Disability Studies Today

"This edition is edited by the three people who have done more than anyone to establish disability studies as an academic discipline in the UK ... This collection provides a good overview of where disability studies has come from."

Tom Shakespeare, Times Higher Education Supplement

"Disability Studies Today is a welcome introduction to an expanding field which examines the experience of disability and knowledge about people with disabilities. It covers key issues and reflects the present, ongoing debates as the field matures. Scholars from around the world in a number of disciplines ? sociology, cultural studies, geography, history, policy studies, philosophy history, and others ? are focusing on the rich theoretical, political, and policy implications which are being presented. Disabled and non-disabled people are contributing to this discussion as are activists in the field. This text is essential to the understanding of the field of disability studies for newly emerging scholars, activists, established figures, and especially for students who are studying disability."

David Pfieffer, University of Hawaii