Disabilities Division Fall 2011 
Disabilities Division 
Society for the Study of Social Problems 
Statement from the Chair 
Laura Lorenz 
Renewing your SSSP membership soon? There is now an opportunity to make contributions 
to the SSSP accommodations fund, to help pay for accommodations for participants with 
disabilities at the annual meetings. Look for this new way to contribute to accessibility on 
the on-line renewal system. 
Dear Friends and Colleagues, 
The Fall is flying by, and it is time to start 
thinking about papers to submit for next 
yearÕs annual meeting! Our members have 
developed an interesting range of panels 
for next year, including roundtable session 
to allow scholars whose work may not fit 
into one of the panels to have an 
opportunity to present. Please see page 11 
for our detailed call for papers. Thank you 
to everyone who helped to develop the call 
for papers. 
We seek a co-chair to replace Jeremy 
Brunson (Val LeiterÕs previous co-chair) as 
he unfortunately had to resign mid-way 
through his two-year term. Please 
consider nominating yourself; alternately, 
send me suggestions of colleagues who 
might be good candidates, and I will reach 
out to them directly. Being a SSSP 
Disabilities Division co-chair is a great 
opportunity for professional service. You 
will share the work with me, your co-chair, 
and the responsibilities are not too 
onerous. The position provides 
opportunities to get connected with SSSP 
colleagues and leadership, oversee the 
graduate student paper award, and help 
support the field of disabilities research, 
practice, and policy. The upcoming term will 
run from 2012-2014. If you have any 
questions about running, please e-mail me at 
llorenz@brandeis.edu. I look forward to 
working collaboratively with whoever is 
elected! 
We have some interesting news items in this 
issue --please check out the new White House 
disability blogs, among other news. 
Good luck with the rest of the semester, and I 
hope that you all enjoy a well-deserved mid-
semester break. Please join me in thanking 
Laura Mauldin for taking on the role of 
division newsletter editor! 
Best, 
Laura Lorenz 
Disabilities Division Fall 2011 
Disabilities Division 
Society for the Study of Social Problems 
Statement from the Chair 
Laura Lorenz 
Renewing your SSSP membership soon? There is now an opportunity to make contributions 
to the SSSP accommodations fund, to help pay for accommodations for participants with 
disabilities at the annual meetings. Look for this new way to contribute to accessibility on 
the on-line renewal system. 
Dear Friends and Colleagues, 
The Fall is flying by, and it is time to start 
thinking about papers to submit for next 
yearÕs annual meeting! Our members have 
developed an interesting range of panels 
for next year, including roundtable session 
to allow scholars whose work may not fit 
into one of the panels to have an 
opportunity to present. Please see page 11 
for our detailed call for papers. Thank you 
to everyone who helped to develop the call 
for papers. 
We seek a co-chair to replace Jeremy 
Brunson (Val LeiterÕs previous co-chair) as 
he unfortunately had to resign mid-way 
through his two-year term. Please 
consider nominating yourself; alternately, 
send me suggestions of colleagues who 
might be good candidates, and I will reach 
out to them directly. Being a SSSP 
Disabilities Division co-chair is a great 
opportunity for professional service. You 
will share the work with me, your co-chair, 
and the responsibilities are not too 
onerous. The position provides 
opportunities to get connected with SSSP 
colleagues and leadership, oversee the 
graduate student paper award, and help 
support the field of disabilities research, 
practice, and policy. The upcoming term will 
run from 2012-2014. If you have any 
questions about running, please e-mail me at 
llorenz@brandeis.edu. I look forward to 
working collaboratively with whoever is 
elected! 
We have some interesting news items in this 
issue --please check out the new White House 
disability blogs, among other news. 
Good luck with the rest of the semester, and I 
hope that you all enjoy a well-deserved mid-
semester break. Please join me in thanking 
Laura Mauldin for taking on the role of 
division newsletter editor! 
Best, 
Laura Lorenz 

