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Lilith, hello, One of the best texts I've read on this issue is Disability in Twentieth Century German Culture by Carol Poole (U Michigan Press), which, as you can imagine, deals with social value and eugenics following World War I and II. It's a fascinating and chilling case study of one society's ordering of worth, which I think fits directly with our evolving hierarchy of disability. In my own research on children's film, I can confirm that there are hierarchies of marketability -- that is, what Hollywood thinks will sell and not offend (and can be made into tie-in merchandise), with "invisible" disability less marketable than "physical" disability (I put the terms in scare quotes because the brain, after all, is physical, for pity's sake) Perhaps to no one's great surprise, the least marketable disability in children's film is facial disfigurement. Disney and Pixar just don't want protagonists that aren't cute and appealing. Quasimodo in Disney's Hunchback is one exception that proves ! the rule. Best luck in your research. Elizabeth Scherman University of Washington On Thu, 28 Oct 2010, Colin REvell wrote: > I know there is a 'hierarchy of impairments'. Neurodiverse, Mental Health users/survivors and those labelled with 'learning disabilities' are at the bottom of this hierarchy. guess who is at the top? > > Yours > > Colin Revell > > > >> Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2010 16:04:49 -0400 >> From: [log in to unmask] >> Subject: literature re: disability hierarchy? >> To: [log in to unmask] >> >> Dear colleagues; is anyone aware of scholarly work on disability hierarchy i.e. the largely unwritten >> list of disabilities, ranked in terms of desirability? I am aware of the "hierarchies of acceptance" model >> known in geography, focused on nondisabled perceptions of disabled persons. I am looking more >> for material on the ways in which disabled persons perceive ourselves and other members of our community. >> Thanks, lilith >> ________________End of message________________ >> >> This Disability-Research Discussion list is managed by the Centre for Disability Studies at the University of Leeds (www.leeds.ac.uk/disability-studies). >> Enquiries about list administration should be sent to [log in to unmask] >> >> Archives and tools are located at: >> www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/disability-research.html >> You can VIEW, POST, JOIN and LEAVE the list by logging in to this web page. > > ________________End of message________________ > > This Disability-Research Discussion list is managed by the Centre for Disability Studies at the University of Leeds (www.leeds.ac.uk/disability-studies). > Enquiries about list administration should be sent to [log in to unmask] > > Archives and tools are located at: > www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/disability-research.html > You can VIEW, POST, JOIN and LEAVE the list by logging in to this web page. > ________________End of message________________ This Disability-Research Discussion list is managed by the Centre for Disability Studies at the University of Leeds (www.leeds.ac.uk/disability-studies). Enquiries about list administration should be sent to [log in to unmask] Archives and tools are located at: www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/disability-research.html You can VIEW, POST, JOIN and LEAVE the list by logging in to this web page.