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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 1174 | WORD Downloads 82 PDF Downloads 782025 Pac Rim Conference Proceedings
Risk as a Right: Supporting Dignity of Risk in Disability Services
Abstract 1613 | WORD Downloads 128 PDF Downloads 137AI Innovations for Person-Centered Empowerment in Home and Community-based Services for Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
Abstract 386 | WORD Downloads 81 PDF Downloads 151Meanings of and Barriers to Work: Narratives of People with Mental Illnesses in the Late Productive Age Group in Japan
Abstract 1093 | WORD Downloads 119 PDF Downloads 68Examining the Effects of a Multi-sensory Class on Teachers' Classroom Practices
Abstract 1165 | WORD Downloads 113 PDF Downloads 90Creating Inclusive Campuses: The Impact of Disability Student Advocacy Clubs
Abstract 1025 | WORD Downloads 79 PDF Downloads 110The Accessible British Columbia Act
Abstract 635 | WORD Downloads 126 PDF Downloads 83Opportunity in Action: Neurodiversity in a STEM Career
Abstract 729 | WORD Downloads 105 PDF Downloads 90Mindfulness to Support Diverse Learners: An Inclusive, Culturally Affirming Approach for BIPOC Individuals with Emotional, Behavioral, and Cognitive Adversities
Abstract 665 | WORD Downloads 90 PDF Downloads 121Sports cultures of young people with disabilities as challenges to the ideals of ability
Abstract 1429 | WORD Downloads 95 PDF Downloads 97Building Disability Knowledge Through Community-Based Internships and Service- Learning Programs
Abstract 1028 | WORD Downloads 107 PDF Downloads 67Notes from the Field
Notes from the Field: Selected Posters and Recorded Sessions
Abstract 1197 | WORD Downloads 127 PDF Downloads 81Dissertation & Abstracts v20i3
Abstract 1764 | WORD Downloads 115 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.