Should the validity of research on disabilities and the disabled depend on whether the researcher is disabled? Should scholars in disability studies reveal their "disability status"?
The most recent responses appear first
"When I read Leonard Cassuto's column..."
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- --Helen Bishop, Central Midwest District/UUA (posted 4/26, 10:55 a.m., E.D.T.)
"We are at a turning point in history..."
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- --K.B. Hetrick, Friends School in Detroit, Educator (posted 4/19, 11:33 a.m., E.D.T.)
"I think that there is too much of essentialisation in the positions taken..."
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- --Dr. Anita Ghai, Reader, Department of Psychology, Jesus and Mary College, New Delhi, India (posted 4/5, 12:55 p.m., E.D.T.)
"'Whose Field Is It, Anyway?' It's everyone's..."
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- --Oce Harrison, Ed.D., Part-Time Instructor, Area Colleges in Massachusetts (posted 3/31, 4 p.m., E.S.T.)
"Interesting to note how little discussion is given to teaching..."
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- --Unaffiliated (posted 3/31, 10:23 a.m., E.S.T.)
"Absolutely! Who better can discuss disability than the disabled?..."
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- --W. Waisala, Laredo Community College (posted 3/29, 10:10 a.m., E.S.T.)
"I can sense Irv Zola turning in his grave..."
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- --Jeanne Calabro, Doctoral Student in Sociology, Brandeis University (posted 3/29, 10 a.m., E.S.T.)
"As this conversation comes to a momentary pause,..."
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- --David T. Mitchell, President, Society for Disability Studies, Northern Michigan University (posted 3/29, 9:37 a.m., E.S.T.)
"I'm thrilled to see Cassuto's article..."
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- --Susan Gabel, Assist. Prof., University of Michigan (posted 3/22, 1:30 p.m., E.S.T.)
"As a non(visibly) disabled person who is passionately invested in equal rights for any and every human being,..."
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- --Dona Avery, Arizona State Univ. (currently at U of Bristol, England (posted 3/22, 10:32 a.m., E.S.T.)
"Who is empowered to speak within this society? Within academia?..."
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- --Carolyn Tyjewski, BA Black Studies & English, Ohio State University (posted 3/22, 10:04 a.m., E.S.T.)
"David Pfeiffer (posted 3/18) applied the term "handicapism" to the panelist who remarked that..."
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- --Brad Alford, Associate Professor, University of Scranton (posted 3/22, 9:40 a.m., E.S.T.)
"There are a number of excellent issues raised by the back-page column in which Lenny Cassuto..."
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- --Babette Babich, Assoc. Prof., Philosophy, Fordham University (posted 3/22, 9:25 a.m., E.S.T.)
"When 'nexus' is used by one respondent and 'nonsense' by another, we have less a colloquy and more a chat group driven by wildly differing perceptions..."
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- --Jack Belck, Assistant to the Chancellor, University of Nebraska at Omaha (posted 3/19, 5:30 p.m., E.S.T.)
"The notion that you have to be disabled to participate in disability studies is nonsense..."
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- --Morton I. Teicher, Faculty Mentor, Walden University (posted 3/19, 10:05 a.m., E.S.T.)
"I am concerned that my comments about 'transparency' have been misunderstood..."
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- --Mairian Corker, Senior Research Felllow, University of Central Lancashire, UK (posted 3/18, 4:30 p.m., E.S.T.)
"In the March 19, 1999, issue of The Chronicle of Higher Education, Leonard Cassuto..."
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- --David Pfeiffer, Ph.D., Resident Scholar, Center on Disability Studies, University of Hawai`i at Manoa (posted 3/18, 4:05 p.m., E.S.T.)
"Motivation for research by non-disabled scholars falls into two camps I would suggest..."
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- --Dr. A.R.A. Stevens, Principal Lecturer, Anglia Polytechnic University, UK (posted 3/18, 3:08 p.m., E.S.T.)
"Disability affects people in more ways than have been mentioned in this article..."
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- --Veronica van Harn, Coordinator of Disability Services, The Savannah College of Art and Design (posted 3/18, 3 p.m., E.S.T.)
"Disability Studies is robust enough that it benefits from the kind of public discussion forum..."
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- --Rosemarie Garland Thomson, Associate Professor of English, Howard University (posted 3/18, 11 a.m., E.S.T.)
"I read the article by Cassuto with a growing sense of disbelief..."
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- --M.J. Oliver, Professor of Disability Studies, University of Greenwich, London (posted 3/18, 10:25 a.m., E.S.T.)
"The real issue here is not the presence of nondisabled individuals in disability studies programs,..."
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- --John Kraimer, Director of Disability Services, University of Cincinnati - Raymond Walters College (posted 3/17, 4:20 p.m., E.S.T.)
"Mr. Cassuto raises many important issues in his article and I believe that further discussion on this topic is very important..."
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- --Scott T. Morgan, BA, Goddard College; Master's Candidate, Warner Graduate School of Ed., U. of Rochester (posted 3/17, 1:30 p.m., E.S.T.)
"Who said and I'm paraphrasing here --- 'I can't define pornography, but I know it when I see it?'..."
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- --Mary Johnson, Editor, Ragged Edge magazine (posted 3/17, 10:55 a.m., E.S.T.)
"I am troubled by the idea that any particular discipline belongs to,..."
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- -- David A. Young, Ph.D., Counselor, Cerritos College (posted 3/17, 10:45 a.m., E.S.T.)
"Leonard Cassuto's editorial 'Whose Field is it Anyway?' raises questions about the position of disabled and nondisabled people..."
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- -- Simi Linton, Co-director, The Disability Studies Project, Hunter College, New York (posted 3/16, 3:07 p.m., E.S.T.)
"The idea that people with disabilities should be teaching disability studies contradicts the disability movement and the enactment of the ADA..."
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- -- Christine Call (posted 3/16, 2 p.m., E.S.T.)
"I might suggest that these questions be posed to disabled persons themselves;..."
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- -- L. R. Craik, Lighthouse Institute, Yorba Linda, CA (posted 3/16, 9:50 a.m., E.S.T.)
"The essayist's concern with essentialist criteria in disability studies,..."
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- -- Sharon Snyder, Assistant Professor, Northern Michigan University (posted 3/16, 9:30 a.m., E.S.T.)
"I read Leonard Cassuto's recent discussion..."
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- -- David T. Mitchell, President, Society for Disability Studies & Associate Professor of English, Northern Michigan University (posted 3/15, 5:10 p.m., E.S.T.)
"I'll begin by saying that I try to be an ally to some, rather than occupying the position of a person with a disability..."
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- -- Phil Smith, M.Ed., Doctoral Candidate, University of Vermont (posted 3/15, 2:56 p.m., E.S.T.)
"Would anyone seriously argue that those involved in Alzheimer's research must themselves suffer from the disease,..."
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- -- Brad Alford, Associate Professor, University of Scranton (posted 3/15, 11:45 a.m., E.S.T.)
"Writing from a UK perspective, it is not as a whole true to say that disability studies is a variation on the 'minority group' model..."
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- -- Mairian Corker, Senior Research Fellow, University of Central Lancashire, UK (posted 3/15, 11:35 a.m., E.S.T.)
"The notion that a scholar has to occupy the subject position rather than to understand it socially, historically, culturally, and/or analytically..."
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- -- Stuart Peterfreund, Professor and Chair of English, Northeastern University (posted 3/15, 11:06 a.m., E.S.T.)
"This difficulty can be resolved if people who contribute to disability studies nominate whether they..."
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- -- Judy Singer, MS, UTS Sydney (posted 3/15, 9 a.m., E.S.T.)
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