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Disability, stigma and deviance

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An important contribution social science research makes to understanding the experiences of disabled individuals in the U.S. is to illuminate the influence of stigma and deviance on those experiences. Because perceptions of negative difference (deviance) and their evocation of adverse responses (stigma) have been and continue to be widespread, it is these with which alternate perceptions and responses vie in the construction of disability's symbolic and practical meanings. While some research demonstrates a regrettable imposition of stigma/deviance into the lives and minds of disabled people, some of it shows disabled people resisting stigma/deviance imputations; and some of it suggests that such imputations are losing force as new ways of thinking about the meaning of disability gain sway.

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  • Susman, Joan, 1994. "Disability, stigma and deviance," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 38(1), pages 15-22, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:socmed:v:38:y:1994:i:1:p:15-22
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    1. Nobles, Jenna & Weintraub, Miranda Ritterman & Adler, Nancy E., 2013. "Subjective socioeconomic status and health: Relationships reconsidered," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 82(C), pages 58-66.
    2. Cadden, Margaret H. & Arnett, Peter A. & Tyry, Tuula M. & Cook, Jonathan E., 2018. "Judgment hurts: The psychological consequences of experiencing stigma in multiple sclerosis," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 208(C), pages 158-164.
    3. Ramdas, Sahienshadebie & van der Geest, Sjaak & Schallig, Henk D.F.H., 2016. "Nuancing stigma through ethnography: the case of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Suriname," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 151(C), pages 139-146.
    4. Maria Waris Nawaz & Shumaila Imtiaz & Syeda Sadia Anwer & Seema Siddiqua & Kiran Bashir Ahmad, 2021. "Coping Strategies in Adolescent Siblings of Individuals with and Without Physical Disability," Asian Journal of Social Sciences and Management Studies, Asian Online Journal Publishing Group, vol. 8(1), pages 23-30.
    5. Sophie Hennekam & Sarah Richard, 2021. "Constructing a positive work-related identity as a disabled worker through social comparison: the role of stigma and disability characteristics," Post-Print hal-03232750, HAL.

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