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Reflecting on Education for Sustainable Development through Two Lenses: Ability Studies and Disability Studies

Wolbring, Gregor; Burke, Brigid - In: Sustainability 5 (2013) 6, pp. 2327-2342

inquiry around the lived reality of disabled people; the other is the lens of ability studies which among others investigates …

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Social Sustainability and Its Indicators through a Disability Studies and an Ability Studies Lens

Wolbring, Gregor; Rybchinski, Theresa - In: Sustainability 5 (2013) 11, pp. 4889-4907

” and “maintenance sustainability” through disability studies and ability studies lenses. We report that disabled people are … disabled people. We showcase the utility of an ability studies lens to further the development and application of the …

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An Analysis of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio +20) Discourse Using an Ability Expectation Lens

Noga, Jacqueline; Wolbring, Gregor - In: Sustainability 5 (2013) 9, pp. 3615-3639

The United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio +20) was hosted in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from June 20–22, 2012, 20 years after the first Earth Summit, with the intention of creating solutions to current global environmental issues. In this paper we present the results of an...

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Expanding Ableism: Taking down the Ghettoization of Impact of Disability Studies Scholars

Wolbring, Gregor - In: Societies 2 (2012) 3, pp. 75-83

This paper highlights the utility of an expanded ableism concept beyond how it is used in disability studies; expanding the concept of ableism so it connects with all aspects of societies and making ableism applicable to many academic fields. It introduces this expanded form of ableism as a new...

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