Full Description
This book critically analyses diverse experiences related to disability in India. Drawing upon intersectionality theory, it explores a range of issues regarding everyday experiences of disability in relation to gender, religion, social experiences, and India's neoliberal economy and its built environment. From theoretical to deeply personal, this book discusses themes like invisible disability and identity; women with disabilities in India; bodily frustrations and cultural stigma; emotional stability and self-esteem of children with disabilities; neurodiversity and queerness; and overcoming the barriers. It also emphasizes the impact of the writings of women with disabilities on their personal experiences. The volume discusses perspectives and practices of schooling, curricular transactions, and inclusive education that have evolved for children who are deaf in India.
Conversational and interdisciplinary, this book will be of interest to scholars and practitioners of disability studies, social care, mental health, social psychology, gender studies, social work, and special education.
Contents
Part I: Building theory- 1. Introduction- Sandhya Limaye and Misa Kayama Part II: Reflections of the Experiences of Disability: Emergent Disability Studies Scholarship- 2. Rights or Rehabilitation? Ways of Institutionalizing Disability Studies in India- Nilika Mehrotra 3. Disability, Gender, and the Trajectories of Identity in India- Asha Hans 4. Deaf Education in India: From the Lens of an Academician- Varsha Gathoo 5. Being Whole: Synthesising Identity, Spirituality and Disability- Srilatha Juvva and Prerana Sharma 6. Embodiment, Identity and Design for Disability- Shilpa Das Part III: Reflections of the Experiences of Disability: Disability and Diversity in Practice 7. Little People: Bodily Frustrations and cultural stigma- Nandini Ghosh 8. 'Transitioning self': Psychiatric Diagnosis and its impact- Mahima Nayar 9. Employees with disabilities at workplace: Voice of Persons with disabilities- Mohita 10. Living with Disability: Experiences of Women with Disabilities from Odisha- Sankalpa Satpathy 11. Lived experiences of persons with learning disabilities: Journey from stigmatization to acceptance- Deepali Kapoor Part IV: Personal Narratives- 12. Becoming a Disabled, Multi-lingual, Colonized, Indian Researcher: Dilemmas of Researching Disability and Inclusive Education- Tanushree Sarkar 13. Unsettling Neuro-Queerness: Exploring the Relationships Between Mental Disabilities and Queerness Beyond Intersectionality- Suchaita Tenneti 14. Overcoming the Barriers: Challenging the Challenge- Amitabh Mehrotra Part V: Conclusion- 15. Bourdieu's Field, Habitus, Cultural Contestation, and Disability Studies: Concluding Thoughts on Disability and Diversity in India - Christopher Johnstone
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