In spring 2020, the world changed from the Coronavirus pandemic. My wife and I have been mostly staying at home since then. We've spent a lot of time on social media, communicating with our friends and family. And I've been working on a book about Disability Culture. It includes poetry, mostly my own; and many examples of what other people are doing to contribute to and celebrate Disability Culture. This chapter from the book draft is called Disability Culture 20/20 and is about disability culture activists during this pandemic.
Provides a notice of upcoming conference events of interest to practitioners and researchers.
Author: Pieter Verstraete Reviewer: Steven E. Brown, Ph.D. Publisher: Opladen, Germany: Barbara Budrich Publishers, 2012 Paperback: ISBN: 978-3-8474-0223-3 Cost: Paperback: $24.65 on Amazon , 133 pages
Editor: Phil Smith Reviewer: Steven E. Brown, PhD Publisher: New York: Peter Lang, 2013 Paperback: ISBN: 978-1-4331-1451-9 Cost: $40.95 , 277 pages
Author: Diana Pastora Carson; Drawings by Patrick Wm. Connally Reviewer: Steven E. Brown, Ph.D. Publisher: Indianapolis, IN: Dog Ear Publishing 2013 Paperback: ISBN: 978-1-4575-1952-9 Cost: $ 14.95 , 30 pages
A reflection on the life of David Pfeiffer, why the Center on Disability Studies decided to begin this journal, and what we hope to achieve with it, leading into a forum about disability culture.
This article begins with a personal, pre-Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) story of employment discrimination and how from it I became involved with the Disability Rights Movement. The narrative then moves into my finding, exploring and discussing the importance of Disability Culture. Finally, thoughts are shared about the intersection of Disability Culture with the ADA.
Author: Rod Michalko Reviewer: Steven E. Brown Publisher: Temple University Press, 2002 Paper, 2003 ISBN: 1-56639-934-3 Cloth, 2003 ISBN: 1-56639-933-5 Cost: Paperback - $22.95 USD; Hardcover - $59.50 USD
Title: Shakin’ All Over: Popular Music and Disability Author: George McKay Reviewer: Steven E. Brown, PhD Publisher: Ann Arbor: Michigan, 2013. In Corporealities: Discourses of Disability series. Editors, David T. Mitchell and Sharon L. Snyder. Paperback: ISBN: 978-0-472-05209-7 Cost: Paperback: $37.50 , 230 pages (also available in hardback and e-book)
Artist: Peter Leidy Reviewer: Steven E. Brown Cost: $12.00, USD Contact: peterleidy@yahoo.com 610 Miller Ave Madison, WI 53704 Website: http://www.peterleidy.com
In the early 1990s, on a panel at a Society for Disability Studies annual meeting and trying to model in some way the AIDS quilt, I shared a few names and a couple of stories of friends who had passed on. Afterwards, people shared some of their own names and stories...
Publisher: Ryerson RBC Institute for Disability Studies Research and Education, Ryerson University (Toronto), April 2004 Reviewer: Steven E. Brown For more information, see www.ryerson.ca/ds
Author: Stephen Kuusisto Reviewer: Steven E. Brown Publisher: W. W. Norton, 2006 Cloth, ISBN: 0-393-05892-1, 244 pages Cost: $23.95 USD
Author: Kaite O’Reilly, Ed. Reviewer: Steven E. Brown Publisher: Arts & Disability Ireland, 2007. Paper, ISBN: 978-0955474903, 159 pages Cost: $20.00
Author: Greg Smith Reviewer: Steven E. Brown Publisher: On a Roll Communications, 2005 Paper, ISBN 0-9767111-0-9, 279 pages Cost: $19.95 USD
Author: Robert Rudney Reviewer: Steven E. Brown, Ph.D. Publisher: Port Charlotte, FL: Booklocker.com, 2012 Paperback: ISBN: 978-1-61434-962-4 Cost: Paperback: $29.95 , 270 pages; E-book: $8.99
Author: G. Thomas Couser Reviewer: Steven Brown Publisher: (Ithaca: Cornell, 2004). Cost: Paperback - $19.95; Hardcover - $47.50 Paper, 2003 ISBN: 0-8014-8863-X $19.95s Cloth, 2003 ISBN: 0-8014-4185-4 $47.50x
Author: Simi Linton. Reviewer: Steven E. Brown Publisher: The University of Michigan Press, 2006 Cloth, ISBN: 0-472-11539-1, 246 pages Cost: $25.95 USD
Authors: Karen Myers and Felicia Ferlin (Eds.) Reviewer: Steven E. Brown Publisher: Ostego, MI: PageFree, 2006. Paper, ISBN – 1-58961-509-3, 220 pages Cost: $14.95 USD