Disability Studies

Discover key works in disability studies selected by RCL editors. Resources for College Libraries (RCL) features core titles for academic libraries, curated by Choice/ACRL subject specialists. In Syndetics Unbound, RCL Librarians recommend a selection of the 90,000+ titles available at rclweb.net.

Updated July 1, 2024
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The disability rights movement from charity to confrontation
Fleischer, Doris Zames.
Ebook
Doris Zames Fleischer and Frieda Zames expand their encyclopaedic history of the struggle for disability rights in the United States, to include the past ten years of disability rights activism. The book includes a new chapter on the evolving impact of the Americans with Disabilities Act, the...
A disability history of the United States
Nielsen, Kim E.
Ebook
The first book to cover the entirety of disability history, from pre-1492 to the present   Disability is not just the story of someone we love or the story of whom we may become; rather it is undoubtedly the story of our nation. Covering the entirety of US history from...
Being Heumann An unrepentant memoir of a disability rights activist
Heumann, Judith.
Ebook
A Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year for Nonfiction "...an essential and engaging look at recent disability history."-- Buzzfeed One of the most influential disability rights activists in US history tells her personal story of fighting...
Disability media studies
Ellcessor, Elizabeth
Ebook
Introduces key ideas and offers a sense of the new frontiers and questions in the emerging field of disability media studies Disability Media Studies articulates the formation of a new field of study, based in the rich traditions of media, cultural, and disability studies....
Decarcerating disability : deinstitutionalization and prison abolition
Ben-Moshe, Liat
Ebook
This vital addition to carceral, prison, and disability studies draws important new links between deinstitutionalization and decarceration   Prison abolition and decarceration are increasingly debated, but it is often without taking into account the largest exodus...
Disability visibility : first-person stories from the Twenty-first century
Wong, Alice
Ebook
"Disability rights activist Alice Wong brings tough conversations to the forefront of society with this anthology. It sheds light on the experience of life as an individual with disabilities, as told by none other than authors with these life experiences. It's an eye-opening collection that...

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