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The Latest Issue of Review of Disability Studies is now available at http://rdsjournal.org, v17i2, Summer 2021.
Mahalo nui loa (Thank You Very Much!) to all who participated in the March 1-2, 2021 Pac Rim Virtual Conference and made it such a success.
Only papers presented at the Conference are eligible to be considered for the Pac Rim Proceedings issue. Submissions are accepted from March 9 to March 31, 2021 HST at https://rdsjournal.org/index.php/journal/about/submissions
Save the dates! For the 2022 37th Annual Pacific Rim International Conference on Disability & Diversity Monday, February 28 and Tuesday, March 1, 2022. Email: prinfo@hawaii.edu website: https://pacrim.coe.hawaii.edu/
Submissions to the quarterly Review of Disability Studies issues continue to be accepted on an ongoing basis.
The Review of Disability Studies (RDS) is an anonymous peer-reviewed, open-access academic journal that is targeted towards any person interested in disability studies. We are honored to 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. Additionally, as part of our Global Perspective on Disability initiative (by Associate Editors S. Kazemi and H. Karah), we will be publishing two native language submissions in each issue.
While submissions are not limited to such, we continue to welcome submissions that address the ways in which the current pandemic has impacted our practices, our lives, and the ways in which we collectively conceive of (and experience) disability.
The Center on Disability Studies at University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa is hosting the 36th Annual Pacific Rim International Conference on Disability & Diversity (Pac Rim). March 1–2, 2021 (HST) – Virtual Proposals Due: December 20, 2020 at pacrim.coe.hawaii.edu.
This year’s theme, INNOVATE, invites disability activists, scholars and friends from around the globe to share innovative ideas about how to best leverage this extraordinary moment towards our shared goal of creating inclusive communities for all.
Papers presented at the conference will be eligible to be considered for publication in a special issue of The Review of Disability Studies to feature conference proceedings.
Questions? Contact prcall@hawaii.edu, visit pacrim.coe.hawaii.edu, or connect through social media at www.facebook.com/PacRimHawaii
The editor and editorial board of the Review of Disability Studies: An International Journal invites your participation in peer review of manuscripts. Individuals with expertise in disability studies and a commitment to social justice are invited to become reviewers for this well-established open source journal.
Please see the 2020 Call for Reviewers full document at https://bit.ly/RDS_Reviewer_UPDATE for further information and how to submit an application.
Applications sent to rdsj@hawaii.edu will be accepted until November 30th, 2020. Questions may be addressed to managing editor Sandra Shitanishi and editor Raphael Raphael at rdsj@hawaii.edu.
The editor and editorial board of the Review of Disability Studies: An International Journal invites your participation in peer review of manuscripts. Individuals with expertise in disability studies and a commitment to social justice are invited to become reviewers for this well-established open source journal.
Please see the 2020 Call for Reviewers full document at https://bit.ly/RDS_Reviewer_UPDATE for further information and how to submit an application.
Applications sent to rdsj@hawaii.edu will be accepted until November 23rd, 2020. Questions may be addressed to managing editor Sandra Shitanishi and editor Raphael Raphael at rdsj@hawaii.edu.
Revealing the latest advancements in international disability studies in Australia & India, Canada, Ghana, Hawaii, and Saudi Arabia. Including a special 'aloha' & farewell editorial from our long-time Editor-in-Chief, Megan A. Conway. We are thankful for all of your dedication in making the journal a success and we look forward to your next journey in life. http://bit.ly/RDSv15i2
Dive into the Review of Disability Studies Journal's 2019 Spring issue, featuring topics ranging in Disability and Immigrant Mothers in Korea; Math Educators; Ableism Scale; Multimedia Reviews; including announcements for upcoming Disability Studies opportunities. Read more at http://bit.ly/RDSv15i1.
Circle the global of #DisabilityStudies with the latest #RDSJ issue from #Hawaii, #Guatemala, #Jordan, #israel, and much more. Read more at http://bit.ly/RDSv14i4
Review of Disability Studies: An International Journal Volume 14 Issue 3
Launching RDS Journal's open-access issue with special forum, 'Dismantling Abelims: The Moral Imperative for School Leaders' with special Guest Editors. Dr. Holly Manaseri & Dr. Josh Bornstein. Including a featured Editorial by RDS Forums Editor Dr. Jenifer Barclay, a first-person creative works perspective, and our ongoing effort to highlight the latest in Disability Studies dissertations and abstracts. Read more at http://bit.ly/RDS_v14i3
Review of Disability Studies: An International Journal Volume 14 Issue 2
Releasing the highly anticipated forum 'The Crip, The Fat and The Ugly in an Age of Austerity: Resistance, Reclamation and Affirmation' w/ Guest Editors Dr. Kirsty Liddiard & Jen Slater. Including a delightful #DisFilm interview w/ Dominick Evans, along with the latest Disability Studies opportunities. Read more at http://bit.ly/RDSJ_v14i2
Providing fresh perspectives and time-relevant articles, RDS Journal's first issue of 2018 covers: school violence & mental health, reviews of To Siri with Love and Diffability Hollywood, upcoming disability studies courses, and just in time for #DDawareness18, articles on autism, FASD, and intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Read full issue at http://bit.ly/RDSJ_v14i1
The Review of Disability Studies: An International Journal is issuing a Call for Papers for a special forum on the subject of shame and disability, broadly conceived. It is hoped that through critical discourse addressing the historical and current contexts, contributing factors, effects, and responses to shame, greater understanding of this phenomena will diminish discrimination and violence.
