Disability Sociology (DISABILITY PRIDE) with Guinevere Chambers

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Sexuality and disability! Invisible illnesses! Airline frustrations! How many of us are disabled! July is Disability Pride Month, and professor, researcher, activist, and Disability Sociologist Guinevere Chambers joins to bust myths and provide perspective on everything from the history of ableism to sign language to eyeglasses, the criminal justice system, caregiving, how to ask for what you need, handling curious strangers, disclosing disabilities, where ADHD and autism come into play, and how to follow this study path.

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A donation was made to HEARD (Helping Educate to Advance the Rights of the Deaf) and The Trevor Project


Links to things we discussed:

Gwen’s 2023 paper: Disabled Sexuality and Negotiations with Sexual Partners 

Disability Studies: Foundations & Key Concepts - JSTOR Daily 

Society for Disability Studies 

Schools with Disability Studies Degrees (2009) 

Disability Studies Resource List - ACLS 

Disability and Health Overview | CDC 

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) 

Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) | Division for Inclusive Social Development (DISD)

The highest attainable standard of health for persons with disabilities   

WHO fact sheet: Disability  

Words Matter! Disability Language Etiquette

Guidelines for Writing About People With Disabilities | ADA National Network 

Stanford Disability Initiative Board’s Disability Language Guide

DISABILITY-INCLUSIVE LANGUAGE GUIDELINES | UN  

4 Ways To Understand The Diversity Of The Disability Community 

Disability Is Diversity | Student Life

(PDF) Disability Identity Development: A Systematic Review of the Literature 

HEARD

Purple Tuesday

Human Rights Campaign

Transgender Law Center

r/disability

r/disabled

When the ‘Capitol Crawl’ Dramatized the Need for Americans with Disabilities Act

Jennifer Keelan-Chaffins 8-year-old activist on 1990’s “Capital Crawl”

Jennifer’s Instagram 

the ugly laws - disability in public

Keeping the Backdoor to Eugenics Ajar?: Disability and the Future of Prenatal Screening

In Iceland, almost all diagnosed Down syndrome pregnancies are aborted after prenatal testing. Some bioethics experts are concerned - ABC News

Fake Service Dogs: The Growing Problem and Its Impact

Writer David Radcliff on X, Instagram, and LinkedIn

Dateability Dating App 

From Mask Mandates To Bans: Some Jurisdictions In U.S. Are Doing A 180

CDC & IDSA Covid-19 Variant Update 

What to know about COVID FLiRT variants 

A fun little family tree of Covid-19 variants 

'Emotional support peacock' barred from United Airlines plane

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on people with disabilities and implications for health services research

Resources for Caregivers | HHS.gov

Disability services | USAGov

National Alliance for Caregiving   

Caregiver Action Network 


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