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Society for Disability Studies
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SDS is a lively scholarly association made up of artists, scholars and activists who promote Disability Studies. #DSQArchives #Soc4DisStudies

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Keep an eye out for our posts over the next few weeks. We'll be highlighting content on the SDS, the DSQ, and all of the amazing work that the org has done since its founding in 1980. #AcademicChatter #PhDChat #DisabilitySky #AcademicSky 5/5
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November 27, 2025 at 1:15 AM
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Able to make a donation beyond your yearly dues? Amazing you can do so on our PayPal: paypal.com/donate/?host... 4/5
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November 27, 2025 at 1:15 AM
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How can you take action and get involved with our campaign? Start with our patreon.com/c/Societyfor... 3/5
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November 27, 2025 at 1:15 AM
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What will your donations go towards? 2/5
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November 27, 2025 at 1:15 AM
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This #GivingTuesday the SDS and the Disability Studies Quarterly are trying something new! We hope you join us in supporting authors, artists, activists, and researchers who work in #DisabilityStudies. 1/5
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November 27, 2025 at 1:15 AM
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Holiday break means time to read stuff that has sat in my reading pile for too long! Im so looking forward to Jess Whatcott's Menace to the Future. What have you been reading in #DisStudies lately? #AcademicSky #Disability
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November 26, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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'This issue features four articles that together create a conversation around disability institutions, a topic that remains a major focus of disability scholarship and activism'.
Have you had the chance to visit DSQ's latest issue (4th of the year), published this summer?
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'This issue features four articles that together create a conversation around disability institutions, a topic that remains a major focus of disability scholarship and activism. The first article, by Matilda Chowdhury and Niklas Altermark, will raise eyebrows when readers notice its focus on a Nazi institution that promoted disability inclusion. Amidst the horrors of mass killings and other eugenic abuses against disabled people, Germany's Nazi government also supported Bann K, a special unit of Hitler Youth for physically disabled boys. Although it only existed between 1935 and 1937, the organization sought to transform its disabled members from social burdens to contributing, productive members of the Third Reich. Bann K also promoted disability inclusion and social acceptance within Nazi society, though inclusion was something disabled boys had to earn individually—not collectively—by overcoming disability. In addition to shedding light on a surprising part of Nazi history, this article reveals the historical expanse of disability inclusion as well as its theoretical limitations.' How to Cite: Grushkin, D. A., Brune, J. A. & Nebraska Lynch, R., (2025) “Editors' Introduction”, Disability Studies Quarterly 44(4). doi: https://doi.org/10.18061/dsq.6734
November 22, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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Or come for a book talk from David Serlin on his most recent title, "Window Shopping with Helen Keller: Architecture and Disability in Modern Culture: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... 5/5
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November 16, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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Join Ioana Cerasella Chis and Amanda Apgar for a mentoring discussion on all things to do with conferences on November 24th from 12-1:15 PM Eastern Time. Register at: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... 3/5
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November 16, 2025 at 9:06 PM