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DISABILITY STUDIES [3 records]

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Record 1 2023-08-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Education Theory and Methods
  • Sociology of persons with a disability
DEF

An ... interdisciplinary field of scholarship that critically examines issues related to the dynamic interplays between disability and various aspects of culture and society.

CONT

Disability studies unite critical inquiry and political advocacy by utilizing scholarly approaches from the humanities, humanistic-post-humanistic social sciences, and the arts. When specifically applied to educational issues, it promotes the importance of infusing analyses and interpretations of disability throughout all forms of educational research, teacher education, and graduate studies in education.

CONT

Disability studies have been conceived as a bridge between the academy and the disability community. ... They examine ideas related to disability in all forms of cultural representation throughout history, and examine the policies and practices of all societies to understand the social, rather than physical and psychological, determinants of the experience of disability. ... Disability studies have been developed to disentangle impairments from the myth, ideology and stigma that influence social interaction and social policy.

Key term(s)
  • disability study

French

Domaine(s)
  • Théories et méthodes pédagogiques
  • Sociologie des personnes handicapées
CONT

Les études sur le handicap sont un domaine universitaire interdisciplinaire caractérisé par son adoption d'un «mouvement idéologique [qui s'éloigne] d'une vision homogène et unidimensionnelle du handicap pour laisser place à des conceptions disjonctives et multiples du handicap» […]

OBS

Les études sur le handicap se distinguent généralement des études, des sciences et des pratiques en médecine, en santé du travail et en réadaptation, car elles utilisent le handicap comme point d'entrée pour explorer et comprendre les différentes facettes de la société, des cultures, de l'histoire, des politiques, de l'esthétique, de la pédagogie et de la phénoménologie […]

Key term(s)
  • étude sur le handicap
  • étude sur la condition des personnes handicapées
  • étude de la condition des personnes handicapées

Spanish

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Record 2 2023-08-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • National Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Education Theory and Methods
  • Sociology of persons with a disability
OBS

The Canadian Disability Studies Association-Association canadienne d'études sur le handicap (CDSA-ACÉH) is a bilingual interdisciplinary organization that seeks to facilitate a forum for the exchange of ideas and critical scholarship regarding disability.

Key term(s)
  • Canadian Disability Studies Association

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités nationaux canadiens
  • Théories et méthodes pédagogiques
  • Sociologie des personnes handicapées
OBS

L'Association canadienne d'études sur le handicap-Canadian Disability Studies Association (ACÉH-CDSA) est une organisation bilingue interdisciplinaire qui cherche à offrir une tribune pour l'échange d'idées et de travaux académiques en études critiques sur le handicap.

Key term(s)
  • Association canadienne d'études sur le handicap

Spanish

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Record 3 2017-01-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • National Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Sociology of persons with a disability
OBS

The Canadian Centre on Disability Studies (CCDS) is a not-for-profit, consumer-directed and university-affiliated national organization dedicated to research, education and knowledge mobilization on issues facing people with disabilities. [The CCDS] promotes full and equal participation of people with disabilities in all aspects of society – locally, provincially/territorially, nationally and internationally.

Key term(s)
  • Canadian Center on Disability Studies

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités nationaux canadiens
  • Sociologie des personnes handicapées
Key term(s)
  • Canadian Center on Disability Studies

Spanish

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