Document
Modes of ordering disability : students living with visual disabilities in the Sultanate of Oman.
Identifier
DOI: 10.1080/15017419.2017.1281843
Source
Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research. v. 19, 2, p. 79-90
Contributors
Al-Said, Shariffa Khalid Qais., Author
Country
United Kingdom.
City
London.
Publisher
Routledge.
Gregorian
2017-04-03
Language
English
English abstract
This article examines how a group of students with visual disabilities speak about becoming disabled and living with disability in relation to: material entities, practices, and their own expectations regarding the future in the Sultanate of Oman. It draws upon individual interviews among six adults with visual disabilities. The article outlines, from a material semiotics approach, how various forms of modes of ordering enact disability. An interdisciplinary approach, informed by disability studies and science and technology studies, is implemented to interpret: How do students with visual disabilities express the relationships between material entities (such as bodies and technologies) and practices? In what ways are these relationships enacting different modes of ordering disability? What kind of modes of ordering disability are the participants experiencing in their lives? How have they responded to the modes of ordering that they have encountered?
ISSN
1501-7419
Category
Journal articles