Sociology of Disability

The phrase “nothing about us without us” has been used by both disability and Indigenous activists to proclaim the need that decisions about them not be made by those from ... more

The COVID-19 global pandemic laid bare in stark ways the persistent inequities and exclusions along intersecting axes of difference in public and post-secondary education. Disabled students and families, particularly those ... more

Existing data suggests that 7.4% of PhD students, postdoctoral fellows, and faculty self-identified as disabled (Hango, 2021); other data concluded that 1.5% of graduate students (Simon, 2019), and 5.7% of Canada Research Chairs (Government of ... more

Uniting activist and academic approaches and experiences, Mad Studies is an area “of scholarship, theory, and activism about the lived experiences, history, cultures, and politics” that considers those “who may ... more

Over the last 20 years, disability justice (DJ) activism has influentially shaped social movements and scholarship across North America and beyond. Emerging out of conversations and collective access making practices happening ... more