Disabilities Division Fall 2011 Fall 2011 
Stay in the Know! 
Follow the White House Blog on Disabilities 
Stay in the Know: Follow the White House disability 
blog!blog blo 
We encourage you to follow our various disability-related blog posts at 
WhiteHouse.gov/blog/issues/disabilities, where you can keep up with what the 
Administration is doing for Americans with disabilities. 
Some recent posts are below and include blogs from: 
¥ 
Kareem Dale (Special Assistant to the President for Disability Policy) 
¥ 
Michael Strautmanis (Deputy Assistant to the President and Counselor for 
Strategic Engagement to the Senior Advisor) 
¥ 
Richard Devylder (Senior Advisor for Accessible Transportation at the U.S. 
Department of Transportation) 
¥ 
Marcie Roth (Director, Office of Disability Integration and Coordination at 
the Federal Emergency Management Agency) 
¥ 
Kathy Martinez (Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Department of LaborÕs Office 
of Disability Employment Policy) 
¥ 
Sue Swenson (Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Office on Special Education 
and Rehabilitative Services in the Department of Education) 
¥ 
Alexa Posny (Assistant Secretary for Special Education and Rehabilitative 
Services at the U.S. Department of Education). 
If youÕd like to be added to the White House disability distribution list, email us at 
disability@who.eop.gov. 
Have you been to a conference lately? 
Did you or anyone else present a disability-themed paper? 
If so, we invite you to be our conference paper scouts and let 
us know! Send us the title and presenter and the name of the 
conference and we can share this with the division. 
Laura.mauldin@gmail.com //OR// Llorenz@brandeis.edu 


Race, Ethnicity and Disabilities: State of the Science Conference will be held 
next year in Arlington, Virginia on March 1-2, 2012. Registration and poster 
submission forms can be found at the link below. 
Note the important deadlines associated with the conference: 
¥The deadline to submit a poster abstract is December 15, 2011. 
¥The deadline for early registration is December 15, 2011. 
¥The final deadline to register is February 8, 2012. 
¥The deadline to book the hotel at a discount rate is February 8, 2012. 
CHECK IT OUT AT: http://www.vcu-projectempowerment.org/ 
SAVE THE DATE 
Upcoming Conference: 
Race, Ethnicity & Disabilities 
Recent Conference Presentations of Interest to 
Section Members 
The annual meeting of the Society for Social Studies of Science (4S) was held 
in Cleveland, OH on November 2-5th . Here is a brief selection of the 
disability themed papers. See www.4sonline.org to contact presenters for 
their papers and/or to view more titles. 
--Rethinking Disability/Rethinking the Social: From Models to Concepts by 
Michale Schillmeier (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich) 
--Past Fox & Limbaugh: Disability in Stem Cell Research by Emily 
Laurel Smith (University of Minnesota) 
--Human Hardware: When Artificial Legs Become Legitimate Body 
Parts by Cynthia Schairer (University of California, San Diego) 
Race, Ethnicity and Disabilities: State of the Science Conference will be held 
next year in Arlington, Virginia on March 1-2, 2012. Registration and poster 
submission forms can be found at the link below. 
Note the important deadlines associated with the conference: 
¥The deadline to submit a poster abstract is December 15, 2011. 
¥The deadline for early registration is December 15, 2011. 
¥The final deadline to register is February 8, 2012. 
¥The deadline to book the hotel at a discount rate is February 8, 2012. 
CHECK IT OUT AT: http://www.vcu-projectempowerment.org/ 
SAVE THE DATE 
Upcoming Conference: 
Race, Ethnicity & Disabilities 
Recent Conference Presentations of Interest to 
Section Members 
The annual meeting of the Society for Social Studies of Science (4S) was held 
in Cleveland, OH on November 2-5th . Here is a brief selection of the 
disability themed papers. See www.4sonline.org to contact presenters for 
their papers and/or to view more titles. 
--Rethinking Disability/Rethinking the Social: From Models to Concepts by 
Michale Schillmeier (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich) 
--Past Fox & Limbaugh: Disability in Stem Cell Research by Emily 
Laurel Smith (University of Minnesota) 
--Human Hardware: When Artificial Legs Become Legitimate Body 
Parts by Cynthia Schairer (University of California, San Diego) 

