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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.
Unification of Disability in Diversity: A Different Voice
Unification of Disability in Diversity: A Different Voice
I write from a clearly marked location as a disabled woman with visible disability. Critically, I write as an academician who is in the process of designing a disability studies programme in Ambedkar University. In the volume, I have focused on diversity and its connection to disability. Many scholars have taken up diversity as an all-embracing and enticing term, as its potential is of including marginalized categories with a clear assumption that disability would inevitably be a part of the discourse on diversity. My submission is that disability to my mind has escaped critical scrutiny.
In the Indian scenario, the calls for inclusion are ...
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