Category: Research

A “Eugeric” Institution? New Frameworks in the History of Aging and Disability

Caroline Lieffers on

Disability history often neglects one of the largest demographics of disabled people: the elderly. According to the United Nations, over 46 per cent of people aged 60 and over have disabilities, and the numbers were likely not much different historically (United Nations Department of Social and Economic Affairs, n.d.). Yet the experiences of these elderly… Continue Reading A “Eugeric” Institution? New Frameworks in the History of Aging and Disability

African Disability Studies Comes of Age

Fikru Gebrekidan on

Disability and Social Justice in Kenya: Scholars, Policymakers, and Activists in Conversation. 2022. Edited by Nina Berman and Rebecca Monteleone. Ann Arbor, MI.: University of Michigan Press. Pp. 313, paperback $34.95, ISBN 978-0472055357. In 2014 Leslie Swartz, a South African psychologist and disability scholar wrote: “We may not yet be at a stage where we… Continue Reading African Disability Studies Comes of Age