Disabilities Division Fall 2011 Fall 2011 
Call for Papers 
Graduate Student Paper Award 
Deadline: May 1, 2012 
The Disabilities Division is pleased to announce its 2012 Graduate Student Paper 
Competition. Papers may be empirical or theoretical, may concern any social aspect of 
disability, and should not exceed 30 double-spaced pages. They should be prepared for 
anonymous review. Current graduate students and recent graduates (who received their 
degrees after December 2011) may submit a paper if it was written while still a student. Coauthored 
papers are acceptable as long as all the listed authors are current graduate students. 
Double submission to other SSSP award competitions will be disqualified. The award 
recipient will be required to present the winning paper at the 2012 SSSP Annual Meeting in 
Denver. Thus it is strongly recommended that an abstract of the paper be submitted to a 
Disabilities Division session by the January 31st deadline. The recipient will receive a 
monetary prize of $100, student membership in SSSP, SSSP conference registration, and a 
ticket to the SSSP awards banquet. Send an electronic copy of the paper (in Word format) 
and a cover letter identifying your graduate program to: Laura Lorenz at 
llorenz@brandeis.edu. 
Money for Students!! 
Check it out! The latest issue of 
DISABILITY STUDIES 
QUARTERLY 
features articles by division 
members. 
Visit DSQ online at: 
http://dsq-sds.org/ 
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House Internship 
Program! 
White House Interns work in one of 
sixteen White House departments 
where they conduct research, manage 
incoming inquiries, attend meetings, 
write memos and staff events. To learn 
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Disabilities Division Fall 2011 
Call for Papers/Proposals 
Society for Disability Studies 
25th Annual Conference 
Denver, CO June 20-23, 2012 
Collaborations, Cultures, and Communities 
Submission system will open November 1, 2011 at www.disstudies.org --Deadline for 
submissions: December 1, 2011. The complete call and instructions can also be found at 
www.disstudies.org 
The terms collaborations, cultures, and communities express many meanings on many 
different levels, ranging from the most intimate personal and familial relations to the 
broadest global and virtual arrangements. With this year's theme, we seek to challenge 
potential presenters to explore the rich and varied ways in which people with disabilities are 
shaped by and in turn form their own collaborations, communities, and cultures. At the 
same time, we must also be mindful of the ways in which the larger, nondisabled population 
has --through common, dominant cultures and collaborations of power --worked both to 
exclude and to include disabled people in community and cultural formation and 
development. In addition, we hope presenters will explore the ways in which disabled people 
themselves have sometimes restricted access to their own communities and cultures and 
worked to form limited collaborations with one another. We believe that this is a time for 
members of SDS to consider the many ways in which we might strengthen our communities 
and express our dynamic cultures by recognizing not only our many commonalities, but also 
our tremendous and incredibly valuable diversity. Our hope is that this year's theme will 
encourage members to foster spaces that value diverse expressions and analyses of class, 
race, gender, sexuality, sub-culture and national status within SDS and the broader 
communities of people with disabilities. 
For more information, contact Allison Carey at accare@ship.edu<mailto:accare@ship.edu> 
or Michael Rembis at mrembis@gmail.com<mailto:mrembis@gmail.com> . 
HOT OFF THE PRESS! 
Recommended Reading: 
The Caring Self: The Work Experiences of Home Care Aides 
by Clare L. Stacey 
Disabilities Division Fall 2011 
Call for Papers/Proposals 
Society for Disability Studies 
25th Annual Conference 
Denver, CO June 20-23, 2012 
Collaborations, Cultures, and Communities 
Submission system will open November 1, 2011 at www.disstudies.org --Deadline for 
submissions: December 1, 2011. The complete call and instructions can also be found at 
www.disstudies.org 
The terms collaborations, cultures, and communities express many meanings on many 
different levels, ranging from the most intimate personal and familial relations to the 
broadest global and virtual arrangements. With this year's theme, we seek to challenge 
potential presenters to explore the rich and varied ways in which people with disabilities are 
shaped by and in turn form their own collaborations, communities, and cultures. At the 
same time, we must also be mindful of the ways in which the larger, nondisabled population 
has --through common, dominant cultures and collaborations of power --worked both to 
exclude and to include disabled people in community and cultural formation and 
development. In addition, we hope presenters will explore the ways in which disabled people 
themselves have sometimes restricted access to their own communities and cultures and 
worked to form limited collaborations with one another. We believe that this is a time for 
members of SDS to consider the many ways in which we might strengthen our communities 
and express our dynamic cultures by recognizing not only our many commonalities, but also 
our tremendous and incredibly valuable diversity. Our hope is that this year's theme will 
encourage members to foster spaces that value diverse expressions and analyses of class, 
race, gender, sexuality, sub-culture and national status within SDS and the broader 
communities of people with disabilities. 
For more information, contact Allison Carey at accare@ship.edu<mailto:accare@ship.edu> 
or Michael Rembis at mrembis@gmail.com<mailto:mrembis@gmail.com> . 
HOT OFF THE PRESS! 
Recommended Reading: 
The Caring Self: The Work Experiences of Home Care Aides 
by Clare L. Stacey 

