Metanarratives of Disability : Culture, Assumed Authority, and the Normative Social Order (Hardcover)

Prologue Part I: International Developments of the Foundational Concept The Metanarrative of Blindness in North America: Meaning, Feeling, and FeelDevon Healey and Rod Michalko The Metanarrative of Blindness in the Global South: A LatDisCrit Counterstory to the Bittersweet Mythology of Blindness as GiftednessAlexis Padilla The Metanarrative of Blindness in India: Special Education and Assumed Knowledge CulturesHemachandran Karah Part II: Beyond Normative Minds and Bodies The Metanarrative of Mental Illness: A Collaborative AutoethnographyKatharine Martyn and Annette Thompson The Metanarrative of OCD: Deconstructing Positive Stereotypes in Media and Popular NomenclatureAngela J. Kim The Metanarrative of Learning Disability: Vulnerability, Unworthiness, and Requiring ControlOwen Barden and Steven J. Walden The Metanarrative of Autism: Eternal Childhood and the Failure of CureSonya Freeman Loftis The Metanarrative of Down Syndrome: Proximity to AnimalityHelen Davies The Metanarrative of Dwarfism: Heightism and its Social ImplicationsErin Pritchard Part III: Chronic Conditions and the Emergence of Disability The Metanarrative of Chronic Pain: Culpable, Duplicitous, and MiserableDanielle Kohfeldt and Gregory Mather The Metanarrative of Diabetes: Should You Be Eating That?Heather R. Walker and Bianca C. Frazer The Metanarrative of Cancer: Disrupting the Battle MythNicola Martin The Metanarrative of HIV and AIDS: Losing Track of an Epidemic Brenda Tyrrell The Metanarrative of Sarcoidosis: Life in Liminality Dana Combs Leigh The Metanarrative of Arthritis: Playing and Betraying the Endgame David Bolt Epilogue Index