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Articles by Douglas C. Baynton
The Rise of Disability Stigma
Stigmas around disability run so deep that it can be hard to imagine what a society that fully included disabled people would look like. But it may be helpful to look at the way attitudes toward disability have shifted with social and economic change. Until the late nineteenth century, historian Douglas C.
Forbidden Signs
American Culture and the Campaign against Sign Language Douglas C. Baynton Read an excerpt from Chapter Two. Douglas C.
Disability Studies: Foundations & Key Concepts
Disability studies emerged out of the disability civil rights movement in the late twentieth century. Early scholarship distinguishes the medical model of disability, which locates physical and mental impairments in individual bodies, from the social model, which understands the world as disabling people. The social model names both architectural and attitudinal barriers as the cause of disablement.
The Problem with “Public Charge” Rules
In September, the Trump administration announced new rules on identifying legal immigrants as potential “public charges,” making it harder for people to get green cards if they use public benefits like Medicaid. Advocates say this is likely to pose a particular threat to immigrants with disabilities. As the historian Douglas C. Baynton writes, public charge rules have always been a threat to immigrants dismissed as too disabled to be full contributors to the country.
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