WRPR 118: Portraits of Disability and Difference (HC)

This guide offers readings and resources related to disability studies.  Use the tabs on the left to navigate through the guide.

                        Men signing to each other, poster from the British Deaf Association, 1996 (Source: Wellcome Collection, public domain)

The resources here will provide you with academic material for your essay.  When you select and read articles, be aware of the following issues:

• Expertise - What is the author's training?  Has he or she published other material in this subject area?

• Audience - Who are the intended readers?  Is it for the general public or for college students and researchers?

• Discipline Focus - What subject approach does the author take?  Historical, religious, literary?  If literary, is there a special interest in a particular kind of interpretation, such as linguistic, psychoanalytic or gendered?

• Documentation - Is there a bibliography for further reading?  Are there titles there that are new to you?

• Date - If the article was published more than 10 years ago, can you find a more recent point-of-view?