RDS Volume 11, No. 2

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    Review of Disability Studies: An International Journal Volume 11 Issue 2
    (University of Hawaii at Manoa -- Center on Disability Studies, 2015)
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    Disability Studies Dissertation Abtracts
    (University of Hawaii at Manoa -- Center on Disability Studies, 2015) Erlen, Jonathon
    These are selected dissertation abstracts for Volume 11, Issue 2.
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    The 1994-1995 National Health Interview Survey on Disability (NHIS-D): A Bibliography of 20 Years of Research
    (University of Hawaii at Manoa -- Center on Disability Studies, 2015) Ward, Brian W. ; Ridolfo, Heather ; Creamer, Lauren ; Gray, Caroline
    The 1994-1995 National Health Interview Survey on Disability (NHIS-D) has been one of the most unique and important data sources for studying disability, impairment, and health in the United States. In celebration of the NHIS-D’s twenty-year anniversary, we created an extensive bibliography (n=212) of research that has used these data.
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    Book Review: Autism: A Social and Medical History
    (University of Hawaii at Manoa -- Center on Disability Studies, 2015) Romoser, Mark
    Author: Mitzi Waltz Reviewer: Mark Romoser Publisher: New York: Palgrave Macmillan, www.palgrave.com, 2013. Hardcover: ISBN 978-0-230-52750-8 Cost: $85.00, 188 pages
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    Book Review: Accessible Citizenships: Disability, Nation, and the Cultural Politics of Greater Mexico
    (University of Hawaii at Manoa -- Center on Disability Studies, 2015) McDonald, Donna
    Author: Julie Averil Minich Reviewer: Donna McDonald, Ph.D. Publication Data: Philadelphia, PA: Temple University Press, 2014 Softcover: ISBN: 978-1-4399-1070-2; also available as an e-book Cost: $26.95, 240 pages
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    Book review: Ed Roberts: Father of Disability Rights
    (University of Hawaii at Manoa -- Center on Disability Studies, 2015) Brown, Steven E.
    Author: Diana Pastora Carson; Drawings by Patrick Wm. Connally Reviewer: Steven E. Brown, Ph.D. Publisher: Indianapolis, IN: Dog Ear Publishing 2013 Paperback: ISBN: 978-1-4575-1952-9 Cost: $14.95, 30 pages
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    Not Just Academic: How Sociologists and Anthropologists Promoted Inclusion in the Community for Individuals with Disabilities
    (University of Hawaii at Manoa -- Center on Disability Studies, 2015) Birenbaum, Arnold
    "Until the 1970s, the practice of placing people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) in large and isolated settings was regarded as both humane and legally correct. Then, some community-based voluntary associations sought legal redress for patterns of abuse, neglect and deprivation in such facilities. A noted challenge to keeping individuals with IDD in state schools is found in Halderman v. Pennhurst State School & Hospital, 446 F.Supp. 1295 (E.D. Pa., 1977). This litigation encouraged the development of new community options and the close of facilities in a number of states."
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    The Big Bang Theory: Mad Geniuses and the Freak Show of Higher Education
    (University of Hawaii at Manoa -- Center on Disability Studies, 2015) Harbour, Wendy
    This essay discusses the television comedy series The Big Bang Theory. Through lead characters including physicist Sheldon Cooper, the series portrays higher education as a metaphorical freak show, and academics as geeky mad genius freaks. Implications for constructions of disability in higher education are discussed, with recommendations for future research.
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    The Discourse on Autism
    (University of Hawaii at Manoa -- Center on Disability Studies, 2015) Mullen, Gary
    The notion that autism is fundamentally a neurobiological impairment that can be treated, cured or overcome through strategies that enable successful social adaptation is becoming imbedded in popular narratives of autism, such as the life story of Temple Grandin as recounted by Oliver Sacks. This notion compromises the autonomy and flourishing of autistic persons by placing the adaptive burden largely upon autistic persons rather than institutions. Drawing on the work of Ian Hacking and Michel Foucault, I argue that we should give this popular conception an axial shift and consider the ways in which our contemporary institutions, practices and assumptions about normality are implicated in the creation of autism as a diagnostic category and the confinement of autistic persons within the inflexible norms of extant educational and public welfare practices. Understanding the social and cultural contingency of autism permits a more experimental approach toward institutions that can accommodate and be shaped by the diversity of modes of mental processing, communication and socialization that autism presents.
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    “We Are Authors”: A Qualitative Analysis of Deaf Students’ Writing During One Year of Strategic and Interactive Writing Instruction (SIWI)
    (University of Hawaii at Manoa -- Center on Disability Studies, 2015) Dostal, Hannah
    This article expands on prior Strategic and Interactive Writing Instruction (SIWI) research by examining students' development as writers. Findings from a qualitative analysis of the writing development of 20 middle-school deaf and hard of hearing students over one year of instruction is reported. Implications and future directions are discussed.