Mythology can be seen as a reflection of the history, national identity and cultural consciousness of a people, nation and region. In ancient Greece, gods, goddesses and heroes moulded the perception of the citizens. Some… Read More »The Visible Invisibility of Disability in Greek Mythology
This paper presents some of the thinking from my recent monograph, Critical Disability Studies and the Disabled Child: Unsettling Distinctions (2020). I analyse the performativity of the ‘diagnostic speech act’ within the family of a… Read More »Futures of Anxious Surveillance: Diagnostic Speech and the Child’s Unseen Impairment
We are going to unwrap historical narratives that set the bar for understanding disability politics, medical standards and the normative body. Of course systems like BMI have come with a lot of criticism but the… Read More »The Myth of ‘Healthy Bodies’: An Archival & Data-Based Examination