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 2345 | WORD Downloads 437 PDF Downloads 122Research Articles and Essays
On the Margins: Examining Violence against Women and Girls with Disabilities in Uganda
Abstract 2487 | WORD Downloads 361 PDF Downloads 149Divesting from the “fake service dog” narrative in service of a future that centers care
Abstract 1863 | WORD Downloads 369 PDF Downloads 186Portrayals of Disabilities in Picturebooks with the Schneider Family Award
Abstract 2525 | WORD Downloads 425 PDF Downloads 223My Life, My Words: Postsecondary Transition Outcomes for Young Adults with Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities
Abstract 2517 | WORD Downloads 428 PDF Downloads 220Wheelchair Users’ Experience and Perspective of Accessibility to Public Services in Jordan
Abstract 2494 | WORD Downloads 404 PDF Downloads 98They Deserve More: Social Justice and the Disability Support Workforce Crisis
Abstract 2349 | WORD Downloads 458 PDF Downloads 219Media Review
Disability Rights and Justice: An International and Collective Issue
Abstract 2694 | WORD Downloads 431 PDF Downloads 133Film review: A Troubling Place: Disability and A Quiet Place: Day One (2024)
Abstract 3086 | WORD Downloads 399 PDF Downloads 159Dissertation & Abstracts v20i2
Abstract 2570 | WORD Downloads 417 PDF Downloads 115The 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.