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Aloha - we are pleased to announce that Volume 9, Issue 4 of The Review of Disability Studies is now posted online at www.rds.hawaii.edu This issue includes articles ranging from a trip around the world to study disability with students from the University of Delaware, to an examination of disability in entertainment and media. Print subscriptions to RDS start at $25.00 for students and you can subscribe online.

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Review of Disability Studies: An International Journal

Volume 9, Issue 4

Table of Contents

My Pet (Trained) pg. 2 Megan A. Conway, Ph.D., RDS Managing Editor

Research Articles

Disability Around the World: Students Study Abroad in Four Countries p. 4

Laura Eisenman, Ph.D., Michael Gamel-McCormick, Ph.D., Ashley Curran, B.S.,

Rachel McCulley, B.S., & Meghan Moritz, B.S., University of Delaware, USA

Kim Musheno, Association of University Centers on Disabilities

Stigma Or Empowerment: Disability In News and Entertainment p. 21

Beth Haller, Ph.D. & Lingling Zhang, Ph.D., Towson University, USA

The Effect of Disability On Earnings In the US and China p. 39

Samuel Myers, Ph.D., University of Minnesota, USA

Ding Sai, Ph.D., Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, China

What the Medical Model Can Learn From the Colorblind Painter p. 62

Sheryl Holt, Ph.D., Wheeling Jesuit University, USA

A Brief Commentary On Health and Happiness, a short story by Virginia de Forrest from Godey's Lady's Book

Susan Koppelman, Ph.D. p. 71

Book and Media Reviews p. 75

Thinking About Suicide: Contemplating and Comprehending the Urge to Diby David Webb Reviewed by Cherie Luckhurst

Disability and Mothering: Liminal Spaces of Embodied Knowledge, Edited By Cynthia Lewiecki-Wilson and Jen Cellio

Reviewed by Carol J. Gill, Ph.D.

Disability Studies Dissertation Abstracts

Megan A. Conway, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Center on Disability Studies, University of Hawaii at Manoa
Managing Editor, Review of Disability Studies: An International Journal
Co-PI, EmployAble: A World Without Barriers

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