Aloha - we are pleased to announce that the latest issue of the Review of Disability Studies: An International Journal, Volume 5, Issue 4, is now posted online at www.rds.hawaii.edu Access to the online version is free. Subscribers will be receiving their print copy in the mail within the next couple of weeks. Subscriptions start at just $25.00/yr and you can subscribe online at www.rds.hawaii.edu
This issue features a range of articles including research on disability in the Maasai Tribe in Tanzania, legal issues surrounding working from home, sexuality, and models for policy analysis. Also included are our usual fabulous book reviews and annotated list of the latest disability studies dissertation abstracts. Enjoy!
Megan A. Conway, Ph.D., Editor
Review of Disability Studies: An International Journal, Volume 5, Issue 4
Copyright 2009
Table of Contents
Research Articles
A Research Study on Individuals with Disabilities in the Maasai Tribe of Tanzania p. 3 Sheryl Feinstein, Augustana College, South Dakota, USA, Fulbright Scholar, Tumaini University, Iringa, Tanzania
The Reasonableness of Working from Home in the Digital Age p. 10 Jennifer Tennant, New York, USA
Disability, the Stigma of Asexuality and Sexual Health: A Sexual Rights Perspective p. 22 Godfrey Kangaude, University of the Free State, South Africa
Policy Legitimacy: A Model for Disability Policy Analysis and Change p. 37 Elizabeth DePoy & Stephen Gilson, University of Maine, USA
Book Reviews
Blindness and the Multi-Sensorial City p. 49 Reviewed by Michael L. Dorn
Working and Caring for a Child with Chronic Illness: Disconnected and Doing it All p. 50 Reviewed by J. Gary Linn
Frontiers of Justice: Disability, Nationality, Species Membership p. 52 Reviewed by Carrie Griffin Basas
Waking: A Memoir of Trauma and Transcendence p. 53 Reviewed by Steven E. Brown
Disabling Pedagogy Power, Politics, and Deaf Education p. 54 Reviewed by Jan-Kåre Breivik
The Human Right to Language: Communication Access for Deaf Children p. 55 Reviewed by Jan-Kåre Breivik
Disability Studies Dissertation Abstracts p. 57
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