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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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
Full Issue
Editorial
Welcome to the Conference Proceedings of the 40th Annual Pacific Rim International Conference 2025
Abstract 494 | WORD Downloads 44 PDF Downloads 352025 Pac Rim Conference Proceedings
Risk as a Right: Supporting Dignity of Risk in Disability Services
Abstract 801 | WORD Downloads 68 PDF Downloads 57AI Innovations for Person-Centered Empowerment in Home and Community-based Services for Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
Abstract 179 | WORD Downloads 35 PDF Downloads 52Meanings of and Barriers to Work: Narratives of People with Mental Illnesses in the Late Productive Age Group in Japan
Abstract 459 | WORD Downloads 69 PDF Downloads 22Examining the Effects of a Multi-sensory Class on Teachers' Classroom Practices
Abstract 561 | WORD Downloads 73 PDF Downloads 33Creating Inclusive Campuses: The Impact of Disability Student Advocacy Clubs
Abstract 480 | WORD Downloads 40 PDF Downloads 54The Accessible British Columbia Act
Abstract 287 | WORD Downloads 72 PDF Downloads 43Opportunity in Action: Neurodiversity in a STEM Career
Abstract 285 | WORD Downloads 55 PDF Downloads 40Mindfulness to Support Diverse Learners: An Inclusive, Culturally Affirming Approach for BIPOC Individuals with Emotional, Behavioral, and Cognitive Adversities
Abstract 303 | WORD Downloads 45 PDF Downloads 41Sports cultures of young people with disabilities as challenges to the ideals of ability
Abstract 651 | WORD Downloads 37 PDF Downloads 55Building Disability Knowledge Through Community-Based Internships and Service- Learning Programs
Abstract 479 | WORD Downloads 46 PDF Downloads 35Notes from the Field
Notes from the Field: Selected Posters and Recorded Sessions
Abstract 616 | WORD Downloads 70 PDF Downloads 42Dissertation & Abstracts v20i3
Abstract 896 | WORD Downloads 69 PDF Downloads 37The 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.