Are you interested in learning more about Disability Studies, but do not know where to start? Looking to incorporate resources into your classes? “What We Are Reading” is an ongoing blog series, where you can find out what has drawn our committee members to disability studies, which books have shaped our thinking, and how we got excited about the discipline. Check back regularly for a more in-depth look into these materials!
Books
Extraordinary Bodies – Rosemarie Garland-Thomson
Claiming Disability – Simi Linton
Beginning with Disability A Primer Edited By Lennard J. Davis
Too Late to Die Young – Harriet McBryde Johnson
Beasts of Burden: Animal and Disability Liberation – Sunaura Taylor
Articles
Douglas Baynton. “Disability and the Justification of Inequality in American History.”
Jay Lombardo. “Disabled upon Arrival: The Rhetorical Construction of Disability and Race at Ellis Island” (2011) Cultural Critique
Liat Ben-Moshe. “The institution yet to come’: Analyzing incarceration through a disability lens.” The disability studies reader 4 (2013): 132-145.
Lennard Davis. The end of identity. On disability as an unstable category. The Disability Studies Reader,
Documentaries
Crip Camp
Vital Signs: Crip Culture Talks Back
Who am I to Stop It – Cheryl Green
Relevant TED Talks
Our fight for disability rights — and why we’re not done yet | Judith Heumann
I’m not your inspiration, thank you very much | Stella Young