Starting next fall at the University of Minnesota, a new three-year project will host virtual workshops, reading groups and speaker events focusing on the experiences of people with disabilities using ...

This interdisciplinary minor examines disability from perspectives in health sciences, humanities and social sciences. Gaining a well-rounded understanding of disability history, rights, and lived ...

On the 17th July 2025, The Critical Disability Studies team met to think about who we are and the work we do within the field. This was supported and facilitated by the creative work and community ...

To cite this work: Sanmiquel-Molinero, Laura (2025). Adjustment to dis/ableism, affect and agency in clinical settings: a provocation? In Goodley, D., Halsey, R ...

The fall semester brings the establishment of the new Center for Race, Indigeneity, Disability, Gender and Sexuality Studies (RIDGS) at the University of Minnesota. When the RIGS initiative was ...

Braille signs to direct people to elevators. Signs on accessible bathroom stalls asking people to not use them unless others aren’t available. In Miami University’s Introduction to Disability Studies ...

On Oct. 13, disability studies took center stage in Red Square at Ramping Up for Access, an event hosted by the Disability Cultural Initiative. Amy Kenny, inaugural director of the initiative, remarks ...

Research indicates that dementia has overtaken cancer as the condition that people most fear. The notion of dementia as both a terrifying illness and a significant societal threat is the result of a ...

Beginning in the fall semester, students in the Georgetown University College of Arts & Sciences will have the option to declare a major in disability studies. The major will build on the program’s ...

Communities of Care Symposium 2025: Celebrate. Create Solidarity. Share Knowledge. The two-day event brings together community members, students, faculty, and others to share their work on care and ...