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MISSION STATEMENT The Society for Disability Studies (SDS) is an international non-profit organization that promotes the exploration of disability through research, artistic production, and teaching. Disability Studies encourages perspectives that place disability in social, cultural, and political contexts. Through its work SDS seeks to augment understanding of disability in all cultures and historical periods, to promote greater awareness of the experiences of disabled people, and to contribute to social change. SCHOLARLY JOURNAL SDS members receive '', theme sections, essays, reviews, and literary content. Subscriptions are available to non-SDS members at: http://www.dsq-sds.org/subscriptions.html. HISTORY Founded in 1982 as the Section for the Study of Chronic Illness, Impairment, and Disability (SSCIID), the organization was renamed the Society for Disability Studies in 1986. The Society maintains affiliation status with the Western Social Science Association (WSSA) through its Chronic Disease and Disability Section. SDS currently has several hundred members from the United States and other countries. FOUNDERS Daryl Evans, Ph.D. Department of Sociology University Of Kansas Lawrence, KS 66045 Steve Hey, Ph.D. Department of Sociology Willamette University Salem, OR 97301 Gary Kiger, Ph.D. Department of Sociology Utah State University Logan, UT 84322-0730 John Seidel, Ph.D. P.O. Box 2070 Amherst, MA 01004 Irving Zola , Ph.D. (1935-1994) GUIDELINES FOR DISABILITY STUDIES The Society for Disability Studies (SDS) invites scholars from a variety of disciplines to bring their talents and concerns to the study of disability as a key aspect of human experience on a par with race, class, gender, sex, and sexual orientation. As a group of committed activists, academics, artists, practitioners, and various combinations of these, we believe that the study of disability has important political, social, and economic import for society as a whole, including both disabled and non-disabled people. Not only can this work help elevate the place of disabled people within society, but it can also add valuable perspective on a broad range of ideas, issues, and policies beyond the disability community, and beyond the study of service provision or the training of providers. Accordingly, SDS offers the following working guidelines for any program that describes itself as “ Disability Studies ”:
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