40825 - Disability, Work and Economies of Difference

Description

This panel explores a range of experiences, policies, and practices that influence the intersection of disability and economics. Economic outcomes begin to be shaped during childhood, based on neighborhood and family. As one encounters the job market, certain skills and capital are assumed, potentially creating barriers for people with disabilities. Some industries, like fashion, pose particular challenges, both embracing diversity and adhering to narrow standards. Economic policies like social security and work requirements shape opportunities and outcomes for disabled people, as do intersectional identities and positions in other policy systems like the Criminal Justice system. Collectively, this panel offers wide-ranging perspectives on access to employment and economic success for disabled people.

Sub Unit

• Disability and Society

Presider

• Richard K. Scotch, University of Texas at Dallas

Individual Presentations

• The Long-Term Impacts of Neighborhoods on the Economic Outcomes of Children with Disabilities - Pyung Kim, University of California, Santa Barbara

• Governed by Sight: Visual Hegemony and the Politics of Knowledge in Comparative Perspective - Junzhe Gu, University College London

• Under the Influence: How Beauty and Fashion Professionals understand the Role of Social Media Influencers - Jordan Foster, McMaster University; David Nicholas Pettinicchio, University of Toronto

• The Politics of Work Transfer Across Paid-Unpaid Work in Disabled Gig Economy Workers' Lives - Ioana Cerasella Chis, University of Birmingham

• Estimating the Intersecting Labor Market Disadvantage for Justice-Impacted People with Disabilities - Jennifer D. Brooks, Cornell University; Matthew Saleh, Cornell University

Session Organizer

• Allison C. Carey, Shippensburg University