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Special Issue of Disability Studies Quarterly
Topic: Mediated Communication
Guest Editors: Jeremy L. Brunson and Mitchell E. Loeb
Individuals who experience disablement are often left without complete
participation in the society in which they live. This can take different
forms and have varying consequences depending the specific type of
disability and the environmental accommodations that are available.
Individuals
whose communication modality differs from the rest of society are often
dependent on assistive technologies to facilitate their communication or an
intermediary to communicate on their behalf in order to fully participate in
society. This Special Issue of Disability Studies Quarterly will focus on
mediated communication.
Submissions can include but are not restricted to:
· Theoretical/empirical papers
· Cultural/social commentaries
· Creative works
· Book/film reviews
· Policy/legal analyses
Mediated communication is a cross-cutting subject area that can be explored
through literal applications, such as sign language interpreting for deaf
people, the use of communication boards and facilitated communication for
autistic individuals or individuals with intellectual disabilities; or more
figurative/creative representations. Scholars from all disciplines are
encouraged to submit an abstract by December 15, 2010. Authors will be
notified by January 15, 2011 with an anticipated publication date of fall
2011.
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Disability Studies Quarterly (DSQ) is the journal of the Society for
Disability Studies (SDS). It is a multidisciplinary and international
journal of interest to social scientists, scholars in the humanities,
disability rights advocates, creative writers, and others concerned with the
issues of people with disabilities. It represents the full range of methods,
epistemologies, perspectives, and content that the multidisciplinary field
of disability studies embraces. DSQ is committed to developing theoretical
and practical knowledge about disability and to promoting the full and equal
participation of persons with disabilities in society.
--
Jeremy L. Brunson, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Sociology
Department of Sociology
Gallaudet University
Washington, DC 20002
Phone: 202.448.6918 (Voice/TTY)
Fax: 202.448.6987
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Diversity is the sometimes painful awareness that other people, other races,
other voices, other habits of mind, have as much integrity of being, as much
claim on the world as you do. And I urge you, amid all the differences
present to the eye and mind, to reach out to create the bond that... will
protect us all. We are meant to be here together.
William M. Chase, 1849-1916
American Artist and Teacher
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