The Importance of Disability Research

Why is disability research important? When asked this question I tend to respond by revising it in my head (if not out loud). Why is disability research so important? Why is any research important? I might go on in this vein but my point is that disability research has the potential to improve under...

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Main Author: David Bolt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad Nacional de Colombia 2015-09-01
Series:Revista de la Facultad de Medicina
Online Access:https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/revfacmed/article/view/52718
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spelling doaj-ca4b27d56b8b42909e0650b0971969772020-11-24T23:46:14ZengUniversidad Nacional de ColombiaRevista de la Facultad de Medicina0120-00112357-38482015-09-01633Sup111210.15446/revfacmed.v63n3sup.5271841460The Importance of Disability ResearchDavid BoltWhy is disability research important? When asked this question I tend to respond by revising it in my head (if not out loud). Why is disability research so important? Why is any research important? I might go on in this vein but my point is that disability research has the potential to improve understandings of the most fundamental aspect of the human condition —namely, the diversity of minds and bodies. Whatever our history, geography, class, gender, ethnicity, sexuality, and/or religion, we have, have had, and/or will have a profoundly intimate relationship with disability. It is, after all, via the very diversity of minds and bodies that we are ultimately unified.https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/revfacmed/article/view/52718
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description Why is disability research important? When asked this question I tend to respond by revising it in my head (if not out loud). Why is disability research so important? Why is any research important? I might go on in this vein but my point is that disability research has the potential to improve understandings of the most fundamental aspect of the human condition —namely, the diversity of minds and bodies. Whatever our history, geography, class, gender, ethnicity, sexuality, and/or religion, we have, have had, and/or will have a profoundly intimate relationship with disability. It is, after all, via the very diversity of minds and bodies that we are ultimately unified.
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