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The Political and Social Dimensions of Ableism and Its Impact on Everyday Life
Sun, August 9, 10:00 to 11:30am, TBASession Submission Type: Paper Session (90 minute)
Description
This session features cutting-edge and innovative research within the Sociology of Disability. This set of papers focus on the political and social dimensions of ableism.
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Political Conceptualizations of Disability: How American Presidential Speeches Discuss Disability - Evan Tobias Baughman, University of California-Davis; Drew Halfmann, University of California-Davis
"In the last year, it's gotten a lot worse": Barriers to Disability Benefits in 2025 - Matthew Borus, Binghamton University; Katie Savin, California State University Sacramento; Callie Freitag, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Why Do People with Disabilities Move? Disability-Based Inequalities in the Residential Movement of American Householders - Ethan M. Yoo, Rutgers University-New Brunswick
Reproductive intentions by disability status, disability type, and number of disabilities among non-mothers - Elise Meta Fjelstad, Syracuse University
The politics of disability identity in online endometriosis communities - Colleen Kavanagh, Case Western Reserve University