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The World Institute on Disability (WID) is updating its 97/98 survey of national and international Disability Studies programs.Ê Please send any leads you might have to devva@wid.org.
What Types of Programs We Want to Know About
In 1998 the World Institute on Disability (WID) assembled a report identifying colleges and universities that offer Disability Studies programs as part of their curriculum.Ê In this context "program" means a core group of courses or an official degree program at the undergraduate, Master's or Ph.D. level.Ê
The Disability Studies report includes programs that look at disability from a social policy and political practices perspective -- that is -- programs that emphasize the social aspects rather than the physical or psychological aspects of disability. WID wants information on any programs that explore the various definitions and conceptual models of disability; the history of people with disabilities; the public, legal and social policies which affect people with disabilities; the civil rights movement of people with disabilities and the resultant legislation barring discrimination; etc.
This project is not looking for programs that train medical, clinical, or technical staff working in the traditional medical model of disability (where the problem is defined in terms of an Impairment and where a medical professional intervenes to correct the problem). The report does not include any campuses offering only one or two courses in Disability Studies.
Programs listed in the 1998 report are:
á Georgetown University - Health Policy Research Fellowship Program in Disability and Medical Rehabilitation
á Northern Arizona University - Interdisciplinary Graduate Certificate in Disability Studies
á Suffolk University - Master of Public Administration/Disability Studies
á University of Hawaii, Manoa - Hawaii University Affiliated Program on Disabilities
á London University - Institute of Child Health
á University of Illinois at Chicago - Department of Disability and Human Development
á University of Maine, Orono - Interdisciplinary Disability Studies
á University of Manitoba - Canadian Centre on Disability Studies
á Syracuse University - Disability Studies Concentration
á University of Leeds - Disability Research Unit
á Temple University - Institute on Disabilities/University Affiliated Program
á University of New Hampshire - General Special Education Program
á Boston University - N. Neal Pike Institute on Law and Disability
á UCLA - UCLA Affiliated Program, Neuropsychiatric Institute