The analysis of the representation of disability in literature.
Disability Studies: The interdisciplinary field that studies the social, cultural, and historical dimensions of disability.
Representation: How people with disabilities are portrayed in literature, media, and culture.
Intersectionality: Understanding how disability intersects with other aspects of identity such as race, gender, and socio-economic status.
Ableism: The discrimination and oppression of people with disabilities in society, culture, and literature.
Universal Design: Designing products, environments, and literature that can be used by everyone, regardless of ability.
Crip Theory: The study of disability from a critical and cultural perspective.
Disability Rights: The political and social movement advocating for equal rights and opportunities for people with disabilities.
Medical Model vs: Social Model of Disability - The two dominant models of understanding disability - one emphasizing individual impairment, while the other, societal/structural factors.
Access and Accommodation: Ensuring that people with disabilities have equal access to literature and cultural events.
Narrative Prosthesis: How disability becomes a narrative prop or cliche in literature instead of being recognized as part of human experience.
Neurodiversity: Recognizing and valuing diversity in human cognitive functioning and neurological experiences, including neurodivergent individuals.
Disability and Genre: The portrayal of disability in different forms of literature and how it intersects with genre conventions.
Inspiration Porn: Exploitative, othering use of disability to inspire able-bodied individuals towards overcoming everyday hardships.
Deaf Studies: The study of Deaf culture, language, and history.
Disability and Education: Exploring issues related to disability and education, including inclusive education practices and accessibility in learning environments.
Disability cultural studies: It examines the cultural production and representation of disability in literature, film, and other arts.
Disability memoirs and autobiographies: It explores the disability experience through the first-hand accounts of individuals living with disabilities.
Disability theory and criticism: It investigates how disability is represented in literary texts and explores the cultural and social meanings of disability.
Disability and intersectionality: It explores the intersections between disability and other social identities, such as race, gender, sexuality, and class.
Disability and narrative inquiry: It utilizes narrative inquiry methods to examine how disability is represented in literary texts and how disability is experienced and constructed by individuals.
Disability and trauma studies: It examines the experience of disability through the lens of trauma theory and explores the psychological and emotional impact of disability.
Disability and postcolonial studies: It investigates how disability is represented in postcolonial literature and explores the intersections between disability and colonialism.
Disability and ecocriticism: It examines how disability is represented in ecocritical literature and explores the relationship between disability and the environment.
Disability and queer studies: It explores the intersections between disability and queer identities and examines how disability is represented in LGBTQ literature.
Disability and critical race studies: It investigates the intersections between disability and race and examines how disability is represented in literary texts by writers of color.