The Accessible Canada Act describes disability as “any impairment, including a physical, mental, intellectual, cognitive, learning, communication or sensory impairment—or a functional limitation—whether permanent, temporary or episodic in nature, or evident or not, that, in interaction with a barrier, hinders a person’s full and equal participation in society.”
Disabled people make up roughly a fifth of the world’s population. As people with different forms of ascribed impairment or functional limitation, they continue to experience exclusion and disadvantage in all parts of the world because of ableism and an array of disabling attitudes, systems, structures and practices.
This guide provides resources, search tips, and recommendations for accessing information related to topics in disability studies.
The short video on the left from King's College at Western University explains how Disability Studies is about much more than physical barriers, it is about eliminating structural and systemic barriers to accessibility and inclusion.
