Session Two: Disability and Accessibility

1. Whose Model? Chapter 2 in Swain, et al. 2003, Controversial Issues in a Disabling Society. Buckingham: Open University Press. Pp. 20-29. 2.
2. What is Disability Studies? Chapter 3 in Swain, et al. 2003, Controversial Issues in a Disabling Society. Buckingham: Open University Press. Pp. 30-41.
3. 3. Brisenden, Simon (1986). Independent Living and the Medical Model of Disability. Disability, Handicap, and Society 1(2):173-178.
4. Celebrating Difference. Chapter 3 in Swain, et al. 2003, Controversial Issues in a Disabling Society. Buckingham: Open University Press. Pp. 65-75. *Optional*
   

Session Three: Universal Design

1. Miner, Harold (1956) Body Ritual Among the Nacirema. American Anthropologist 58(3): 503-507.
2. Scott, Sally S, Joan M. McGuire and Stan F. Shaw (2003) "Universal design for instruction: a new paradigm for adult instruction in postsecondary education" Remedial and Special Education 24(6): 369-379.
3. Gray, D. B., et. al. Environmental barriers and disability. Journal of Architectural and Planning Research 20(1): 29-37.
   

Session Four: Qualitative Data & Participatory Research

1. Park, Peter (1993) "What is Participatory Research?" Voices of Changes: Participatory Research in the United State and Canada. Westport, Connecticut: Bergin & Garvey, pp 1-20.
2. Kitchen, Rob (2001) Using Participatory Action Research Approaches in Geographical Studies of Disability: Some Reflections. Disability Studies Quarterly 21(4):61-69.
3. Swain, John, Bob Heyman and Maureen Gillman (1998) Public Research, Private Concerns: ethical issues in the use of open-ended interviews with people who have learning difficulties. Disability & Society 13(1):21-36.
4. Scott, Judith K., Jennifer G. Wishart and Debra J. Bowyer (2006) "Do current consent and confidentiality requirements impede or enhance research with children with learning disabilities? Disability and Society 21(3):273-287. *Optional*

Session Five: Mapping and Geographic Information Systems

Readings:

1. Vujakovic, P. and M.H. Matthews (1994) Contorted, Folded, Torn: environmental values, cartographic representation and the politics of disability. Disability and Society 9(3):359-374.
2. Kitchen. Rob and Robin Law (2001) The Socio-spatial construction of (In)Accessible Public Toilets. 38(2):287-298.
3. Imrie, R. and M. Kumar (1998) "Focusing on Disability and Access in the Built Environment." Disability and Society 13(3): 357-374. v What is GIS? http://www.gis.com/whatisgis/ *Optional*