The Palgrave Handbook of Disability and Communication

What is it about?

The Palgrave Handbook of Disability and Communication covers a broad spectrum of topics related to how we perceive and understand disability and the language, constructs, constraints and communication behavior that shape disability discourse within society. The essays and original research presented in this volume address important matters of disability identity and intersectionality, broader cultural narratives and representation, institutional constructs and constraints, and points related to disability justice, advocacy, and public policy. In doing so, this book brings together a diverse group of over 40 international scholars to address timely problems and to promote disability justice by interrogating the way people communicate not only to people with disabilities, but also how we communicate about disability, and how people express themselves through their disabled identity.

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Why is it important?

"The Palgrave Handbook of Disability and Communication accomplishes what all handbooks should: it positions itself as the anthology you need to guide your thinking about the intersections of the central areas of study, disability and communication; it offers groundbreaking chapters that are indispensable for further research in the fields; and it does all of this in an accessible, engaging manner. For scholars in disability studies and communication studies, this anthology will be a required resource." -Robert McRuer, Professor of English, George Washington University, and author of Crip Theory (2006) and Crip Time (2018).

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