Disability Studies in India: Interdisciplinary Perspectives

Book Details:

• Publisher: Springer

• ISBN: 9789811695988

• Language: English

• Binding: Hardcover

• Pages: 332

• Release Date: 2022

About the Book:

This insightful volume explores the state of disability studies, with a specific focus on the Indian context and the broader South Asian landscape. By providing interdisciplinary perspectives, it offers an in-depth examination of the evolution, practices, and challenges of researching and teaching disability studies within higher education institutions and other civil society spaces.

The book addresses a wide range of critical themes, including activism, development policies, pedagogy, spatial and social access, caste and gender representations, and rights-based discourses. The chapters are crafted to stimulate scholarly discourse across a variety of fields such as humanities, education, law, sociology, social work, political science, and disability studies.

Notable contributions include discussions on decolonizing disability studies, representations of autism in India, universal design approaches for public spaces, and the potential of disability studies in enhancing the lives of persons with disabilities. The work also underscores the vital role of academia in advocating for societal change, exploring how institutions like the University of Delhi and NALSAR University have contributed to the field through service, education, and policy-making.

Given its broad scope, this book is an essential resource for anyone interested in understanding the intersection of disability studies with social, political, and educational frameworks in South Asia.