About the Journal
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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Vol. 20 No. 2 (2025): RDS Vol 20 No 2
Plain Language abstracts for all articles available at: https://rdsjournal.org/index.php/journal/plainlangv20i
Published: 2025-06-19
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Volume 20 Issue 2
Abstract 1748 | WORD Downloads 363 PDF Downloads 87Research Articles and Essays
On the Margins: Examining Violence against Women and Girls with Disabilities in Uganda
Abstract 1935 | WORD Downloads 271 PDF Downloads 99Divesting from the “fake service dog” narrative in service of a future that centers care
Abstract 1327 | WORD Downloads 285 PDF Downloads 132Portrayals of Disabilities in Picturebooks with the Schneider Family Award
Abstract 1816 | WORD Downloads 335 PDF Downloads 149My Life, My Words: Postsecondary Transition Outcomes for Young Adults with Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities
Abstract 1895 | WORD Downloads 359 PDF Downloads 156Wheelchair Users’ Experience and Perspective of Accessibility to Public Services in Jordan
Abstract 2087 | WORD Downloads 308 PDF Downloads 68They Deserve More: Social Justice and the Disability Support Workforce Crisis
Abstract 1757 | WORD Downloads 344 PDF Downloads 174Media Review
Disability Rights and Justice: An International and Collective Issue
Abstract 2038 | WORD Downloads 331 PDF Downloads 84Film review: A Troubling Place: Disability and A Quiet Place: Day One (2024)
Abstract 1929 | WORD Downloads 320 PDF Downloads 112Dissertation & Abstracts v20i2
Abstract 1985 | WORD Downloads 299 PDF Downloads 80The 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.