York University’s Critical Disability Studies Graduate Student Association (CDSSA) is happy to welcome you to our annual graduate student journal, Critical Disability Discourse (CDD). CDD is a bilingual, interdisciplinary journal, publishing articles that focus on experiences of disability from a critical perspective.
The journal’s review board consists of over 30 students from York University, the University of Toronto, Laval University, McMaster University, and the University of Cambridge. This past year, we have been working tirelessly on our next issue, reviewing articles submitted from across North America. Our publication ratio is typically 16-25%.
CDD was conceived by, and is managed entirely by, graduate students, under the auspices of the Critical Disability Studies graduate program. Our objective is to create an academic space where graduate students might make valuable contributions to the expanding field of critical disability studies. In an environment where we are pressured by the mandate to publish or perish, and yet are given very few opportunities to compete successfully for space in journals, this journal is meant to facilitate an academic community and to provide a more promising opportunity to gain exposure for their work in the public sphere for people just beginning their careers.
Journal topics share in common a dedication to anti-oppression and social justice. It is the intention of the CDSSA to bring disability-related issues to mainstream scholastic conversations by promoting and publishing arguments that critically assess disabling social conditions. Discourse about disability is arguably not taken seriously enough in mainstream academic circles; without theoretical backing, it is difficult to effect social change. For CDD’s team, therefore, the journal might serve as part of a greater effort to bring disability to the table and to redress physical and attitudinal discrimination.
Announcements
Call For Papers: DEADLINE EXTENDED TO March 1, 2012 |
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The deadline for the call for papers for the 4th edition of Critical Disability Discourse has been extended to March 1, 2012. We are looking forward to your contributions. Please see previous announcement for guidelines for submission. For any further information, do not hesitate to contact the managerial editor, Cat Duchastel at the following email address: cdsj@yorku.ca |
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| Posted: 2012-01-19 | |
Call For Papers: Volume 4 Critical Disability Discourse (CDD) |
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| We are now accepting submissions for our fourth volume. | |
| Posted: 2011-09-12 | More... |
Registration |
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| We invite you to register with the journal for future announcements regarding issue publications, access to our submission process, and opportunities to be involved as a reviewer. Registration is free. | |
| Posted: 2011-07-15 | More... |
Accessibility |
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| Please contact cdsj@yorku.ca if you have any suggestions regarding how to make our issues and website more accessible. | |
| Posted: 2009-11-11 | More... |
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Vol 3 (2011)
Table of Contents
Articles
| IN THE MATTER OF THE FEMALE MIND: AN ANALYSIS OF THE SUPREME COURT OF CANADA’S APPROACH TO WOMEN AND MENTAL HEALTH | |
| Odelia Bay |
| THE HUMAN BOTTOM OF NON-HUMAN THINGS: ON CRITICAL THEORY AND ITS CONTRIBUTIONS TO CRITICAL DISABILITY STUDIES | |
| Madeline Burghardt |
| RACE AND MADNESS: LOCATING THE EXPERIENCES OF RACIALIZED PEOPLE WITH PSYCHIATRIC HISTORIES IN CANADA AND THE UNITED STATES | |
| Nadia Kanani |
| COLLECTIVE IDENTITY, LEARNING, AND THE DEAF RIGHTS MOVEMENT | |
| Susan S. Lee |
| CONSIDERING THE METHODOLOGICAL COMPLEXITIES OF THE INTERVIEW APPROACH WHEN EXPLORING THE WORK OF MOTHERING AND DISABILITY | |
| Maria Lucia Di Placito |
| DEFINING MORE INCLUSIVE SOCIAL POLICIES FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES | |
| Debora Vazquez |
ISSN: 1918-6215