The Oxford Handbook of the Sociology of Disability

Robyn Lewis Brown is a quantitative sociologist who specializes in the study of stigma and discrimination among women and people with disabilities. She has also written extensively about differential responses to collective trauma or macro-level stressors including those associated with the Great Recession, the 9/11 attacks and, more recently, the COVID-19 pandemic. She has published more than 50 articles and chapters on these topics and is currently supported by a Switzer Fellowship from NIDILRR. She is an associate professor of sociology at the University of Kentucky, where she also serves as director of the Health, Society, and Populations Program. She is also deputy editor of Society and Mental Health and Sociological Perspectives and serves on the editorial board of several other academic journals including the Journal of Aging and Health, Stigma and Health, and Health Sociology Review. Her work has been featured in international and US-centric mediaoutlets.Michelle Maroto is an associate professor of sociology at the University of Alberta. Her research interests include social stratification, gender and family, race and ethnicity, labor and credit markets, and disability studies. Her recent projects address the many dimensions of wealth inequality, the complicated dynamics behind social class in Canada, and economic outcomes for people with different types of disabilities during the pandemic.David Pettinicchio is associate professor of sociology and affiliated faculty in the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy at the University of Toronto. His research lies at the intersection of politics and inequality, with a focus on disability as global axis of exclusion and marginalization. He published his book, Politics of Empowerment with Stanford University Press and recently edited Volume 28 of Research in Political Sociology (Emerald). He has published in numerous peer-reviewed journals, and his work has alsobeen featured in popular publications including The Washington Post, USA Today, HuffPost, The Globe and Mail, and the Toronto Star.

This book is overall an excellent starting point for research.

• Introduction 1. Introduction: A New Direction in the Sociology of DisabilityRobyn Lewis Brown, Michelle Maroto, and David Pettinicchio Section I: Defining, Measuring, and Understanding Disability Part I. Understanding, Theorizing, and Studying Disability 2. Frameworks, Models, Theories, and Experiences for Understanding DisabilityTom Shakespeare and Nicholas Watson3. Sociological Perspectives on DisabilityLaura Mauldin4. Feminist Perspectives on Disability, Impairment, and AblenessVera Chouinard5. The Able Body and the Pursuit of PowerBill Hughes6. Contextualizing Disability Experiences: Understanding and Measuring How the Environment Influences DisabilityKenzie Latham-Mintus and Sabrina Cordon7. How to Get What You Want to Know and Know What You've Gotten in Research: Measuring Disability Past, Present and FutureSharon N. Barnartt and Barbara M. Altman Part II. Global Perspectives 7. Critical Thinking on Disability and Development in the Global SouthShaun Grech8. Disability, Gender, and Health Care in the Global SouthAizan Sofia Amin9. Disability and Human RightsPaula Campos Pinto Part III. Representations of Disability in Culture and Media 10. Inequality and Day-to-Day Encounters with MediaKate Prendella and Meryl Alper12. Framing Disability in Fashion Jordan Foster13. Intellectual Disability and the Dimensions of Belonging Allison C. Carey Section II: Experiencing Disability across the Life Course Part IV. Disability and the Life Course 14. Disability and Family Care Work Over the Life CourseJ. Dalton Stevens15. Women's Reproductive Trajectories after Spinal Cord Injury: A Life Course Perspective on Acquired DisabilitiesHeather Dillaway, Alymamah Mashrah, Brianna Marzolf, Heather Fritz, Wassim Tarraf, and Cathy Lysack16. Disability and the Transition to Adulthood in the United StatesAnthony R. Bardo and Ashley Vowels Part V. Education 17. Disability in the Transition from K-12 to Higher EducationDara Shifrer18. Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment OutcomesFabricio E. Balcazar and Norma Ramirez19. Disability, Education, and Work in a Global Knowledge EconomySally Tomlinson and Stacy Hewitt Part VI. Work and Economic Wellbeing 20. Relational Inequality and the Structures that DisadvantageMichelle Maroto and David Pettinicchio21. Disability and Precarious WorkLisa Schur and Douglas L. Kruse22. Service-Connected Disability and Poverty Among US VeteransAndrew S. London, Scott D. Landes, and Janet M. Wilmoth23. Cumulative Disadvantage in Employment: Disability over the Life Course and Wealth Inequality in Later LifeKim Shuey and Andrea Willson Part VII. Stigma, Discrimination, and Systems of Inequality 24. Evolving Perspectives on Disability, Stigma, and DiscriminationRobyn Lewis Brown and Evan Batty25. Disclosure, Discrimination, and Identity Among Working Professionals with Bipolar Disorder or Major DepressionMarta Elliott and Jordan C. Reuter26. A Critical Review of Approaches to Erasing the Stigma of Mental IllnessLindsay Sheehan and Patrick W. Corrigan Part VIII. Intersectionality and Inequalities 27. An Intersectional Analysis of Labor Market OutcomesJennifer D. Brooks28. Indigenous Perspectives on DisabilityMinerva Rivas Velarde29. Being LGBTQ+ and Disabled, a Socially Contradicting ExperienceJustine E. Egner Section III: Disability, Politics, and the Law Part IX: Social Policies and Legal Rights 30. An International Perspective on Disability Social PolicySusanne M. Bruyère and Matthew Saleh31. Disability Prevalence, Measurement, and Health in a Global ContextBryan L. Sykes and Justin D. Strong32. Disability Rights and CitizenshipBrian Gran and Anne Bryden Part X: Crime and the Criminal Justice System 33. Social Control, Punishment, and Disability in the United StatesApril D. Fernandes and Victoria Kurdyla34. Disability, Violence, and Prison Nomi Ostrander35. Barriers to Access in the Norwegian Criminal Justice SystemPatrick Kermit and Terje Olsen Part XI: Efforts toward Inclusion 36. Activism, Inclusion, and Social JusticeMichael Prince37. Disability and Social ParticipationCarrie Shandra38. The Disability Rights Movement Richard Scotch and Kara Sutton