Sociology of Disability

COVID-19: A Critical Moment for Disability Studies in Education

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Tuesday May 17 11:00 am to 12:30 pm (Eastern Daylight Time)
Virtual Platform

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

Mad Company: Making and Taking Space in a Sanist World

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Monday May 16 1:00 pm to 2:30 pm (Eastern Daylight Time)
Virtual Platform

The aim of this session is to offer space for those working with/in the intersections of Mad and Critical Disability Studies an opportunity to push back against sanism and ... more

Prescribing Injustice: Disability, Illness, and Health Care

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Monday May 16 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm (Eastern Daylight Time)
Virtual Platform

Participants in this session will draw on a Disability Studies lens to examine the relationship(s) between disability and/or chronic illness and health. The scheduled papers will address these ... more

Sociological Perspectives on Disability I

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Tuesday May 17 1:00 pm to 2:30 pm (Eastern Daylight Time)
Virtual Platform

This session aims to contribute to current sociological analysis of disability both theoretically and methodologically. We feature papers that explore disability as a “shifting and dynamic concept,” rather than a ... more

Sociological Perspectives on Disability II

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Tuesday May 17 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm (Eastern Daylight Time)
Virtual Platform