This interdisciplinary minor examines disability from perspectives in health sciences, humanities and social sciences. Gaining a well-rounded understanding of disability history, rights, and lived ...

The future of Stanford’s introductory course on disability studies — offered for the first time last fall — remains uncertain, following the Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education’s (VPUE) ...

The Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies Department is offering a Disability Studies course which strives to have an interdisciplinary approach. Credit: Anna Vazhaeparambil Penn’s Gender, Sexuality ...

Following a current pilot program, Georgetown University will introduce a three-week disability ethics module into “Intro to Ethics” course syllabi. A three-week disability ethics module is being ...

The Disability Studies Minor Working Group collaborated with three academic departments this semester to establish Georgetown’s first Disability Studies Course Cluster, a program that engages three ...

The 15-hour Disability Health Studies Graduate Certificate program will prepare masters’, doctoral, post-doctoral, and post-masters’ students with advanced knowledge and skills to develop, implement, ...

1 in 5. This is the proportion of Americans that have a disability according to the US Census. Disability is one of the largest marginalized groups in the United States. Yet, instead of investing in ...

Do you seek to improve quality of life for individuals with disabilities and those that need rehabilitation? Do you wish to design devices for those with disabilities, work in health-related ...

William Paterson University will offer the state's first bachelor's program for disability studies. The university said it's responding to demand by its students. Set to begin this fall, the program ...

This fall, Rutgers University–New Brunswick will introduce a new minor in disability studies. With one in four adults in the U.S. living with a disability, according to the Centers for Disease Control ...

The Kate Welling Distinguished Scholar in disability studies was endowed by Helen and Tom Welling in memory of their daughter Kate, a Miami student who died in a 2005 off-campus fire. Kate discovered ...

Narrative prosthesis and the materiality of metaphor / David T. Mitchell -- Visible cripple (scars and other disfiguring displays included) / Mark Jeffreys -- Tender organs, narcissism, and identity ...