The Disability Studies Cluster aims to support theoretical and applied research, policy analysis, teaching and community partnership on disability issues at local, national and global levels. Working to understand the meaning and effects of disability socially, legally, politically and culturally at various points in space and time, we seek to eliminate barriers to full social inclusion; advance the civil and human rights of people with disabilities; elucidate the complexities of disability experience; develop new critical paradigms for understanding disability in relation to race, gender, sexuality, transnational perspectives and economic disparities; and open up new ways of thinking about and from the vantage point of disability.
Find out more about the Disability Studies minor offered at UC Berkeley.
In the Media
- Students with disabilities innovate ways to use spaces, products not designed for them (PBS News Hour) | October 26, 2022
- How community spaces can empower students to mobilize, explore their identity (Berkeley News) | October 21, 2022
