Review of Disability Studies: An International Journal - Volume 10 Issue 3 & 4

Published: 2015-01-26

Editorial

Editorial: Progress

Megan A. Conway
Abstract 4813 | PDF Downloads 298 Word Downloads 316 Text Downloads 277

Research Articles and Essays

Facing Dyslexia: The Education of Chuck Close

Ken Gobbo
Abstract 6633 | PDF Downloads 453 Word Downloads 363 Text Downloads 385

Summer of 2012: Paralympic Legacy and the Welfare Benefit Scandal

Liz Crow
Abstract 6241 | PDF Downloads 462 Word Downloads 391 Text Downloads 499

A Capabilities View of Accessibility in Policy and Practice in Jordan and Peru

Joyojeet Pal, Ana Maria Huaita Alfaro, Tawfiq W. Ammari, Saikat Chatterjee
Abstract 6248 | PDF Downloads 354 Word Downloads 399 Text Downloads 324

Forums

Forum: Introduction: Art History and Disability

Ann Millett-Gallant, Elizabeth Howie
Abstract 6427 | PDF Downloads 539 Word Downloads 346 Text Downloads 271

Composing Dwarfism: Reframing Short Stature in Contemporary Photography

Amanda Cachia
Abstract 5227 | Word Downloads 486 PDF Downloads 707 Text Downloads 850 Figure 1: Short Sonny Downloads 365 Figure 2: Ricardo Gil Downloads 421 Figure 3: Ricardo Gil and George Dureau Downloads 349 Figure 4: Drinking In Style Downloads 345 Figure 5: Twin Brothers Tulsi and Basant Downloads 313 Figure 6: The Dwarf Downloads 515 Figure 7: Walking Man and Mannequins Downloads 368 Figure 8: David’s Kitchen Downloads 400 Figure 9: Ricardo Gil, Charles, Eric and Meg Downloads 391 Figure 12: Girl; London, England Downloads 336 Figure 13: Man; Reykjavik, Iceland Downloads 338 Figure 18: Dwarf From Naples, Rome Downloads 330 Figure 11: American Legion Convention, Dallas, Texas Downloads 339 Figure 10: New York Downloads 320 Figure 14: Anti-Self Portraits Downloads 291 Figure 15: Anti-Self Portraits Downloads 322 Figure 16: Anti-Self Portraits Downloads 384 Figure 17: Anti-Self Portraits Downloads 319

Portrait of Sixteenth-Century Disability? Quentin Matsys’s A Grotesque Old Woman

Sara Newman
Abstract 4123 | PDF Downloads 810 Word Downloads 385 Text Downloads 324 Grotesque Old Woman Downloads 373

Shifting Perception: Photographing Disabled People During the Civil Rights Era

Timothy W. Hiles
Abstract 4040 | PDF Downloads 380 Word Downloads 447 Text Downloads 316 Figure 1: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Downloads 327 Figure 2: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Downloads 333 Figure 3: Los Angeles Downloads 315 Figure 4: London Downloads 330

Becoming Aware of One’s Own Biased Attitude: The Observer’s Encounter with Disability in Chris Ware’s Acme Novelty Library no. 18

Nina Heindl
Abstract 2757 | PDF Downloads 494 Word Downloads 401 Text Downloads 330 Fig. 1: First double page in "Acme Novelty Library no. 18" Downloads 313 Fig. 2: Next double page in "ANL no. 18" Downloads 329 Fig. 3: Detail of the double page in fig. 2 Downloads 291 Fig. 4: Stuart Penn Downloads 266 Fig. 5: Alison Lapper Pregnant Downloads 296 Fig. 6: Left page in "ANL no. 18" Downloads 401 Fig. 7: Right page in "ANL no. 18" Downloads 322 Fig. 8: Next right page in "ANL no. 18" Downloads 307 Fig. 9: Next right page in "ANL no. 18" Downloads 315

Multimedia

Book Review: Mad Matters: A Critical Reader in Canadian Mad Studies

Shulan Tien
Abstract 5894 | PDF Downloads 416 Word Downloads 324 Text Downloads 258

Film Review: FIXED: The Science/Fiction of Human Enhancement

Amanda McLaughlin
Abstract 5354 | PDF Downloads 562 Word Downloads 342 Text Downloads 269

Disability Studies Dissertation Abstracts

Abstract 5363 | PDF Downloads 283 Word Downloads 311 Text Downloads 261