Disabilities Division Fall 2011 Fall 2011 

CALL FOR PROPOSALS 


12th Annual Second City International Conference on 

Disability Studies in Education 

Friday, May 25th - Sunday 27th May, 2011 
Hunter College, City University of New York. 



Over the past eleven conferences, Disability Studies in Education (DSE) has emerged to 
grapple with important issues that include: its dissatisfaction with the self-imposed limitations 
within the field of special education research and practice; the need to articulate our standpoint as 
a discipline that provides a reframing of disability from an individual deficit to one primarily 
viewed as the result of inflexible social systems; its relevance in terms of practical application to 
the lives of teachers and children; disability and law; a focus on individual and family 
experiences and perspectives; the need to cultivate academic and political alliances, and, the 
perpetual challenges of increasing access to all aspects of society for people with disabilities. 
While engaged in this work to date we have, perhaps rightly so, largely focused on K-12 
education in schools and teacher education programs. 

The purpose of our 12th international conference is to focus upon the growth of disability 
studies in education (DSE) in K-12 classrooms and 
beyond. By adding the focus of Òlife after 
school,Ó we seek to extend and build upon our focus of K-12 classrooms while also 
contemplating how DSE is pertinent to, and can be used throughout life of individuals with 
disabilities.We encourage submissions related to theory, research, pedagogy, policy, and practice 
that may include, but are not limited to inquiry into: 

¥ 
K-12 classroom settings 
¥ 
Teacher education 
¥ 
Schools as organizations 
¥ 
Continuing education college programs for students with disabilities 
¥ 
Issues of accessibility in college 
¥ 
Community services including independent and assisted living 
¥ 
Issues of accessibility in the workplace 
¥ 
Social and recreational services/opportunities for people with disabilities 
¥ 
Rights and responsibilities 
¥ 
Self-advocacy groups 
¥ 
Self-governance 
¥ 
Professionals who work with people with disabilities 
¥ 
Rehabilitation 
¥ 
VeteranÕs issues 
¥ 
Legislation and litigation around disability 
¥ 
Representations of disability throughout the media 
For more information and the full CFP visit the following link: 

