Commentary reveals evolving themes in disability studies and activism, highlighting challenges in higher education and the need for epistemic justice.
This commentary discusses contemporary developments in disability studies, discussed in the context of the key themes emerging during the Centre for Disability Studies Postgraduate Conference, held at the University of Leeds, UK in 2023, the first year of the “post-pandemic era”. Crucial key themes discussed include the current “disability anxious moment” facing us as activists and scholars, Global South perspectives and epistemic justice, higher education’s contradictions regarding disability, and evolving theoretical frameworks and directions for the field.
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