According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), about 25% of Americans have a disability that impacts major life activities, and the incidence increases to 40% for Americans over the age of 65. Disability studies is an interdisciplinary and intersectional field, involving health care, sociology, gender, race, income, and many other factors.
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This just a small fraction of our books! Search the library catalog for specific topics or titles.
Many books about disability studies are shelved under the call number HV1568, which can be found on floor 1A in Love Library South.
The New Disability History: American perspectives by 
Nothing about Us, Without Us: Disability oppression and empowerment by 
Signs of Resistance: American deaf cultural history, 1900 to World War II by 
What We Have Done: An oral history of the disability rights movement by 