http://aera.net/Default.aspx?menu_id=162&id=1288 


Disabilities Division Fall 2011 Fall 2011 
Tenure-Track Assistant Professor Position 
in Sociology/Criminology 
Department of Sociology 
Gallaudet University 
Job Number: UF 11092890436 
Gallaudet University serves deaf and hard of hearing students from many different backgrounds 
and seeks to develop a workforce that reflects the diversity of its student body. Gallaudet is an 
equal employment opportunity/affirmative action employer and actively encourages deaf or hard 
of hearing people, members of traditionally underrepresented groups, people with disabilities, 
women, and veterans to apply. The Department of Sociology seeks candidates for an anticipated 
tenure-track position beginning in August, 2012. Completed Ph.D. is required for Assistant 
Professor rank. Position is contingent on funding 
Qualifications: 
Ph.D. in Sociology with specialization or strong course background in criminology, preferably 
with a quantitative emphasis. Undergraduate teaching experience required. Candidates must be 
interested in working with students with a wide range of abilities. The candidate must be able to 
teach and communicate fluently in American Sign Language or be willing to learn, including 
participating in paid summer classes and continuing to take classes until acceptable proficiency is 
reached. Acceptable proficiency must be reached by January of the third year. Candidates without 
such skill may be provided with an interpreter in classes and have a reduced course load for up to 
two years. 
Responsibilities: 
Candidates should expect to teach courses in Criminology and Sociology, including at least the 
following courses which are required for the Major in Sociology with a Concentration in 
Criminology and for the Minor in Criminology: 
SOC 151 Introduction to the Criminal Justice System 
SOC 243 Sociology of Deviance 
SOC 315 Juvenile Delinquency 
SOC 405 Current Issues in Criminology 
The candidate will teach other courses in the department as needed. Additionally, the candidate is 
expected to be involved in student advising and internship supervision, to engage in scholarly 
activities and research, and to participate in service activities. The normal course load is three (3) 
preparations per semester. 
Application Information: 
Review of applications begins immediately and continues until the position is filled. Send a letter 
of application outlining your fit with the job description and requirements, curriculum vitae, and 
list of three references to: 
Dr. Sharon Barnartt The full annoucement can be found at: 
Department of Sociology http://jobs.gallaudet.edu/?select=University+Faculty 
Gallaudet University 
800 Florida Avenue, NE 
Washington, D.C. 20002-3695 Email: sharon.barnartt@gallaudet.edu 


Disabilities Division Fall 2011 Fall 2011 
The Culture Pages I 
Call for Co-Chair Nominations 
Follow Carey Gabriel CostelloÕs blog: 
The Intersex Roadshow 
I want to explain a division in our community, between intersex advocates and partisans of 
the terminology of "DSDs." Every day, intersex children are born to parents who are 
shocked, lost at sea. "How can this be happening," they cry, "I've never even heard of such a 
thing." And this, this is the crux of the problem. It's this problem of being born as strange 
little changelings to our parents that perpetuates infant sex assignment surgery, despite the 
ever-mounting evidence that the results are frequently unsatisfactory. And it is the issue of 
how to approach infant sex assignment that lies behind our division into two warring camps: 
those who say the term "intersex" is overpolitical and imprecise and that the "proper" term is 
"Disorders of Sex Development," and those of us who say we are not disordered, and take 
pride in calling ourselves intersex peopleÉ. 
Consider the organized Deaf community, which centers around institutions and locales 
where signing, ASL, is the norm. This Deaf community experiences itself as a linguistic 
minority, rather than "disabled." Members of such Deaf communities are not impaired in 
their daily lives. Able to communicate in their rich language with those around them, they 
are enabled to study and grow, and develop a strong culture, literature, and traditions. 
The problem is that children who cannot hear are born to hearing parents all the time. And 
those parents are shocked, at sea. Some hearing parents don't want to give up on the future 
they had imagined for their children, and say, "I just want my child to be normal!" And 
"normal" for them means having their child live and go to school in a "mainstream" hearing 
context, and focus on learning to speak. It means getting cochlear implants and focusing 
everything on trying to make sense of a bit of sound. It means that these deaf children spend 
their days isolated, surrounded by people who can't understand them, and spending 
countless hours both in school and out trying to learn how to speak words they cannot hear, 
instead of quickly and easily learning a visual language they have the sensorium to perceive, 
and spending their hours at school learning math and historyÉ. 
HOOKED? TO CONTINUE READING VISIT: 
http://intersexroadshow.blogspot.com/2010/09/deaf-children-intersex-children-and.html. 


