Abstract
Me Before You? The Fault in Our Stars? Chicken Soup for the Soul? Popular culture representations of disability and the disabled community have shown us the dramatic sides of the disability status. How can we better understand disability? Guest star future-Dr. Hillary Steinberg joins us today to talk about the sociology of disability as well as her working in a children’s hospital. We outline the three conceptual models of disability, critique the popular culture and disability porn representations, and untangle labels such as ‘neurodivergent’ and ‘differently abled’. Join us to learn more about a field of sociology that isn’t often talked about!
Keywords
Disability studies, popular culture, charity, sociology of disability
Sources
Follow our guest, Hillary Steinberg, and her work!
- @futuredrhillary (Twitter)
- University of Colorado Boulder profile
- “Distance and acceptance: Identity formation in young adults with chronic health conditions” by Hillary Steinberg
- American Disabilities Act (ADA)
- The three models of sociology of disability are medical, social, and crip politic.
- Feminist, Queer Crip by Alison Kafer
- The Rejected Body: Feminist Philosophical Reflections on Disability by Susan Wendell
- “Barriers to Cross-state Movement for Disabled People and Their Families: A Social Problem” by Brian R. Grossman
- “Becoming Disabled” by Rosemarie Garland-Thmson
- Chicken Soup for the Soul book series
- Disability and Society section of the American Sociological Association
- About the Institutional Review Board
- “People in Places” by Robert Zussman
- The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
- ‘I’m not a thing to be pitied’: the disability backlash against Me Before You
- RJ Mitte of ‘Breaking Bad’ is Busting Stereotypes About Cerebral Palsy
- “Everything’s Gonna Be Okay” TV show
- ‘Everything’s Gonna Be Okay’ Shows Getting Autism Right On TV Is Actually Pretty Simple
- Developmental Disabilities Heighten Risk of Covid Death (NYT)
- Dalton Stevens, graduate student at Syracuse University
- Jennifer Brooks, graduate student at Syracuse University
- Brittney Miles @ Twitter – Sociology of Black Girlhood
- The Private Worlds of Dying Children by Myra Bluebond-Langner
- Feminist disability scholar, Laura Mauldin
- “Race and Disability: From Analogy to Intersectionality” by Angela Frederick and Dara Shifrer
- “Life-Course Transitions Among Adolescents With and Without Disabilities: A Longitudinal Examination of Expectations and Outcomes” by Carrie Shandra
- “The First Sexual Experience Among Adolescent Girls With and Without Disabilities” by Shandra & Chowdhury
- “When Getting a Job Is Mission Impossible” (University of Toronto Magazine) featuring the works of David Pettinicchio and Michelle Lee Maroto
- “Barriers to Economic Security: Disability, Employment, and Asset Disparities in Canada”by Maroto and Pettinicchio
- “‘Like, Pissing Yourself Is Not a Particularly Attractive Quality, Let’s Be Honest’: Learning to Contain through Youth, Adulthood, Disability and Sexuality” by Kristy Liddiard
- The Palgrave Handbook of Disabled Children’s Childhood Studies
- “Oregon becomes the first state to decriminalize small amounts of heroin and other street drugs” (CNN)