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

Published: 2015-01-26

Editorial

Editorial: Progress

Megan A. Conway
Abstract 4509 | PDF Downloads 275 Word Downloads 303 Text Downloads 262

Research Articles and Essays

Facing Dyslexia: The Education of Chuck Close

Ken Gobbo
Abstract 6128 | PDF Downloads 437 Word Downloads 344 Text Downloads 364

Summer of 2012: Paralympic Legacy and the Welfare Benefit Scandal

Liz Crow
Abstract 5747 | PDF Downloads 452 Word Downloads 372 Text Downloads 477

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 5920 | PDF Downloads 337 Word Downloads 386 Text Downloads 310

Forums

Forum: Introduction: Art History and Disability

Ann Millett-Gallant, Elizabeth Howie
Abstract 5962 | PDF Downloads 518 Word Downloads 329 Text Downloads 252

Composing Dwarfism: Reframing Short Stature in Contemporary Photography

Amanda Cachia
Abstract 4819 | Word Downloads 459 PDF Downloads 530 Text Downloads 316 Figure 1: Short Sonny Downloads 340 Figure 2: Ricardo Gil Downloads 403 Figure 3: Ricardo Gil and George Dureau Downloads 332 Figure 4: Drinking In Style Downloads 328 Figure 5: Twin Brothers Tulsi and Basant Downloads 293 Figure 6: The Dwarf Downloads 494 Figure 7: Walking Man and Mannequins Downloads 340 Figure 8: David’s Kitchen Downloads 380 Figure 9: Ricardo Gil, Charles, Eric and Meg Downloads 361 Figure 12: Girl; London, England Downloads 317 Figure 13: Man; Reykjavik, Iceland Downloads 313 Figure 18: Dwarf From Naples, Rome Downloads 313 Figure 11: American Legion Convention, Dallas, Texas Downloads 323 Figure 10: New York Downloads 303 Figure 14: Anti-Self Portraits Downloads 276 Figure 15: Anti-Self Portraits Downloads 307 Figure 16: Anti-Self Portraits Downloads 368 Figure 17: Anti-Self Portraits Downloads 304

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

Sara Newman
Abstract 3905 | PDF Downloads 772 Word Downloads 363 Text Downloads 309 Grotesque Old Woman Downloads 350

Shifting Perception: Photographing Disabled People During the Civil Rights Era

Timothy W. Hiles
Abstract 3702 | PDF Downloads 368 Word Downloads 420 Text Downloads 290 Figure 1: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Downloads 310 Figure 2: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Downloads 317 Figure 3: Los Angeles Downloads 295 Figure 4: London Downloads 309

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 2593 | PDF Downloads 382 Word Downloads 379 Text Downloads 313 Fig. 1: First double page in "Acme Novelty Library no. 18" Downloads 293 Fig. 2: Next double page in "ANL no. 18" Downloads 313 Fig. 3: Detail of the double page in fig. 2 Downloads 273 Fig. 4: Stuart Penn Downloads 248 Fig. 5: Alison Lapper Pregnant Downloads 278 Fig. 6: Left page in "ANL no. 18" Downloads 380 Fig. 7: Right page in "ANL no. 18" Downloads 300 Fig. 8: Next right page in "ANL no. 18" Downloads 286 Fig. 9: Next right page in "ANL no. 18" Downloads 294

Multimedia

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

Shulan Tien
Abstract 5473 | PDF Downloads 406 Word Downloads 308 Text Downloads 242

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

Amanda McLaughlin
Abstract 5062 | PDF Downloads 527 Word Downloads 319 Text Downloads 253

Disability Studies Dissertation Abstracts

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