Disabilities Division Fall 2011 
The Culture Pages II 
The last couple of months have been full of disability in the 
newsÉThe following are links to stories in the media on disability. 
__________________________________________________________ 
Mom, Nurse, Two Others Charged in Death of 28-lb 14-year-old with Cerebral Palsy in 
Ohio 
news.gather.com 
An Ohio mom was charged in her 28-pound teen daughters death along with the girls nurse. 
A total of four people were charged in her deathÉ. 
Just Stimming: Quiet Hands 
juststimming.wordpress.com 
TW: Ableism, abuse Explaining my reaction to this: means I need to explain my history 
with this: 1. When I was a little girl, they held my hands down in tacky glue while IÉ 
USA Today: Will the USA cull people with Down syndrome? 
www.usatoday.com 
Brian Skotko: A new test just 10 weeks into a pregnancy can identify the genetic disorder. 
About.com: Positive Sexual Representations of Disability 
sexuality.about.com 
The idea of a positive sexual representation of disability raises questions about what is a 
positive as opposed to a negative image of disability, and who decides which is which? 
Tackling disability discrimination takes more than wheelchair ramps 
www.guardian.co.uk 
Let's challenge the 'us and them' attitude towards people who have disabilities that don't 
conform to society's norms. 
Disability Terminology: A Starter Kit for Nondisabled People and the Media Ñ 
Feministe 
www.feministe.us 
Over at FWD/Forward, Anna recently linked this article on the mediaÕs problem with 
coming up for terms to discuss disability. This problem is not limited to the media; a lot of 
people struggle with disability terminology. People want to use the right word, but theyÕre 
not really sure what the right ... 
Disabilities Division Fall 2011 
The Culture Pages II 
The last couple of months have been full of disability in the 
newsÉThe following are links to stories in the media on disability. 
__________________________________________________________ 
Mom, Nurse, Two Others Charged in Death of 28-lb 14-year-old with Cerebral Palsy in 
Ohio 
news.gather.com 
An Ohio mom was charged in her 28-pound teen daughters death along with the girls nurse. 
A total of four people were charged in her deathÉ. 
Just Stimming: Quiet Hands 
juststimming.wordpress.com 
TW: Ableism, abuse Explaining my reaction to this: means I need to explain my history 
with this: 1. When I was a little girl, they held my hands down in tacky glue while IÉ 
USA Today: Will the USA cull people with Down syndrome? 
www.usatoday.com 
Brian Skotko: A new test just 10 weeks into a pregnancy can identify the genetic disorder. 
About.com: Positive Sexual Representations of Disability 
sexuality.about.com 
The idea of a positive sexual representation of disability raises questions about what is a 
positive as opposed to a negative image of disability, and who decides which is which? 
Tackling disability discrimination takes more than wheelchair ramps 
www.guardian.co.uk 
Let's challenge the 'us and them' attitude towards people who have disabilities that don't 
conform to society's norms. 
Disability Terminology: A Starter Kit for Nondisabled People and the Media Ñ 
Feministe 
www.feministe.us 
Over at FWD/Forward, Anna recently linked this article on the mediaÕs problem with 
coming up for terms to discuss disability. This problem is not limited to the media; a lot of 
people struggle with disability terminology. People want to use the right word, but theyÕre 
not really sure what the right ... 

