From the University of Chicago Press: Crippled Justice:

The History of Modern Disability Policy in the Workplace by Ruth O'Brien; paper $19.00.

Crippled Justice, the first comprehensive intellectual history of disability policy in the workplace from World War II to the present, explains why American employers and judges, despite the Americans with Disabilities Act, have been so resistant to accommodating the disabled in the workplace. Ruth O'Brien traces the origins of this resistance to the postwar disability policies inspired by physicians and psychoanalysts that were based on the notion that disabled people should accommodate society rather than having society accommodate them.

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Announcements

DISABILITY STUDIES NEWS & NOTES

DSQ is re-activating its section that contains news, announcements, and information about Society for Disability Studies (SDS) members and others engaged in disability studies research, both in the U.S.A. and internationally. This section will cover conference, convention, and publication announcements, calls for papers, new job appointments, grants obtained, awards won, and other information of interest. All individuals engaged in disability studies research are encouraged to submit information about their activities.

Submissions may be edited to conform to DSQ style and space limitations. If deadlines have passed for conference, conventions, or calls for papers, they will not be included, so all are encouraged to submit these announcements as early as possible. Please try to keep all News & Notes items under 250 words when possible.

Finally, only electronic submissions will be accepted. They should be sent as an E-mail or an MS Word attachment to Beth Haller, bhaller@towson.edu <mailto:bhaller@towson.edu>. If you have questions, please contact Beth Haller.

Beth A. Haller, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of journalism
Towson University
8000 York Road, Towson, MD 21252
Ph: 410-704-2442
Fax: 410-704-3656

Communications

The Fall 2001 issue of Hypatia: A Journal of Feminist Philosophy is a special issue on "Feminism and Disability Studies 1." Edited by Eva Fedder Kittay, Anita Silvers, and Susan Wendell it includes articles by Jenny Morris on "Impairment and Disability: Constructing an Ethics of Care Which Promotes Human Rights"; Susan Wendell on "Unhealthy Disabled: Treating Chronic Illnesses as Disabilities"; Mairian Corker on "Sensing Disability"; Alexa Schriempf on "(Re)fusing the Amputated Body: An Interactionalist Bridge for Feminism and Disability"; Andrea Nicki on "The Abused Mind: Feminist Theory, Psychiatric Disability, and Trauma"; Kate Lindemann on "Persons with Adult-Onset Head Injury: A Crucial Resource for Feminist Philosophers"; and Lucia Carlson on "Cognitive Ableism and Disability Studies: Feminist Reflections on the History of Mental Retardation"; as well as an introduction by the editors.

Issues of "Feminism and Disability Studies 1" are priced at $16.95 each (plus shipping and handling). However, if you visit our secure web site at <http://www.indiana.edu/~iupress/journals/> and enter discount code KPRF, you may purchase copies at a 20% discount. You may also phone 1-800-842-6796 or fax credit card orders to 1-812-855-8507.

The Society for Disability Studies

The Society for Disability Studies (SDS) is an international non-profit organization that promotes the exploration of disability through research, artistic production, and teaching. Disability studies encourages perspectives that place disability in social, cultural, and political contexts. Through our work we seek to augment understanding of disability in all cultures and historical periods, to promote greater awareness of the experiences of disabled people, and to contribute to social change.

Further information on membership and the annual meeting can be obtained from the national office of the Society. The mailing address is: Society for Disability Studies, c/o Professor Carol Gill, Department of Disability and Human Development, University of Illinois at Chicago (MC 626), 1640 Roosevelt Road #236, Chicago, IL 60608-6904. The email address is: <cg16@uic.edu>.

Subscription Information

Subscriptions to Disability Studies Quarterly are on an annual basis and are part of membership in the Society for Disability Studies, except for library and institutional subscriptions. If you are not certain about the status of your subscription, please contact the Society for Disability Studies office in Chicago at the address below, by telephone at 312-996-4664 (V/TTY), or by email at <cg16@uic.edu>. Additional information about the Society is available at our website, <http://www.uic.edu/orgs/sds/>.

The Samuel Gridley Howe Library in Waltham, Massachusetts, is the repository for past issues of Disability Studies Quarterly. The papers and books of Howe, of Irving Kenneth Zola, of Rosemary and Gunnar Dybwad, and some (but eventually all) of the papers and books of David Pfeiffer are also deposited there. Bonnie Stecher is the librarian at the Howe Library. The Library is available for research into all aspects of disability.

Past issues of Disability Studies Quarterly are available for purchase for $10.00 each although the price may increase due to factors beyond control. Please specify the theme of the issue and the volume and issue number. Your request with a check made out to Friends of the Howe Library should be mailed to Howie Baker, MS #044, Brandeis University, P.O. Box 9110, Waltham, MA 02254-9110. The subject matter of available past issues will soon be available on the SDS web site: <www.wipd.com/sds>. Howie Baker <baker@binah.cc.brandeis.edu> can answer questions.

Instructions for Symposium Editors and Contributors are available from the Editor, David Pfeiffer, on the Internet at <pfeiffer@hawaii.edu>.

All books, films, and videos to be reviewed must be sent to Dr. Elaine Makas, 10 Sheffield Street, Lewiston, ME 04240, USA. Persons wanting to volunteer to do reviews should contact her with your field of specialty.

Future issues of Disability Studies Quarterly

Winter 2002: A generic issue of papers relating to disability studies.

Spring 2002: Counselling, Therapy, and Emancipatory Praxis, Deborah Marks <D.S.Marks@sheffield.ac.uk>.

Summer 2002: Sexuality and Disability, Linda R. Mona <LRMona@aol.com> lead editor and Devva Kasnitz <devva@wid.org>.

Fall 2002: Disability Culture II, Steve Brown <SBrown8912@aol.com>.

Winter 2003: Disability Geography - II, Deborah Metzel <dsmetzel@yahoo.com> and Michael L. Dorn <mdorn@zoo.uvm.edu>.

Spring 2003: Disability and the Life Course, Mark Priestley <m.a.priestley@leeds.ac.uk>.

Summer 2003: open.

Fall 2003: Humor and Disability, Beth Haller <bhaller@towson.edu>.