As the second in a series of three books examining issues in relation to the social model of disability, this book explores disability theory and research, writes Trish Hafford-Letchfield. The ...

Throughout history people with disabilities have been shunned and even actively persecuted. But a new evolutionary theory suggests that disability and deformities may have played a crucial role in the ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Everyone generally owes each other a duty of ordinary care—but what is "ordinary"? How does one act reasonably to meet this burden? The answer ...

The world of disability theory is currently divided between those who insist it reflects a physical fact affecting life quality and those who believe disability is defined by social prejudice. Despite ...

Up against the male-centric nature of disability theory, and the slowness of women's movements and feminist scholars to address disability as a political issue, disabled women are laying down the ...

Tobin Siebers, a University of Michigan's English language and literature, and art and design professor, and co-chair of the school's Initiative on Disability Studies, died Thursday, Jan. 29. Siebers, ...