Disability, the experience of any physical or cognitive health condition and its impact on the affected person’s ability to interact with the environment and to carry out activities. Persons affected by disability often confront barriers that prevent participation in community and social activities and are frequently impacted by negative attitudes and discrimination. Worldwide, about 1.3 billion people live with disabilities that impact their daily routine or quality of life.
In 2006 the United Nations convened to adopt the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and its Optional Protocol, which broadly categorizes persons with disabilities and reaffirms the basic rights and freedoms of individuals affected by disabilities.
The disability rights movement has continued to raise awareness of disability, particularly about the impacts of ableism, and has continued to facilitate the development of legislation mandating equal access to community spaces and technology and to advocate for inclusion of those with disabilities.
Encyclopædia Britannica. (n.d.). Disability. Britannica Academic.
Print Books:
- Adams, R., Reiss, B., & Serlin, D. (Eds.). (2015). Keywords for disability studies. New York University Press. HV1568 .K49 2015
- Berger, R. J., & Wilbers, L. E. (2021). Introducing disability studies. Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc. HV1568.2 .B47 2021
- Cameron, C. (Ed.). (2014). Disability studies: a student’s guide. Los Angeles: Sage. HV1559.G7 D57 2014
- Cruzic, K. (1982). Disabled? yes, defeated? no: resources for the disabled and their families, friends, and therapists. Englewood Cliffs, N.J. Prentice-Hall. HV1568 .C77 1982
- Freeberg, E. (2001). The education of Laura Bridgman: first deaf and blind person to learn language. Harvard University Press. HV1624.B7 F74 2001
- Ginsburg, F., & Rapp, R. (2024). Disability worlds. Durham: Duke University Press. HV1568.2 .G56 2024
- Goodley, D. (2017). Disability studies: an interdisciplinary introduction. Los Angeles: Sage. HV1568.2 .G665 2017
- Krause, C. (Ed.). (2005). Between myself and them: stories of disability and difference. Toronto: Second Story Press. 3 .B48 2005
- Shimmens, V. (2023). Love, attachment and intellectual disability: meeting emotional needs and developmental trauma. Shoreham by Sea, West Sussex: Pavilion Publishing. HV3004 .S55 2023
- World report on disability: 2011. (2011). World Health Organization. HV1568 .W675 2011
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E-Books:
- Aydin, A. R., Keskin, I., & Yelce, N. Z. (Eds.). (2020). Essays on disability history. Istanbul University Press. ProQuest Central.
- Cooper, H. (2020). Critical disability studies and the disabled child: Unsettling distinctions. Taylor & Francis Group. ProQuest Central.
- Disability, work and inclusion. (2022). Organization for Economic Cooperation & Development. ProQuest Central.
- Schalk, S. (2022). Black disability politics. Duke University Press. ProQuest Central.
- Who policy on disability. (2021). World Health Organization. ProQuest Central.