Disabilities Division Fall 2011 
Allison C. Carey and Richard Scotch (Eds.) announce the forthcoming 
publication of Disability and Community (Vol 6. of the series Research in 
Social Sciences and Disability, Emerald Press, series editors Barbara Altman 
and Sharon Barnartt). 
Coming December 2011: This edited volume includes contributions from 
both established and emerging disability scholars who explore the 
complexity, opportunities, and challenges of community, community-
building, and community participation related to people with disabilities. It 
includes contributions by Liat Ben-Moshe; Pamela Block, Eva L. 
Rodriguez, Maria C. Milazzo, William S. MacAllister, Lauren B. Krupp, 
Akemi Nishida, Nina Slota, Alyssa M. Broughton and Christopher B. Keys; 
Allison C. Carey; Vandana Chaudhry; Stephen Gilson and Elizabeth 
DePoy; Sara E. Green, Julia Barnhill, Sherri Green, Diana Torres Hawken, 
Loretta Sue Humphrey and Scott Sanderson; Brian R. Grossman; Valerie 
Leiter; Mansha Mirza and Joy Hammel; Preethy S. Samuel, Karen L. 
Hobden and Barbara W. LeRoy; Cynthia E. Schairer; and Richard K. 
Scotch. 
Representing the Body in Culture and SocietyProteus: A Journal of Ideas seeks submissions for our upcoming issue,
ÒRepresenting the Body in Culture and Society.Ó We are soliciting articles and 
creative works from a wide range of disciplines that reflect upon the issueÕstheme. We are particularly interested in work that focuses on the body from aDisability Studies perspective, though submissions from all disciplines arewelcome. We are looking for broad theoretical inquiries, individual case studies,
and traditional scholarly articles on the subject of the body, as well as theme-
related photographs, poetry, and creative writing. 
Full Essays Due by January 15, 2012. Submit them electronically (MS 
Word preferred) to proteus@ship.edu 
DonÕt miss it! The latest volume of Disability & 
Community features Disabilities Division members! 
CALL FOR PAPERS 
Proteus: A Journal of Ideas 
Disabilities Division Fall 2011 
Allison C. Carey and Richard Scotch (Eds.) announce the forthcoming 
publication of Disability and Community (Vol 6. of the series Research in 
Social Sciences and Disability, Emerald Press, series editors Barbara Altman 
and Sharon Barnartt). 
Coming December 2011: This edited volume includes contributions from 
both established and emerging disability scholars who explore the 
complexity, opportunities, and challenges of community, community-
building, and community participation related to people with disabilities. It 
includes contributions by Liat Ben-Moshe; Pamela Block, Eva L. 
Rodriguez, Maria C. Milazzo, William S. MacAllister, Lauren B. Krupp, 
Akemi Nishida, Nina Slota, Alyssa M. Broughton and Christopher B. Keys; 
Allison C. Carey; Vandana Chaudhry; Stephen Gilson and Elizabeth 
DePoy; Sara E. Green, Julia Barnhill, Sherri Green, Diana Torres Hawken, 
Loretta Sue Humphrey and Scott Sanderson; Brian R. Grossman; Valerie 
Leiter; Mansha Mirza and Joy Hammel; Preethy S. Samuel, Karen L. 
Hobden and Barbara W. LeRoy; Cynthia E. Schairer; and Richard K. 
Scotch. 
Representing the Body in Culture and SocietyProteus: A Journal of Ideas seeks submissions for our upcoming issue,
ÒRepresenting the Body in Culture and Society.Ó We are soliciting articles and 
creative works from a wide range of disciplines that reflect upon the issueÕstheme. We are particularly interested in work that focuses on the body from aDisability Studies perspective, though submissions from all disciplines arewelcome. We are looking for broad theoretical inquiries, individual case studies,
and traditional scholarly articles on the subject of the body, as well as theme-
related photographs, poetry, and creative writing. 
Full Essays Due by January 15, 2012. Submit them electronically (MS 
Word preferred) to proteus@ship.edu 
DonÕt miss it! The latest volume of Disability & 
Community features Disabilities Division members! 
CALL FOR PAPERS 
Proteus: A Journal of Ideas 

