Disability Matters Scholarship Collection

A collection of papers from scholars around the world who are challenging their own disciplines through the application of critical disability studies

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Between 2023 and 2029, we are running a number of short and accessible Online Symposia. We are inviting people to write a short provocative piece (no more than 1000 words) that they will then present online for ten minutes. All symposia will be recorded but we are also committed to access: specifically, providing folk with access to written papers, so that they can follow the speakers' presentations.

Below, you will links to the film recordings of these sessions and the written papers of all the presentations.

We have provided the full reference following Harvard Referencing protocols. Please let us know how you are using this work in your own teaching, research and scholarship emailing disabilitymatters@sheffield.ac.uk 

December 2024

Online Symposium: Disability in the Geopolitical South 


August 2024

Online Symposium in New South Wales (Fraser-Barbour, Tso, Fisher and Robinson) 
 


June 2024

Online Symposium in Singapore (Kerri Heng, Shalom Lim, Max Soh, Meng Ee Wong)

Heng, Kerri (2024). Travelling from Goffman to the social model of disability and social constructionist approach to disability: My journey as a budding researcher with disabilities. In Goodley, D., Halsey, R., Scully, J., Singh, S., Titchkosky, T. and Wong, M.E. (Editors). The Disability Matters Scholarship Collection. Sheffield: University of Sheffield. 

Lim, Shalom (2024). From Stigma to Strength: How Disability Studies Shaped My Journey.  In Goodley, D., Halsey, R., Scully, J., Singh, S., Titchkosky, T. and Wong, M.E. (Editors). The Disability Matters Scholarship Collection. Sheffield: University of Sheffield. 

Soh, Max (2024). An Opportune Time for the Expansion of Disability Studies in Singapore. In Goodley, D., Halsey, R., Scully, J., Singh, S., Titchkosky, T. and Wong, M.E. (Editors). The Disability Matters Scholarship Collection. Sheffield: University of Sheffield. 


March 2024

Online Symposium in Toronto (Elaine Cagulada and Tanya Titchkosky)

Cagulada, E. and Titchkosky, T. (2024). An Urgent Pause: Facing the Intertwined Constitution of Race and Disability. In Goodley, D., Halsey, R., Scully, J., Singh, S., Titchkosky, T. and Wong, M.E. (Editors). The Disability Matters Scholarship Collection. Sheffield: University of Sheffield. 


February 2024 

Online Symposium in Delhi (Aparna Sachdev, Abhishek Anicca, Sandeep Singh) 

Sachdev, A. (2024). Inclusive education in India: A personal exploration.  In Goodley, D., Halsey, R., Scully, J., Singh, S., Titchkosky, T. and Wong, M.E. (Editors). The Disability Matters Scholarship Collection. Sheffield: University of Sheffield. 

Annica, A. (2024). Radical Vulnerability: An effective tool for narrative construction. In Goodley, D., Halsey, R., Scully, J., Singh, S., Titchkosky, T. and Wong, M.E. (Editors). The Disability Matters Scholarship Collection. Sheffield: University of Sheffield. 

Singh, S. (2024). Disability in Healthcare: Mediating the Self in Illness Narratives. In Goodley, D., Halsey, R., Scully, J., Singh, S., Titchkosky, T. and Wong, M.E. (Editors). The Disability Matters Scholarship Collection. Sheffield: University of Sheffield. 

Online lecture (Anita Ghai)

Ghai, A. (2024). Disability studies and engaged practice: A potential and some concerns: The 2024 iHuman Annual Critical Disability Studies Lecture   In Goodley, D., Halsey, R., Scully, J., Singh, S., Titchkosky, T. and Wong, M.E. (Editors). The Disability Matters Scholarship Collection. Sheffield: University of Sheffield. 


December 2023 

Session 1 of Online Symposia (Barbara Gibson, Geert Van Hove and Janice McLaughlin)

Gibson, B. E. (2023). Disabling Practices? A Critical Rehabilitation Studies Manifesto.  In Goodley, D., Halsey, R., Scully, J., Singh, S., Titchkosky, T. and Wong, M.E. (Editors). The Disability Matters Scholarship Collection. Sheffield: University of Sheffield. 

Van Hove, G. (2023). How is my area of research, theory and scholarship transformed by an engagement with critical disability studies? In Goodley, D., Halsey, R., Scully, J., Singh, S., Titchkosky, T. and Wong, M.E. (Editors). The Disability Matters Scholarship Collection. Sheffield: University of Sheffield. 

McLaughlin, J. (2023).  In Goodley, D., Halsey, R., Scully, J., Singh, S., Titchkosky, T. and Wong, M.E. (Editors). The Disability Matters Scholarship Collection. Sheffield: University of Sheffield. 


Session 2 of Online Symposia (Shaun Grech, Jan Grue and Gareth Thomas)

Grech, S. (2023). Critical Disability Studies: contesting ‘development’ in the global South. In Goodley, D., Halsey, R., Scully, J., Singh, S., Titchkosky, T. and Wong, M.E. (Editors). The Disability Matters Scholarship Collection. Sheffield: University of Sheffield.  

Grue, J. (2023). The sick role and critical disability studies: Making invisible work visible. In Goodley, D., Halsey, R., Scully, J., Singh, S., Titchkosky, T. and Wong, M.E. (Editors). The Disability Matters Scholarship Collection. Sheffield: University of Sheffield. 

Thomas, G. (2023). How is my area of research, theory and scholarship transformed by an engagement with critical disability studies? In Goodley, D., Halsey, R., Scully, J., Singh, S., Titchkosky, T. and Wong, M.E. (Editors). The Disability Matters Scholarship Collection. Sheffield: University of Sheffield. 


Session 3 of Online Symposia (Christina Lee, Sana Rizvi and Stuart Murray) 

Lee, C. (2023). Is there a crip in this class? In Goodley, D., Halsey, R., Scully, J., Singh, S., Titchkosky, T. and Wong, M.E. (Editors). The Disability Matters Scholarship Collection. Sheffield: University of Sheffield. 

Murray, S. (2023). How my area of research, theory and scholarship is transformed by an engagement with critical disability studies? In Goodley, D., Halsey, R., Scully, J., Singh, S., Titchkosky, T. and Wong, M.E. (Editors). The Disability Matters Scholarship Collection. Sheffield: University of Sheffield. 

Rizvi, S. (2023). How my area of research, theory and scholarship is transformed by an engagement with critical disability studies? In Goodley, D., Halsey, R., Scully, J., Singh, S., Titchkosky, T. and Wong, M.E. (Editors). The Disability Matters Scholarship Collection. Sheffield: University of Sheffield. 

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