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This is a list of academic journals in the field of disability studies. These journals publish scholarly articles, research, and reviews that contribute to the understanding and knowledge of disability studies. [1] Disability & Society; Disability Studies Quarterly; Disability and Rehabilitation; Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology
According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2016 impact factor of 1.160, ranking it 22nd out of 41 journals in the category "Social Issues," 25th out of 40 journals in the category, "Biomedical Social Sciences," and 69th out of 129 journals for the category, "Multidisciplinary Psychology." [3] Death Studies is indexed in: CINAHL
Disability studies in education (DSE) is a field of academic study concerned with education research and practice related to disability.DSE scholars promote an understanding of disability from a social model of disability perspective to "challenge social, medical, and psychological models of disability as they relate to education". [1]
Five years later, the Social Science Association's Section for the Study of Chronic Illness, Impairment, and Disability was renamed the Society for Disability Studies, [10] and its journal Disability Studies Quarterly was the first journal in disability studies. The first US disabilities studies program emerged in 1994 at Syracuse University. [9]
It is a multidisciplinary journal, covering disciplines including psychology, sociology, and anthropology. [1] It was established in 1970 and is published eight times per year by SAGE Publications. It is the official journal of the Center for Psychological Studies of Dying, Death, and Lethal Behavior at Wayne State University.
Research in Developmental Disabilities is a bimonthly peer-reviewed medical journal covering developmental disabilities. It was formed in 1987 by the merger of Analysis and Intervention in Developmental Disabilities and Applied Research in Mental Retardation , which were established in 1981 and 1980, respectively.
1975 – The Education for All Handicapped Children Act, PL 94-142, (renamed the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act in 1990) became law in the U.S., and it declared that disabled children could not be excluded from public school because of their disability, and that school districts were required to provide special services to meet the ...
People with disabilities in the United States are a significant minority group, making up a fifth of the overall population and over half of Americans older than eighty. [1] [2] There is a complex history underlying the U.S. and its relationship with its disabled population, with great progress being made in the last century to improve the livelihood of disabled citizens through legislation ...