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The New NNDR Board meets

Once a year the Board meets for a physical meeting. Last week the meeting took place in Copenhagen, where the new board meet for the first time. Many exciting plans are ahead of NNDR. In addition to the meeting, members of the board visited the venue for the…

Ad hominem is a fallacy, but not in disability studies?

Simo Vehmas, Professor of Disability Studies, University of Helsinki, President of NNDR, simo.vehmas@helsinki.fi,  I have been often asked why as a nondisabled person I’m interested in disability. Some ask the question because they assume that interest in disability requires a personal experience…

FAMILY CARE: BROADENING THE RESEARCH AND POLICY AGENDA

David McConnell, PhD, Professor and Director, Family and Disability Studies Initiative, University of Alberta, www.fdsa.ualberta.ca Researchers have focused a great deal of attention on family adjustment and adaptation to children with disabilities. The traditional and still dominant approach to research in this field starts…