Disability and intersecting statuses

• Other Authors: Barnartt, Sharon N., Altman, Barbara Mandell
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K. : Emerald, 2013.
• Series: Research in social science and disability ; v. 7.
• Subjects: Social Science / People with Disabilities.; Social Science > General.; Disability: social aspects.; Personal & social issues: disability & special needs (Children's/YA); People with disabilities > Social conditions.; Sociology of disability.

Disability can be either an ascribed status or an achieved status and its combination with other statuses will affect the persons social experiences. The term intersectionality has been used most often to discuss the ways in which the dual and simultaneous statuses of 'black' and '�...