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DISABILITY STUDIES IN INDIA : Interdisciplinary Perspectives Edited by Nilika Mehrotra - Delhi Springer, Distributed By Rawath 2020 - xiii, 318 pages 24 cm.

1. Situating Disability Studies: A Prolegomenon / Nilika Mehrotra;
Part I: Epistomologies and Representations:
2. Decolonising Disability Studies? Developing South Asia-Specific Approaches to Understanding Disability / James Staples;
3. Disorder, Disability, Difference: (Re)presenting Autism in India / Shubhangi Vaidya;
4. Disability and Public Spaces: Universal Design Approaches / Shilpa Das;
5 Ignorance of Disability: Some Epistemological Questions / Anita Ghai;
6. Rethinking Monsters: Teaching Disability Studies Through History and the Humanities / Shilpaa Anand
Part II: Policy and Institutionalisation:
7. Service and Knowledge: The Emergence of Disability Studies Extension / Tanmoy Bhattacharya;
8. Disability Education at Lady Irwin College, University of Delhi / Neerja Sharma;
9. Establishing a Disability Studies Centre in a Law University: Recounting the CDS NALSAR Experience / Amita Dhanda;
10. Mapping Disability Studies Programmes in India: A Case of Hyderabad, Telangana / Nilika Mehrotra and Ritika Gulyani;
11. Disability Social Work Education: Emerging Trajectory in India / Srilatha Juvva;
Part III: Academia—Activism Interface: Enabling Practices:
12. Resisting Dominant Construction of Blindness and the Genesis of Disability Studies in the University of Delhi: A Historical Context / Jagdish Chander;
13. Emancipating the Lives of Persons with Disabilities: Potential for Contributions by Disability Studies / Deepa Sonpal and Vanmala Hiranandani;
14. The Right to Work for Persons with Disability in India: A Critical Disability Theory Perspective / Nimushakavi Vasanthi;
15. ‘Encounters’ with Disabled People: Concerns from Field Work Settings / Mahima Nayar;
16. Examining the Question of Deaf Education within Disability Studies in Delhi, India / Ritika Gulyani;
17. Examining the Experience, Barriers and Enabling Measures for Visually Impaired Visitors in Heritage Sites: A Study in the Indian Context to Enhance Accessibility and Inclusion / Kavita Murugkar, Anurag Kashyap and Abir Mullick.

This book examines the state of art in disability studies, focusing on the Indian context, as well as the broader South Asian situation. It presents interdisciplinary perspectives on the basic idea, evolution, practices and challenges of researching and teaching disability studies at various higher education institutions and in other civil society spaces. The chapters address a range of related themes, including activism, development policies, research, pedagogy, spatial and social access, caste and gender representations and rights-based discourses. Given the scope of its coverage, the book is of interest to scholars and students in area of humanities, education, law, sociology and social work, political science development and disability studies.

ISBN: 9789811695988 (Hard back)

Dewey Class. No.: 362.40954