right page in "ANL no. 18" Downloads 312 Fig. 8: Next right page in "ANL no. 18" Downloads 294 Fig. 9: Next right page in "ANL no. 18" Downloads 303

Multimedia

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

Shulan Tien
Abstract 5708 | PDF Downloads 411 Word Downloads 313 Text Downloads 254

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

Amanda McLaughlin
Abstract 5212 | PDF Downloads 545 Word Downloads 331 Text Downloads 263

Disability Studies Dissertation Abstracts

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