The Palgrave Handbook of Disability and Communication
Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2023), xix, 552 pp.
ISBN 978-3-031-14447-9 (ebook); 978-3-031-14449-3 (pbk)
"The Palgrave Handbook of Disability and Communication covers a broad spectrum of topics related to how we perceive and understand disability and the language, constructs, constraints and communication behavior that shape disability discourse within society. The essays and original research presented in this volume address important matters of disability identity and intersectionality, broader cultural narratives and representation, institutional constructs and constraints, and points related to disability justice, advocacy, and public policy. In doing so, this book brings together a diverse group of over 40 international scholars to address timely problems and to promote disability justice by interrogating the way people communicate not only to people with disabilities, but also how we communicate about disability, and how people express themselves through their disabled identity." (Publisher description)
Introduction / Michael S. Jeffress, Joy M. Cypher, Jim Ferris, Julie-Ann Scott-Pollock, 1
LANGUAGE AND DISABILITY
Language Matters: Disability and the Power of Taboo Words / Joanne Arciuli, Tom Shakespeare, 17
Communicating by Accident: Dysfluency, the Non-Essential, and the Catastrophe / Joshua St. Pierre, 31
Cross-Neurotype Communication Competence / Emily Stones, 45
Microaggressions Toward People with Disabilities / Danielle Sparrow, Erin Sahlstein Parcell, Emily R. Gerlikovski, Dathan N. Simpson, 67
"When We Say That It's Private, a Lot of People Assume It Just Doesn't Exist": Communication, Disability, and Sexuality / Ameera Ali, 81
IDENTITY AND INTERSECTIONALITIES
Ableism and Intersectionality: A Rhetorical Analysis / James L. Cherney, 99
Performing FitCrip in Daily Life: A Critical Autoethnographic Reflection on Embodied Vulnerability / Julie-Ann Scott-Pollock, 113
On a Scale of One to Ten: A Lyric Autoethnography of Chronic Pain and Illness / Shelby Swafford, 129
On Being a Diabetic Black Male: An Autoethnography of Race, Gender, and Invisible Disability / Antonio L. Spikes, 145
Physical Disability in Interabled Romantic Relationships: Exploring How Women with Visible, Physical Disabilities Navigate and Internalize Conversations About Their Identity with Male Romantic Partners / Lisa J. DeWeert, Aimee E. Miller-Ott, 163
Disposable Masks, Disposable Lives: Aggrievement Politics and the Weaponization of Disabled Identity / Brian Grewe, Craig R. Weathers, 185
CULTURAL ARTIFACTS AND DISABILITY
Communicating AI and Disability / Gerard Goggin, Andrew Prahl, Kuansong Victor Zhuang, 205
Thinking Inclusiveness, Diversity, and Cultural Equity Based on Game Mechanics and Accessibility Features in Popular Video Games / Alexandra Dumont, Maude Bonenfant, 221
Posthuman Critical Theory and the Body on Sports Night / Peter J. Gloviczki, 243
Never Go Full Potato: Discourses of Ableism and Sexism in "I Can Count to Potato" Memes / Jeff Preston, 253
#DisabilityTikTok / Jordan Foster, David Pettinicchio, 273
INSTITUTIONAL CONSTRUCTS AND CONSTRAINTS
Communicating Vulnerability in Disasters: Media Coverage of People with Disabilities in Hurricane Katrina and the Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami / Liz Shek-Noble, 295
"Kept in a Padded Black Cell in Case He Accidently Said 'Piccaninny'": Disability as Humor in Brexit Rhetoric / Emmeline Burdett, 317
"Oh, We Are Going to Have a Problem!": Service Dog Access Microaggressions, Hyper-Invisibility, and Advocacy Fatigue / Robert L. Ballard, Sarah J. Ballard, Lauren E. Chu, 331
"The Fuzzy Mouse": Unresolved Reflections on Podcasting, Public Pedagogy, and Intellectual Disability / Chelsea T. Jones, Jennifer Chatsick, Kimberlee Collins, Anne Zbitnew, 351
Organizational Communication and Disability: Improvising Sense-Sharing / Amin Makkawy, Shane T. Moreman, 369
ADVOCACY, POLICY, AND ACTION
Overlooked and Undercounted: Communication and Police Brutality Against People with Disabilities / Deion S. Hawkins, 385
