Critical Disability Studies

Details of two nominees are provided below. Conveners of the group will rotate annually, with members of the group electing nominees at the corresponding annual meeting beginning 2009.

Conveners will have responsibility for:

• disseminating information amongst the group;
• establishing and maintaining an on-line forum through the TASA web-based facilities;
• identifying available members for conference paper peer review;
• reporting annually to the TASA Executive on group developments and directions;
• making the group’s activities publicly available through an annual reporting process made available on the TASA website; and
• working collaboratively with the TASA Executive to facilitate accessible events, conferences and general information dissemination to its members and the broader public.

Convenor's Contact Details:

Dr Russell Shuttleworth

r.shuttleworth@deakin.edu.au

2009 Annual Report

2010 Annual Report

2011

July 2011 available in Word (48.9kb)  and Pdf (98.4kb)

March 2011 available in Word (48kb) and Pdf (64kb)

2010

March 2010 available in Word (72.0KB) and Pdf (46.8KB)

July 2010 available in Word (44.6KB) and Pdf (70.3KB)

October 2010 available in Word (53.8kb) and Pdf (66.3kb  )

Disability and ability: how young people with impairments make the
transition to adulthood

Dr Nicole M Wedgwood, Dr Russell P Shuttleworth, Prof Gwynnyth M Llewellyn
$285,000

1699    OTHER STUDIES IN HUMAN SOCIETY
Administering Organisation:    The University of Sydney

Project Summary

Compared to their able-bodied peers, 15-29 year olds with disabilities have
an increased risk of negative social, physical and mental health outcomes.
By analysing the life histories of 100 young people with physical
impairments and tracking their development over four years, this project
will explore how to reduce these risks.

Disability in Rural Australia

Prof Barbara Pini, Dr Karen Soldatic, A/Prof Helen Meekosha, Prof Carol
Thomas
$180,000

Primary FoR 1608 SOCIOLOGY

Administering Organisation: Curtin University

Project Summary:

In rural Australia 21.2 per cent of the population has a disability while in
remote areas the number is 22.1 per cent yet rural disabled people are rarely
heard in policy debates. This study, mapping the experiences of disabled
people in non-metropolitan Australia is consequently of critical importance
to government and disability advocacy

Poliitics, Disability and Social Inclusion

Peter Gibilisco, B Bus (Acc) Ph.D. (Melb).

On-line Lecturer in Sociology.

Jansen Newman Institute.

Honorary Fellow University of Melbourne.

http://www.amazon.com/Politics-Disability-Social-Inclusion-different/dp/363929355X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1288146598&sr=1-1

Sex and Disability: Politics, Identity and Access

Edited by Russell Shuttleworth
and Teela Sanders

More information and an order form is available in Word (292kb) and Pdf (33kb)

Contours of Ableism: The Production of Disability and Abledness

Fiona Kumari Campbell

http://www.amazon.com/Contours-Ableism-Production-Disability-Abledness/d
p/0230579280