https://www.dukeupress.edu/disability-worlds This interview took place on Zoom rather than email, and has been edited to reflect our vibrant conversation Bridget Bradley: Having followed yo…
Figure 1: The entrance of the museum at the metro station reads, “Learning is possible through encounters.” Multisensory Encounters with the “Others” Since February 2023, I hav…
In Blind in Early Modern Japan: Disability, Medicine, and Identity, Wei Yu Wayne Tan considers what it meant to be blind in Tokugawa Japan (from 1600 to 1868), including how a strong guild structure p…
Introduction This is is a multilingual comic that serves as a meditation on the infrastructures of COVID-19, care, and time. In the spirit of the multilingual spaces I…
Interview by Toni Nieminen https://www.dukeupress.edu/diminished-faculties Toni Nieminen: First, congratulations on Diminished Faculties, what a wonderful read it was! I find your form of w…
Introduction At the time of writing, the world is entering the third year of the Covid-19 pandemic. As the highly contagious Omicron variant of the virus is causing…
December 3rd is the UN’s International Day for People with Disabilities. The theme of 2021 was “Building Back Better: toward a disability-inclusive, accessible and sustainable post COVID-19 World”.…
Twenty-eight years ago, in 1992, the United Nations General Assembly resolution 47/3 proclaimed December 3 as International Day of Persons with Disabilities. Immediately following the International Da…
The ability to communicate is often taken-for-granted and imperceptible, despite being vital to everyday life. It defines our social performances as family members, professionals, and neighbors. Moreo…
A Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) is a common injury that occurs when a physical blow or force to the head damages the brain inside the skull—full stop. As…
In Blindness Through the Looking Glass: The Performance of Blindness, Gender and the Sensory Body, Gili Hammer draws on the first-person narratives of 40 blind women in Israel…
Since the early 2000s, Brazil has experienced a significant change concerning the rights of people with disabilities in the country. Based on the struggles of the Brazilian Disability…
In support of National Disability Employment Awareness Month, please enjoy some of our favorite posts engaging with understandings of disability! Does ‘Going Sighted’ Make Life Better? Undoing the…
By Cindee Calton “Seriously, Star Wars? Again?” was the exact phrase that ran through my mind the first time Dryden Vos appeared on screen during my first viewing…