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Disability in South Asia: Knowledge & Experience presents a comprehensive approach to various aspects of disability in South Asia. A critical work on disability studies, this book explores the full complexity of disability in its multi-layered, interactional dynamics. The book imparts understanding of the social, political and cultural construction of disability as opposed to the traditional perception of disability in terms of medical condition, biological trait, rehabilitation and special education. It focuses on foregrounding disability across various areas including education, law and sociology, critically exploring the interaction of gender and disability, and challenging the separation between theory and practice as well as academia and activism. The book shows how the inclusion of a disability perspective enriches scholarship by contributing to the understanding of social marginalization, oppression and the perception of difference. It highlights the lived experiences of people with disabilities to help readers develop a nuanced comprehension of disability.
A Disability Studies Reading of the Law for Persons with Disabilities in India
A Disability Studies Reading of the Law for Persons with Disabilities in India
Before evaluating lawmaking from a disability studies perspective, it is necessary to examine how lawmaking is commonly understood. Even as customs and judicial decisions are accorded the status of law, such status is more evolutionary than created. In comparison to custom and judicial decisions, enacting legislation is a direct act of lawmaking. The law in legislation continues to grow through judicial interpretation, but interpretation is ordinarily perceived as refining or embellishing a finished product. In more recent times, courts have written judgements which are seen less as judicial decisions and more as ...
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