Full papers should be submitted directly to RDS online at http://bit.ly/RDS_AuthorGuidelines no later than June 1, 2018. Please submit to the category “Forum - Disability and Shame”.
For questions about the content of the Forum, please contact the guest editors John Jones, jjones@truman.edu, Dana Lee Baker, bakerdl@wsu.edu, or Stephanie Patterson, stephanie.patterson@stonybrook.edu.
For questions about the submissions process, please contact rdsj@hawaii.edu
Submissions to this special issue will undergo a process of peer-review. Authors will be notified of whether their papers will be invited for consideration in the forum by August 1, 2018. Prospective authors are encouraged to consult the RDS website at www.rdsjournal.org for more information about the journal and its formatting guidelines. Authors are encouraged to review previous issues of RDS in preparing their paper. Please note that initial acceptance of an article does not guarantee publication in RDS. RDS is a peer-reviewed, multidisciplinary, international journal published by the Center on Disability Studies at the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa. The journal contains research articles, essays, creative works and multimedia relating to the culture of disability and people with disabilities.
From Canada to India, Guatemala to Germany, this special issue includes a research forum on Cripping Care: Care Pedagogies and Practices,” as well as multimedia, creative works, and a selection of the latest in disability studies’ dissertations & abstracts.
We are excited to announce the publication of Volume 13 Issue 3 of Review of Disability Studies, an international, peer-reviewed journal. Discover diverse voices in this issue ranging from Self Advocates, Rehabilitation Counselors, Creative Writers, Influential Bloggers, and Education Experts.
Dismantling Ableism: The Moral Imperative for Leaders - Volume 14 Issue 3
The Review of Disability Studies: An International Journal(RDS) seeks proposals for a special forum on Dismantling Ableism: The Moral Imperative for Leaders. We are currently soliciting papers of up to 40000 words in length, including references and tables. The deadline for submission of papers is October 1, 2017. Papers should be submitted as a new submission at rdsjournal.org.
We look forward to receiving your submissions. If you have any questions, please contact the special issue editors Dr. Holly Manaseri at Holly.manaseri@cortland.edu or Dr. Josh Bornstein at bornsteinj@felician.edu
The latest issue of the Review of Disability Studies is out! Dive into this issues' topics ranging for Disability Studies in Physical Recreation, Social Participation of Children, Immigrants in Australia, Anxiety as a Tool for Critical Disability Studies, Film Genre and Mental Illness and much more.
Visit our website to read the full issue at http://bit.ly/2qBtxWy
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The Crip, the Fat and the Ugly in an Age of Austerity: Resistance, Reclamation, and Affirmation. Volume 14 Issue 2, Summer 2018
The Review of Disability Studies: An International Journal (RDS) seeks proposals for a special forum on the Crip, the fat, the ugly. We are currently soliciting papers of up to 7500 words in length, including references and tables. The deadline for submission of papers is July 17, 2017. Papers should be submitted to the Special Guest Editors Dr. Jen Slater, Sheffield Hallam University j.slater@shu.ac.uk, and Dr. Kirsty Liddiard, University of Sheffield k.liddiard@sheffield.ac.uk . Upon submission, please indicate that your paper is for consideration of the special forum on the Crip, the fat, and the ugly in an age of austerity.
The latest issue of the Review of Disability Studies is out! Dive into this issues' advancement of ideas from authors representing Australia, Canada, Czech Republic, Hawaii, India, Norway, Sweden, and the United States.
Conference Topic Area: 2017 Pacific Rim International Conference on Disability and Diversity
Disability Studies cultivates a critical narrative consciousness to unlock understandings of disability in the context of multiple disciplines, experiences, and perspectives. This topic area will explore and investigate ideas of cultural identity, social conditions, and social justice, including historical, socio-cultural, political, and economic perspectives about impairment; politics and legislation; diversity; and education.
The latest issue of RDS is out! You won't want to miss this issue featuring an international tapestry of disability studies focused research, creative works, best practices, film review and much more.
Check out our featured editorial Cripping Concepts: Accessibility by Dr. Kelly Fritsch, RDS Associate Editor for Research.
Population aging is taking place in nearly all countries across the globe. Within current research and policy, the relationship between disability and aging is often oversimplified and underdeveloped. Disability is assumed to be a product of unsuccessful aging, and aging as an obstacle to living well with a disability.
This special issue of The Review of Disability Studies: An International Journal (RDS) features eight original articles that analyze how disability and aging appear within research and policy in Canada, the United States, Australia and Switzerland. The articles in this international collection use interdisciplinary perspectives to explore the relationship between disability and aging in its complexity. They expose and challenge age and disability related myths and misconceptions and reconsider why global population matters.
Dr. Aubrecht & Dr. Krawchenko, Guest Editors
Special Forum on Cripping Care: Care Pedagogies and Practices Volume 13 Issue 4, Fall 2017
The Review of Disability Studies: An International Journal invites scholarly, multimedia and artistic explorations of care as a critical pedagogical terrain for the 2017 Special Forum, Cripping Care: Care Pedagogies and Practices.
The newest issue of RDS is out!! You won't want to miss this very special edition featuring a forum from the 2015 Pacific Rim International Conference on Disability and Diversity - Volume 11, Issue 4, online now! Become a subscriber today!
To visit our website featuring the latest issue click here: http://www.rds.hawaii.edu/
To visit our blog featuring an introduction by Associate Editor for Forums Katie Aubrecht previewing this very special issue click here: http://rdsinternationaljournal.blogspot.com/