We have agreed to provide within the journal a list of completed theses in the field of Disability Studies. This will be an important resource for readers to follow through as well as provide the names of colleagues who are new entrants to the discipline.
This is an open invitation for theses completed within two years of conferment which fit with the Aims and Scope of Disability & Society.
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Name of author
Thesis title
University awarding degree
Degree awarded and year:
A 100 word synopsis of the thesis
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Name of author: Tony Bogdanoski
Thesis title: After Disability Rights: Securing a Disabled Future in Ableist Times
University awarding degree: The University of Sydney Law School, Australia
Degree awarded and year: PhD, 2022
The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) provides an extensive account of disability rights. However, it does not explicitly address bioethical matters, and the problem of ableism at the beginning and end of life has been largely overlooked in disability studies.
This thesis addresses this problem by staging an intervention at the intersection of disability studies, bioethics and human rights law. It argues and concludes that the legal regulation of disability undermines the human rights model of disability, reflected in the CRPD, when laws confer greater opportunities for the birth and continued survival of non-disabled people.
(Source: https://ses.library.usyd.edu.au/handle/2123/29662)
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