Critical Disability Studies in Technical Communication: A 25-Year History and the Future of Accessibility / Leah Heilig, 401
Communication Infrastructures: Examining How Community Storytelling Facilitates or Constrains Communication Related to Medicaid Waivers for Children / Whittney H. Darnell, 417
Governing Deaf Children and Their Parents Through (and into) Language / Tracey Edelist, 441
#ImMentallyIllAndIDontKill: A Case Study of Grassroots Health Advocacy Messages on Twitter Following the Dayton and El Paso Shootings / Sarah Smith-Frigerio, 461
LANGUAGE AND DISABILITY
Language Matters: Disability and the Power of Taboo Words / Joanne Arciuli, Tom Shakespeare, 17
Communicating by Accident: Dysfluency, the Non-Essential, and the Catastrophe / Joshua St. Pierre, 31
Cross-Neurotype Communication Competence / Emily Stones, 45
Microaggressions Toward People with Disabilities / Danielle Sparrow, Erin Sahlstein Parcell, Emily R. Gerlikovski, Dathan N. Simpson, 67
"When We Say That It's Private, a Lot of People Assume It Just Doesn't Exist": Communication, Disability, and Sexuality / Ameera Ali, 81
IDENTITY AND INTERSECTIONALITIES
Ableism and Intersectionality: A Rhetorical Analysis / James L. Cherney, 99
Performing FitCrip in Daily Life: A Critical Autoethnographic Reflection on Embodied Vulnerability / Julie-Ann Scott-Pollock, 113
On a Scale of One to Ten: A Lyric Autoethnography of Chronic Pain and Illness / Shelby Swafford, 129
On Being a Diabetic Black Male: An Autoethnography of Race, Gender, and Invisible Disability / Antonio L. Spikes, 145
Physical Disability in Interabled Romantic Relationships: Exploring How Women with Visible, Physical Disabilities Navigate and Internalize Conversations About Their Identity with Male Romantic Partners / Lisa J. DeWeert, Aimee E. Miller-Ott, 163
Disposable Masks, Disposable Lives: Aggrievement Politics and the Weaponization of Disabled Identity / Brian Grewe, Craig R. Weathers, 185
CULTURAL ARTIFACTS AND DISABILITY
Communicating AI and Disability / Gerard Goggin, Andrew Prahl, Kuansong Victor Zhuang, 205
Thinking Inclusiveness, Diversity, and Cultural Equity Based on Game Mechanics and Accessibility Features in Popular Video Games / Alexandra Dumont, Maude Bonenfant, 221
Posthuman Critical Theory and the Body on Sports Night / Peter J. Gloviczki, 243
Never Go Full Potato: Discourses of Ableism and Sexism in "I Can Count to Potato" Memes / Jeff Preston, 253
#DisabilityTikTok / Jordan Foster, David Pettinicchio, 273
INSTITUTIONAL CONSTRUCTS AND CONSTRAINTS
Communicating Vulnerability in Disasters: Media Coverage of People with Disabilities in Hurricane Katrina and the Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami / Liz Shek-Noble, 295
"Kept in a Padded Black Cell in Case He Accidently Said 'Piccaninny'": Disability as Humor in Brexit Rhetoric / Emmeline Burdett, 317
"Oh, We Are Going to Have a Problem!": Service Dog Access Microaggressions, Hyper-Invisibility, and Advocacy Fatigue / Robert L. Ballard, Sarah J. Ballard, Lauren E. Chu, 331
"The Fuzzy Mouse": Unresolved Reflections on Podcasting, Public Pedagogy, and Intellectual Disability / Chelsea T. Jones, Jennifer Chatsick, Kimberlee Collins, Anne Zbitnew, 351
Organizational Communication and Disability: Improvising Sense-Sharing / Amin Makkawy, Shane T. Moreman, 369
ADVOCACY, POLICY, AND ACTION
Overlooked and Undercounted: Communication and Police Brutality Against People with Disabilities / Deion S. Hawkins, 385
Critical Disability Studies in Technical Communication: A 25-Year History and the Future of Accessibility / Leah Heilig, 401
Communication Infrastructures: Examining How Community Storytelling Facilitates or Constrains Communication Related to Medicaid Waivers for Children / Whittney H. Darnell, 417
Governing Deaf Children and Their Parents Through (and into) Language / Tracey Edelist, 441
#ImMentallyIllAndIDontKill: A Case Study of Grassroots Health Advocacy Messages on Twitter Following the Dayton and El Paso Shootings / Sarah Smith-Frigerio, 461
