Disability in a turbulent era / edited by Katherine Runswick-Cole (chair in education, School of Education, University of Sheffield, UK), Patty Douglas (associate professor of disability studies, Faculty of Education, Queen's University, Canada) and Harriet Cameron (senior lecturer in psychology and education, School of Education, University of Sheffield, UK).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Runswick-Cole, Katherine, editor.

Douglas, Patty, editor.

Cameron, Harriet, editor.

Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.

Series:

In a turbulent era series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

People with disabilities--Social conditions.

People with disabilities.

Discrimination against people with disabilities.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (282 pages)

Place of Publication:

Northampton : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2026.

Summary:

"This book highlights the generative tension arising when disability is approached from a range of critical perspectives. It explores the persistent and tightening grasp of ableism driven by growing uncertainty, instability and inequality. Contributors propose novel approaches for affirming disability, challenging ableism and advancing justice against the increasing normalisation of fascist rhetoric. Drawing from a variety of under-valued epistemologies and ontologies, they outline methodologies from the Global South, decolonial lenses and original intersections. The book highlights a broad spectrum of contexts, including workplace discrimination, housing, the othering of those with energy limiting conditions and the precarity imposed on people who rely on medical technologies. Disability in a Turbulent Era also makes space for hope, advocating for the active disruption of assumptions about who can do what, and who cannot. Presenting powerful critique and practical solutions, this book is an essential resource for scholars and students of disability studies, sociology, psychology and development. Disability educators, activists and care workers will also benefit from its actionable recommendations"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Contents: Introduction to Disability in a Turbulent Era / Harriet Cameron, Patty Douglas and Katherine Runswick-Cole

Part I: Critical Disability Studies' Troubles

1. Fascism taking flight on a disability runway: analyzing Trump's disability degradation in turbulent times / Tanya Titchkosky

2. Re-reading shortness matters in turbulent times / Antonios Ktenidis

3. Outside Knowledge: exploring the excluded spacetime of energy limiting conditions / Catherine Hale

4. Breathing and crises of respiration in turbulent times / Suzanne Glover, Julie Ellis and Kirsty Liddiard

5. People with learning disabilities getting support to rent their own homes / David Abbott, Sam Clark, Becca Cooper, Stephen Lee Hodgkins, Eppie Leishman, Andy Pollin, Deborah Quilgars and Paul Scarrott

6. Employment in times of trouble - supported self-employment as a liberating and transformatory practice / Keith Bates and Harriet Cameron

Part II: Neuroqueer Upheavals

7. Neuroqueering disability studies: tracing a few déjà vus / David Ben Shannon

8. Neurodiversity matters: critical perspectives / Anya Ovcharenko, Rhiannon Lane and Ginny Russell

9. Following neurodiversity: trends and tactics along the quest for better worlds / Margaret F. Gibson

10. Turbulence at the margins: adults at the thresholds of diagnosis in 'neurodevelopmental disorders' / Harriet Cameron

11. Masquerading the landscape: mapping disability geographies through neurodivergent masking / Angelina Vaccaro

Part III: Decolonising And Indigenous Agitations

12. Southern disability studies in times of crises: an intersectional and decolonial approach to disability justice / Xuan Thuy Nguyen

13. The Coloniality of Normality: a meeting on a bus / Elizabeth Arenas Thomas

14. 'Thinking differently': an interview with Claire Johnston about Mťis understandings of autism / Claire Johnston and Patty Douglas

Part IV: Care Disturbances

15. What makes someone care worthy? Fighting care-need-based ableism / Akemi Nishida

16. This is (not) fine: exploring the lives of family carers of adults with learning disabilities in turbulent times / Katherine Runswick-Cole, Chris Hatton, Martina Smith, Francesca Ribenfors and Sara Ryan

17. Collective care in turbulent times: 'it's just people holding each other up in a house that's already collapsing' / Charlie Grosset

18. The matterphorics of dis / political love / Martina Smith

Part V: Affect, Body, Mind, Space And Place Unrest

19. Everyday matters in turbulent times: reflections on everyday harms and everyday kindnesses to build social justice / Sally Robinson and Katherine Runswick-Cole

20. Thinking with and against: generative tensions bridging disability studies and critical rehabilitation studies / Thomas Abrams, Kelly Fritsch and Gail Teachman

21. Worlding Difference in the digital realm: how to create a radically accessible online space in the age of techno-eugenics / Carla Rice Conclusion to Disability in a Turbulent Era / Harriet Cameron, Patty Douglas and Katherine Runswick-Cole.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print record.

ISBN:

9781035347254 (e-book)

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.