Topic of the Month January: Disability in Focus - Disability Studies

 
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A stair – for not disabled people it is quite functional. However, for wheelchair users a stair is an insuperable barrier. Our everyday life contains a lot of barriers for people with disabilities, also hidden ones. But there is a new field of research that wants to reveal exactly those. Read more in our Topic of the Month January: Disability in Focus – Disability Studies.

Is this cafe accessible? Why isn´t this movie subtitled? These are questions disabled people deal with. But only the fewest know about their worries and hardships. Disability Studies are supposed to change that.
- New Thoughts Concerning Disability – Disability Studies

You aren´t normal at all! A sentence maybe everybody has already heard or said once. But what does it mean actually? REHCARE.de spoke to Anne Waldschmidt, professor for Disability Studies at the University of Cologne, about astonished students, teaching topics and stereotyped thinking.
- Disability Studies: „Germany is not Yet Ready for That“

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