Beginning with disability: a primer

"While there are many introductions to disability and disability studies, most presume an advanced academic knowledge of a range of subjects. Beginning with Disability is the first introductory primer for disaibility studies aimed at first year students in two- and four-year colleges. This volume of essays across disciplines--including education, sociology, communications, psychology, social sciences, and humanities--features accessible, readable, and relatively short chapters that do not require specialized knowledge.Lennard Davis, along with a team of consulting editors, has compiled a number of blogs, vlogs, and other videos to make the materials more relatable and vivid to students. "Subject to Debate" boxes spotlight short pro and con pieces on controversial subjects that can be debated in class or act as prompts for assignments."--Provided by publisher.

43. Nondisabled Actors in Disabled Roles A. We Wouldn't Accept Actors Blacking Up, So Why Applaud 'Cripping Up'?; B. Able-Bodied Actors in Disabled Roles: Modern-day 'Blacking Up' ... Or Is It?

Part 8: Subject to Debate; 38. Disability and Sexual Objectification A. Longing for the Male Gaze; B. Disabled Women and Sexual Objectification (or the Lack Thereof); 39. Sexual Surrogacy; Disability and Paying for Sex; 40. Prenatal Testing and Abortion; A. The Benefits of Prenatal Testing; B. Disabled U.K. Lawmaker: End Abortion Discrimination Against the Disabled; 41. Assisted Suicide; A. The Danger of Assisted Suicide Laws; B. Assisted Suicide Should Be Legal; 42. Cochlear Implants; A. Infants May Benefit from Advanced Cochlear Implants; B. Understanding Deafness: Not Everyone Wants to be "Fixed."

Part 1: Defining Disability; 1. Introduction; 2. Becoming Disabled; 3. Reassigning Meaning; 4. Disability Rhetoric; 5. A Comparison of Disability With Race, Sex, and Sexual Orientation Statuses; 6. Neurodiversity Rewires Conventional Thinking About Brains; Part 2: Deafness and Deaf Culture; 7. Talking Culture: Deaf People and Disability Studies; 8. Stop Sharing Those Feel-Good Cochlear Implan…