Introduction to Disability Studies

Catalog description

Provides an introduction to key concepts, methods, questions and themes in the field of disability studies, including an overview of the focused, unequal treatment experienced by people with disabilities. There are economic, political, social and cultural factors that should be considered by a society which normally addresses disabled bodies through medical frameworks. Debates ethical questions concerning genetic testing, selective abortion and disability therapies. Discusses how social inequalities of class, race, nationality, sexuality and gender relate to the experiences of the disabled.