Hi there
I am British and have lived in the US since 1984. I think it varies, but mainly, it is people with disabilities, or people who have family members, who are more involved in the disability studies field. I've taken a disabilities class before out of a school of social work and found it to be more very much based on the medical model (horrifyingly so) so I feel that it's very important to have this field in academia and also to have the disability classes be cross listed with other departments e.g. womens studies, nursing, diversity studies, queer studies, healthcare, etc etc.
Sharon
Seattle, WA
--- On Thu, 10/14/10, Mark Priestley <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> From: Mark Priestley <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: global disability studies on Wikipedia
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Date: Thursday, October 14, 2010, 2:24 AM
> I was intrigued by the current text
> of the 'disability studies' page on Wikipedia, which informs
> me that:
>
> "...the actual scope of disability studies differs from
> country to country in spite of its common core. Some, such
> as the United Kingdom, tend to see the field primarily as
> primarily belonging only to disabled people and the
> disability activism they might tend to promote; in the
> United States, by contrast, a much wider range of
> professions, such as sociology and the social sciences more
> generally, which involves both able-bodied and disabled
> people, may be involved."
>
> I wasn't aware of this ;-)
>
> More generally, it reminded me that it might be interesting
> to see evidence of developments and updates from different
> countries on this page if anyone has the time and
> inclination to contribute.
>
> Best wishes
>
> Mark Priestley
> Professor of Disability Policy
> Director, Centre for Disability Studies
> University of Leeds
> LEEDS
> LS2 9JT
> UK
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