Aloha! The latest issue of The Review of Disability Studies: An International Journal is now online at www.rds.hawaii.edu The online version of RDS is free to download. A subscription is necessary in order to receive the print version.
Volume 5, Issue 3 features a forum on Economic Security, guest edited by Kirk Allison, Gregor Wolbring, and Anita Ghai. The forum covers a range of issues including community-based rehabilitation research in Thailand, illiteracy in South Africa, and the application of the disability rights model in Lebanon. As always, the issue also includes book reviews and a selection of disability studies dissertation abstracts. The complete table of contents is listed below.
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Review of Disability Studies: An International Journal
Volume 5, Issue 3, Copyright 2009
Table of Contents
Forum on Economic Security
Guest Editorial: Human Security, Social Cohesion, and Disability p. 3, Kirk C. Allison, University of Minnesota, USA
Guest Editorial: Human Security, Social Cohesion, and Disability p. 10, Anita Ghai, Jesus and Mary College, India
Guest Editorial: Science and Technology, Social Cohesion, Human Security, and Disabled People p. 15, Gregor Wolbring, University of Calgary, Canada
Operationalizing Human Rights and Human Security Through a Dynamic Model of Health p. 23, Mary Anne Burke, President, BIAS FREE Co-operative, Inc., Canada
Making Social Cohesion or Marking the Human Security Threat? Tracing Disciplines of Place in Community-Based Services for the “Developmentally Disabled” p. 38, M.S. Glennon, Universiteit van Amsterdam’s International School for Humanities and Social Science, Netherlands
Socially Equitable Community Planning: Including Individuals with Disabilities in the Democratic Association of Place p. 49, Keith M Christensen, Utah State University, USA
Appropriateness and Consciousness in Community Based Rehabilitation through Participatory Action Research p. 53, Tavee Cheausuwantavee, Mahidol University, Thailand
Illiteracy is Insecurity: Education, Technology and Disability in South Africa p. 64, Charles Dube, University of Fort Hare, South Africa
Disability, Poverty and Food Sovereignty: Advancing the Human Security Agenda p. 73, Vanmala Hiranandani, Dalhousie University, Canada
Is the “Rights Model of Disability” Valid in Post-conflict Lebanon? A Participatory Pilot Survey in Beirut p. 86, Nawaf Kabbara, University of Balamand, Lebanon & Kozue Kay Nagata, United Nations Development Cooperation Branch, USA
Book Reviews
Vital Questions Facing Disability Studies in Education p. 96, Reviewed by: Steven E. Brown, Ph.D.
Playing by the Rules: A Story About Autism p. 96, Reviewed by: Landry Fukunaga
Make the Day Matter! Promoting Typical Lifestyles for Adults with Significant Disabilities p. 98, Reviewed by: Courtney E. Rice
End-of-Life Issues and Persons With Disabilities p.99, Reviewed by: Mark F. Romoser
Behavioral Support, 2nd Edition p.100, Reviewed by: Mary Shaughnessy
Disability Studies Dissertation Abstracts
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