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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 1696 | WORD Downloads 130 PDF Downloads 982025 Pac Rim Conference Proceedings
Risk as a Right: Supporting Dignity of Risk in Disability Services
Abstract 2300 | WORD Downloads 194 PDF Downloads 188AI Innovations for Person-Centered Empowerment in Home and Community-based Services for Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
Abstract 494 | WORD Downloads 133 PDF Downloads 178Meanings of and Barriers to Work: Narratives of People with Mental Illnesses in the Late Productive Age Group in Japan
Abstract 1515 | WORD Downloads 175 PDF Downloads 90Examining the Effects of a Multi-sensory Class on Teachers' Classroom Practices
Abstract 1530 | WORD Downloads 168 PDF Downloads 118Creating Inclusive Campuses: The Impact of Disability Student Advocacy Clubs
Abstract 1455 | WORD Downloads 119 PDF Downloads 145The Accessible British Columbia Act
Abstract 881 | WORD Downloads 184 PDF Downloads 104Opportunity in Action: Neurodiversity in a STEM Career
Abstract 1023 | WORD Downloads 138 PDF Downloads 111Mindfulness to Support Diverse Learners: An Inclusive, Culturally Affirming Approach for BIPOC Individuals with Emotional, Behavioral, and Cognitive Adversities
Abstract 950 | WORD Downloads 136 PDF Downloads 150Sports cultures of young people with disabilities as challenges to the ideals of ability
Abstract 1954 | WORD Downloads 147 PDF Downloads 113Building Disability Knowledge Through Community-Based Internships and Service- Learning Programs
Abstract 1407 | WORD Downloads 152 PDF Downloads 92Notes from the Field
Notes from the Field: Selected Posters and Recorded Sessions
Abstract 1660 | WORD Downloads 190 PDF Downloads 94Dissertation & Abstracts v20i3
Abstract 2318 | WORD Downloads 147 PDF Downloads 93The 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.