Exploring Disability Identity and Disability Rights through Narratives

Building on David M. Engel and Frank W. Munger's groundbreaking work analyzing the narratives of people with physical and learning disabilities, this book is based around a series of qualitative interviews of young Canadian adults with physical disabilities. Addressing the theoretical underpinnings and current scholarship on disability identity the book considers the changes to the labour market in a globalized economy in order to understand the marginalization and oppression of people with disabilities. Through a thorough engagement with the narratives Ravi Malhotra and Morgan Rowe propose avenues for inclusive legal reform and ask if we need to reconsider the social model of disablement.

Ravi Malhotra is Associate Professor at the University of Ottawa, Canada. Morgan Rowe, J.D. is a graduate of the University of Ottawa, Canada.

1. Disability Rights, Narratives and Identities: An Overview  2. Methodology  3. Educational Barriers  4. Employment Barriers  5. Transportation Barriers  6. Gendered Expectations, the Body and Identity  7. Toward an Inclusive Society