Foundations of Disability Studies

A collection of eight essays by scholars who have published extensively within the disability studies literature, and who have helped build the field to its current state. Includes contributions from Robert Bogdan, Doug Biklen, Susan Schweik, and more.

Table of Contents:
Foreword: Scope of the books and focus areas; Wappett & Arndt Essay: Introducing Foundational Scholars and their role in the development of DS; Wappett & Arndt 1. Handicapism in America with update from the authors; Robert Bogdan & Doug Biklen 2. Disability and the pain of minority identity; Tobin Siebers 3. Historicizing dis/ability and race: Containing difference and disability; David Connor & Beth Ferri 4. Lost and found in space: The geographical imagination and disability; Brendan Gleeson 5. Musical becoming: Intellectual disability and the transformative power of music; Licia Carlson 6. Lomax's matrix: Disability, solidarity, and the black power of 504; Susan Schweik 7. Toward a post-colonial neurology: Autism, Tito Mukhopadhyay and a new geo-politics of the body; Ralph Savarese 8. (Im)material citizens: Cognitive disability, race, and the politics of citizenship; Nirmala Ervelles

About the Author :
Robert Bogdan, Syracuse University, USA Doug Biklen, Syracuse University, USA Tobin Siebers, University of Michigan, USA David Connor, Hunter College, City University of New York, USA Beth Ferri, Syracuse University, USA Brendan Gleeson, The University of Melbourne, Australia Licia Carlson, Providence College, USA Susan Schweik, University of California, Berkeley, USA Ralph Savarese, Duke University, USA Nirmala Ervelles, University of Alabama, USA

Review :
"In the companion volumes Foundations of Disability Studies and Emerging Perspectives on Disability Studies, editors Matthew Wappett and Katrina Arndt bring together a wide range of authors who trace the arc in disability theorizing that began 35 years ago in the US and UK with foundational texts like Bogdan and Taylor's Handicapism, Zola's Missing Pieces, UPIAS's Fundamental Principles of Disability, and other important contributions. The collections go on to explore disability theory from diverse vantage points from the foundational texts to the present rising generation of scholars who explore race and disability, space and disability, war/ideology/disability, historical methodology (i.e., archaeology), and gender. These books are timely in that they address embodiment, something the social and minority models of disability tend to overlook. A valuable contribution to the field." - Susan L. Gabel, Professor, Director of the PhD Program, College of Educational Studies, Chapman University, USA