Talk:Society for Disability Studies

This article is unacceptably sparse given the admittedly small, but still noticeable, presence of the Society and its disability studies partners in several countries. I don't have the information to fill this article out as I am not involved in any Society activities, but that doesn't mean this article can't or shouldn't be expanded massively. Kikodawgzzz (talk) 12:15, 8 September 2010 (UTC)


 * I've had a go at expanding it. It needs more work and particularly needs more material from independent sources. Roger (talk) 15:03, 11 September 2010 (UTC)


 * Good going, Roger, it looks great so far IMHO. :) Thank you!!!! Kikodawgzzz (talk) 21:58, 12 September 2010 (UTC)

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Reference 4 results in "Page not found". FYI. --Hordaland (talk) 23:34, 24 June 2015 (UTC)

History section
A section about the founding and history of the SDS was added in what seemed to be an editathon. Unfortunately the section was very poorly sourced and riddled with opinion and promotional language, so I removed it. However a proper history section would be a good addition to the article, provided it complies with the required Verifiability, Neutrality and reliable sourcing standards of the English Wikipedia. The removed section is copied below so that it may be used as a starting point to build a proper history section. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 07:33, 17 February 2016 (UTC)

The organization was founded in 1982 first as the Section for the Study of Chronic Illness, Impairment, and Disability (SSCIID), and renamed Society for Disability Studies in 1986. It is considered a prominent non-profit organization who speaks on behalf of academics, advocates, and creatives. Its founders consist of Daryl Evans, Nora Groce, Steve Hey, Gary Kiger, John Seidel, Jessica Scheer and Irving Kenneth Zola (1935-1994).

The Section for the Study of Chronic Illness, Impairment and Disability (SSCIID) was formed by the scholars in 1983 as a subsection of the WSSA. Seidel later met Zola, a medical sociologist at Brandeis University and editor of Disability and Chronic Disease Newsletter, and constructed the membership of the SSCIID with Zola's mailing list.

The members of SSCIID at the 1985 WSSA meeting in Fort Worth, Texas started to consider breaking off and creating their own organization. This would become the organization called the Society for Disability Studies (SDS), its acronym chosen for its political associate to the Students for a Democratic Society. Beginning in 1986, the SSCIID started transitioning into the SDS by forming a board of directors lead by Zola and also changed the name of Zola’s journal that he edited to the Disability Studies Quarterly, making it the Society for Disability Studies’ formal publication. They held their first annual independent meeting in 1988 in Washington, D.C.

SDS has held yearly conferences and continues to expand its member base today. Since the 1990s, many educators and historians have held leadership roles and published works focusing on culture and disability. They continuously encourage the discussion of disability studies throughout the year with an active, member exclusive email list LISTSERV. The organization has also cultivated many new and innovative university courses including drafting a set of guidelines for emerging disability studies academic programs in 2004.


 * Hey Dodger67, you said the section is "riddled with opinion and promotional language," what exactly in the section falls under this category? Just so I know what to look for in the future. Lag130730 (talk) 19:35, 18 February 2016 (UTC)