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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. 3 (2025): 40th Annual Pacific Rim Conference Proceedings
Conference proceedings from the 40th Annual Pacific Rim Conference, April 15 and 16, 2025.
Plain language abstracts are available at https://rdsjournal.org/index.php/journal/plainlangv20i3
Published: 2025-12-07
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Editorial
Welcome to the Conference Proceedings of the 40th Annual Pacific Rim International Conference 2025
Abstract 1124 | WORD Downloads 82 PDF Downloads 772025 Pac Rim Conference Proceedings
Risk as a Right: Supporting Dignity of Risk in Disability Services
Abstract 1553 | WORD Downloads 124 PDF Downloads 131AI Innovations for Person-Centered Empowerment in Home and Community-based Services for Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
Abstract 384 | WORD Downloads 78 PDF Downloads 139Meanings of and Barriers to Work: Narratives of People with Mental Illnesses in the Late Productive Age Group in Japan
Abstract 1054 | WORD Downloads 118 PDF Downloads 67Examining the Effects of a Multi-sensory Class on Teachers' Classroom Practices
Abstract 1142 | WORD Downloads 111 PDF Downloads 82Creating Inclusive Campuses: The Impact of Disability Student Advocacy Clubs
Abstract 987 | WORD Downloads 79 PDF Downloads 106The Accessible British Columbia Act
Abstract 626 | WORD Downloads 126 PDF Downloads 83Opportunity in Action: Neurodiversity in a STEM Career
Abstract 685 | WORD Downloads 102 PDF Downloads 89Mindfulness to Support Diverse Learners: An Inclusive, Culturally Affirming Approach for BIPOC Individuals with Emotional, Behavioral, and Cognitive Adversities
Abstract 652 | WORD Downloads 90 PDF Downloads 117Sports cultures of young people with disabilities as challenges to the ideals of ability
Abstract 1373 | WORD Downloads 94 PDF Downloads 97Building Disability Knowledge Through Community-Based Internships and Service- Learning Programs
Abstract 996 | WORD Downloads 107 PDF Downloads 67Notes from the Field
Notes from the Field: Selected Posters and Recorded Sessions
Abstract 1144 | WORD Downloads 125 PDF Downloads 81Dissertation & Abstracts v20i3
Abstract 1705 | WORD Downloads 113 PDF Downloads 81The 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.