Disabilities Division Fall 2011 
SSSP 2012 Annual Meeting 
Disabilities Division Call for Papers 
Division Sessions 
1) Title: ÒDisability Activism: The Art of Grassroots MovementsÓ Ð THEMATIC 
SESSION 
Organizers: Timothy Lillie (tlillie@uakron.edu) and Laura Mauldin 
(laura.mauldin@gmail.com) 
2) Title: ÒDisability, Voice and PowerÓ 
Organizers: Thomas Horejes (Thomas.horejes@galludet.edu) and Valerie Leiter 
(valerie.leiter@simmons.edu) 
3) Title: ÒBioethics, Eugenics and DisabilityÓ 
Organizers: Alexis Bender (alexbender@gmail.com) and Brian Grossman 
(BrianRGrossman@gmail.com) 
Co-sponsored Sessions 
4) Title: ÒCare Work in the HomeÓ (joint with the Family Division and Youth, Aging, and 
the Life Course) 
Organizers: Ebonie Cunningham-Stringer (e.cunninghamstringer@wingate.edu) (Family 
division chair) and Laura Lorenz (llorenz@brandeis.edu) (Disabilities division co-chair) 
5) Title: ÒHealth, Imagery, Metaphor and RepresentationÓ Ð THEMATIC SESSION (joint 
with Health, Health Policy, and Health Services) 
Organizers: Christina Barnon (cebarmon@gmail.com) (Health, Health Policy, and Health 
Services Division member) and Deborah Little (LITTLE@ADELPHI.EDU) 
Fall 2011 
SSSP 2012 Annual Meeting 
Disabilities Division Call for Papers 
Division Sessions 
1) Title: ÒDisability Activism: The Art of Grassroots MovementsÓ Ð THEMATIC 
SESSION 
Organizers: Timothy Lillie (tlillie@uakron.edu) and Laura Mauldin 
(laura.mauldin@gmail.com) 
2) Title: ÒDisability, Voice and PowerÓ 
Organizers: Thomas Horejes (Thomas.horejes@galludet.edu) and Valerie Leiter 
(valerie.leiter@simmons.edu) 
3) Title: ÒBioethics, Eugenics and DisabilityÓ 
Organizers: Alexis Bender (alexbender@gmail.com) and Brian Grossman 
(BrianRGrossman@gmail.com) 
Co-sponsored Sessions 
4) Title: ÒCare Work in the HomeÓ (joint with the Family Division and Youth, Aging, and 
the Life Course) 
Organizers: Ebonie Cunningham-Stringer (e.cunninghamstringer@wingate.edu) (Family 
division chair) and Laura Lorenz (llorenz@brandeis.edu) (Disabilities division co-chair) 
5) Title: ÒHealth, Imagery, Metaphor and RepresentationÓ Ð THEMATIC SESSION (joint 
with Health, Health Policy, and Health Services) 
Organizers: Christina Barnon (cebarmon@gmail.com) (Health, Health Policy, and Health 
Services Division member) and Deborah Little (LITTLE@ADELPHI.EDU) 

Disabilities Division Fall 2011 
Call for Co-Chair of the Division 
Nominations 
We are currently soliciting nominations for the position of Co-Chair for the 
Disabilities Division. Co-Chairs serve overlapping two year terms, and are 
jointly responsible for: developing the Division program (identifying sessions 
and organizers) for the annual meeting; running the Division business meeting 
at the annual meeting; working with the newsletter editor to assure publication 
of the annual newsletter; and other Division business. 
If you are interested in learning more or in nominating yourself or another 
individual for this rewarding position, please contact Laura Lorenz at 
Llorenz@brandeis.edu 
Disabilities Division Fall 2011 
Call for Co-Chair of the Division 
Nominations 
We are currently soliciting nominations for the position of Co-Chair for the 
Disabilities Division. Co-Chairs serve overlapping two year terms, and are 
jointly responsible for: developing the Division program (identifying sessions 
and organizers) for the annual meeting; running the Division business meeting 
at the annual meeting; working with the newsletter editor to assure publication 
of the annual newsletter; and other Division business. 
If you are interested in learning more or in nominating yourself or another 
individual for this rewarding position, please contact Laura Lorenz at 
Llorenz@brandeis.edu