Disability studies

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This is an interdisciplinary field that examines disability as a social and cultural phenomenon, and how it intersects with other identities and social locations to produce unique experiences of oppression and marginalization. Disability studies scholars like Rosemarie Garland-Thomson have explored how disability, gender, and sexuality intersect to shape the lives and experiences of disabled people.