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The official account of the journal Disability & Society - publishing a wide range of perspectives including the voices of disabled people

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Disability&Society@JDisSoc
2 Apr 2025
Disability & Society Special Issue 2026 #CFP — ‘Disability — Are things getting better?’ Closing date 30th July 2025! Please share. Push the boundaries on the most pressing issues of our time #Disability #AI #AssistedLiving #PIP #Global #Inclusion Link think.taylorandfrancis.com/s……
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It is with great sadness I share the news that our dear Founding Editor, Professor Len Barton has died. He will be remembered by all connected with Disability & Society for his towering intellect and campaigning work. And above all, for his friendship, kindness and rich humor.
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The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: is Article 19 being enacted in Queensl...

The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Article 19 (2006) emphasises the right for independent living and community inclusion for people with a disability. Three L...

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Navigating parental involvement in self-managed personal assistance: supporting the self-determin...

This article asks how personal assistants to adults with intellectual disabilities navigate parents’ involvement in self-managed support in ways that prioritise the person’s self-determination. Whe...

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Don't miss our Call for Papers! Special Issue 2026 ‘Disability — Are things getting better?’ Closing date 30/07/25 Please share. Push the boundaries on the most pressing issues of our time #CFP #Disability think.taylorandfrancis.com/s……
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Please note, our Instructions for Authors have been updated. Please take the time to read and follow them as closely as possible, as doing so will ensure your paper matches the journal's requirements Submit to Disability & Society
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Full article is Open Access: Invisible barriers: the educational and social exclusion of children with chronic diseases in Denmark Laura Bjerregaard & Thomas Szulevicz tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…

Invisible barriers: the educational and social exclusion of children with chronic diseases in...

This qualitative study explores the participation conditions of children with chronic diseases within the Danish school system. The research draws on interviews with 10 parents and two school profe...

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Open Access Full article: School-to-work experiences among disabled youths combining upper secondary school and work apprenticeship: a study from Norway Thea Cecilie Tvedalen & Tore Norendal Braathen tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…

School-to-work experiences among disabled youths combining upper secondary school and work appren...

Little is known about the school-to-work transition for young adults with disabilities. This study explored school-to-work experiences among young adults with disabilities in terms of workplace cho...

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Open Access Full article: ‘Nobody wants to hear about our pain’: the emotional silencing and mental health needs of adults with visual impairments in South Africa Meredith Forbes & Heidi Lourens tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…

‘Nobody wants to hear about our pain’: the emotional silencing and mental health needs of adults...

Although literature indicates that disabled people tend to experience greater mental distress, they are less likely to receive mental health care than their non-disabled counterparts. In addition, ...

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Our Instructions for Authors have been updated. Please take the time to read and follow them as closely as possible, as doing so will ensure your paper matches the journal's requirements Submit to Disability & Society
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We discourage Footnotes, Figures, Tables or any items which are inaccessible to screen-readers. Please follow Instructions for Authors carefully.
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The Points of Interest section is intended for lay readers - please avoid technical terms and jargon in this section, find every day plain words.
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Open Access: Restorative practice and young people with special educational needs and disabilities: a scoping study by Thomas Procter-Legg @ProcterLegg tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…

Restorative practice and young people with special educational needs and disabilities: a scoping...

Restorative practice in schools has been seen to aid inclusive networks and the holistic development of young people; however, this scoping study of peer reviewed articles published between 2000 an...

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Open Access: Tourism experiences of people with a spinal cord injury: a photovoice study of the Gold Coast region Dorja Greenwood, Louise Gustafsson, Matthew McShane, Colin Mackereth, Nate Greenfield, Joel Fernandes & Kim Walder @Griffith_Uni tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…

Tourism experiences of people with a spinal cord injury: a photovoice study of the Gold Coast region

Partnering with people with spinal cord injury through participatory research is important to fully understand their tourism experiences and what is required to achieve accessible tourism. The aim ...

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Free access: Optimizing China’s value-added tax preferential policies for employment of people with disabilities Lin Yao, Songxin Lu, Xiangdong Liu & Zhengzong Huang #China #Disability tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…

Optimizing China’s value-added tax preferential policies for employment of people with disabilities

To incentivize enterprises to hire persons with disabilities, the Chinese government has implemented a preferential value-added tax policy through tax adjustments. While this policy has yielded pos...

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Full access: Understanding disability/impairment, inclusively: the case of myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome Joanne Hunt 'inspired by the exhortation of Mike Oliver to record our own histories – lest they be written for us' tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…

Understanding disability/impairment, inclusively: the case of myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic...

Whilst myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) has recently attracted high-profile media coverage, dominant accounts do not tell the whole story of how this group of disabled pe...

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Free article: Prioritising re-employment skills training for people with disabilities Xiangdong Liu, Lin Yao, Wenchu Lai & Zhengzong Huang tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…

Prioritising re-employment skills training for people with disabilities

With China’s rapid socioeconomic transformation, re-employment training for individuals with disabilities has become increasingly crucial yet remains overlooked by policymakers and academics. Persi...

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Disability & Society Special Issue 2026 #CFP — ‘Disability — Are things getting better?’ Close date 30th July 2025. Please share. Push the boundaries on the most pressing issues of our time #AI #Work #AssistedLiving #Welfare #Global #Inclusion #War Link think.taylorandfrancis.com/s……
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Moving towards inclusive lecturers in #highereducation Experiences and perceptions of Italian disabled graduates: Rosa Bellacicco, Gilda Biagiotti, Anabel Moriña & Emanuela M. Torre #Disability #inclusion tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…

Moving towards inclusive lecturers in higher education: experiences and perceptions of Italian...

This paper aims to contribute to the research on the role that lecturers play in facilitating the retention and success of all their students, particularly those with impairments. To this end, a qu...

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