Forum: Disability and Employment: Introduction
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disability, employment
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Niel Bohrs’ famous quote “Nothing exists until it is measured” (as cited in Ross, 1997) refers to quantum physics, but it can also be applied to the history of disability and employment. Scholarly information concerning this history is almost nonexistent. While cursory examination of employment issues may be included in discussions about past social movements and legislation, these discourses are often anecdotal and always secondary to the main topic. With few exceptions (studies on freak shows, for example) it appears that scholarly, historical pieces specifically about disabled people as workers are rare...
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Stephanie Patterson, Clinical Assistant Professor, Stony Brook University
Stephanie Patterson is a Clinical Assistant Professor at Stony Brook University. She has a Masters in liberal studies with a concentration in disability and employment and has actively worked in the field of disability and employment for over 15 years. She is a staunch member of the campus President’s ADA Advisory Committee and is Chair of the ADA Awareness Subcommittee. Currently, she teaches a course she created entitled Disability and Employment for the Disability Studies concentration and Professional Ethics in Health Care for the Health Science program.
Pamela Block, Associate Professor, Stony Brook University
Pamela Block, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor at Stony Brook University in the School of Health Technology and Management. She completed a doctorate in cultural anthropology at Duke University in 1997. Her dissertation research addressed historical intersections of gender, race, class, sexuality, and disability in Brazil and the United States. She was on the Board of Directors of the Society for Disability Studies from 2007-2011, serving as Vice President in 2008-2009 and President in 2009-2010.