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Facilitated communication, Anna Stubblefield and disability studies
- Author:
- SHERRY Mark
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 31(7), 2016, pp.974-982.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
This article discusses the case of Anna Stubblefield, a US disability studies scholar and Professor of Ethics at Rutgers University who was sentenced to 12 years in prison for sexually assaulting a disabled man. Stubblefield claimed that he consented, using facilitated communication. The article argues that facilitated communication is unscientific and unreliable, and that the support for Stubblefield from some disability studies scholars raises serious ethical concerns. (Publisher abstract)
Disability hate crimes: does anyone really hate disabled people?
- Author:
- SHERRY Mark
- Publisher:
- Ashgate
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 182p.
- Place of publication:
- Aldershot
Disability hate crimes are a global problem. They are often violent and hyper-aggressive, with life-changing effects on victims, and they send consistent messages of intolerance and bigotry. In this book the author shows that disability hate crimes exist, that they have unique characteristics which distinguish them from other hate crimes, and that more effective policies and practices can and must be developed to respond and prevent them. Although disability hate crime from around the globe is discussed, particular focus is on the UK and the USA. The disability movement in the UK has been extremely active in holding public meetings, publishing reports and organising task forces. US disability organisations, by contrast, have been far less intent on raising awareness, although a small number of disability organisations petitioned Congress to pass the Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Act which included disability in hate crime legislation. It has been the UK disability movement, in general, which has publicised disability hate crimes and raised the profile of this issue on the global arena. Nevertheless, the FBI hate crime database is the longest-running and most comprehensive database on disability hate crime in the world, so it deserves detailed attention with regard to identifying patterns in the overall incidence of disability hate crime. This book will help the reader to define hate crimes as well as place disability hate crimes in their wider social context.
Overlaps and contradictions between queer theory and disability studies
- Author:
- SHERRY Mark
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 19(7), December 2004, pp.769-783.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
This paper begins by exploring similarities in the experiences of queers and disabled people, such as familial isolation, high rates of violence, stereotypes and discrimination, and the difficulties associated with passing and coming out. Rejecting pathologisation and politicising access as well as using humor and parody as political tools have been important for both movements. It then considers similarities and differences in Queer Theory and Disability Studies as intellectual disciplines, examining their debt to feminism, opposition to hegemonic normalcy, strategic use of universalist and minority discourses, deconstruction of essentialist identity categories and use of concepts such as performativity.