About the Journal
Since 2003, RDS has published over 500 authors from around the world. One of only a handful of peer-reviewed Disability Studies journals in the world, the Review of Disability Studies: An International Journal (RDS) is a quarterly online, open-access journal that provides an international forum for people with disabilities, academics, professionals, artists and creators from all backgrounds and expertise to express ideas relevant to our understanding of disability.
Current Issue
Vol. 18 No. 1 & 2 (2022): Special Issue: Understanding Disability in Sub-Saharan Africa
Special issue exploring issues of Disability in Sub-Saharan Africa.
This special issue of the Review of Disability Studies consists of original articles and creative works that take seriously and explore some important aspects of sub-Saharan African perspectives on disability and their impact on understandings of disability and the lived experiences of persons with disabilities in African societies. This special issue focuses on communities in countries including Nigeria, Ghana, Ethiopia, South Africa, and Zimbabwe and general understandings of disability.
This double issue also contains additional international disability studies research.
Plain language abstracts for all essays and creative work may be accessed at:
https://rdsjournal.org/index.php/journal/Africa-plain-language-abstracts
Published: 2022-10-25
Full Issue
Editorial
Editorial: Special Issue: Understanding Disability in Sub-Saharan Africa
Abstract 265 | WORD Downloads 43 PDF Downloads 83Research Articles and Essays
Cultural Etiologies of Disability in Ghana: A Case of Food Taboos in Pregnancy
Abstract 115 | WORD Downloads 58 PDF Downloads 58What Obligations Should Be Owed to [African] People with Disabilities?
Abstract 88 | WORD Downloads 42 PDF Downloads 46Color Specifications and the Othering of Persons with Albinism in Sub-Saharan African Traditions
Abstract 63 | WORD Downloads 37 PDF Downloads 27Qualitative Exploration of the Experiences and Coping Strategies of Individuals with Disabilities at Some Selected Healthcare Facilities in the Bosomtwe District of Ghana
Abstract 68 | WORD Downloads 38 PDF Downloads 27Disabilities in an African Cultural Worldview
Abstract 119 | WORD Downloads 41 PDF Downloads 61Realizing the Right to Health of People Living with Podoconiosis
Abstract 50 | WORD Downloads 33 PDF Downloads 30Employment of People with Disabilities in the Hotel Sector in Zimbabwe
Abstract 259 | WORD Downloads 67 PDF Downloads 61Literary Representations of People with Disabilities in Selected Nigerian Prose-works
Abstract 79 | WORD Downloads 43 PDF Downloads 34Creative Works
FOURTEEN CRITICAL QUESTIONS
Abstract 75 | WORD Downloads 25 PDF Downloads 21Seen and Unseen Steps to Success
Abstract 43 | WORD Downloads 25 PDF Downloads 15‘The Matutu Girl’
Abstract 40 | WORD Downloads 26 PDF Downloads 17Additional Global Research
Counseling Clients with Learning Disabilities
Abstract 164 | WORD Downloads 46 PDF Downloads 50Disabled People’s Organisations Grow Social Connectedness for Persons with Disabilities
Abstract 60 | WORD Downloads 31 PDF Downloads 18Contextualizing principles: Lebanon and social justice perspectives on disability reform
Abstract 50 | WORD Downloads 23 PDF Downloads 20Critical te Tiriti analysis of the New Zealand Disability Strategy 2016-2026
Abstract 241 | WORD Downloads 29 PDF Downloads 58“Listen to the Parents, Just Listen to Them”
Abstract 115 | WORD Downloads 31 PDF Downloads 35Notes from the Field
Pacific Rim International Conference Returns to Hawaii In-Person March 6th and 7th, 2023
Abstract 117 | WORD Downloads 25 PDF Downloads 22Dissertation & Abstracts v18i1&2
Abstract 58 | WORD Downloads 22 PDF Downloads 24The Review of Disability Studies (RDS) is a peer-reviewed, open-access academic journal that is targeted towards any person interested in disability studies. We have readers and authors from all over the world. We accept submissions in English of a scholarly nature covering a range of disciplines within disability studies as well as creative works expressing ideas in the area of disability. The RDS journal contains the following sections: 1. Research and Essays; 2. Topical Forums; 3. Creative Works; 4. Global Perspective on Disability Studies; 5. Multi-Media Review; 6. Notes from the Field; 7. Dissertation Abstracts. The journal is published four times a year, and each issue runs approximately 50 pages.