ABSTRACT
Obviously, disability studies have originated, are organized and conducted at different times and spaces in varying manners. So there are approaches that may be roughly linked to a British style, which then differs in some respects from a North American discourse (cf. e.g. Barnes, 1991; Barnes, Oliver, & Barton, 2003; Barnes & Mercer, 1996, 1997; Barnes and Pfeiffer, 2001; Titchkosky, 2002, 2003; Davies, 2006; Mitchell & Snyder, 1997; Waldschmidt & Schneider, 2007). These studies may be part of sociological, cultural, psychosocial or social anthropological studies, which may all differ in their theoretical framings, may outline diverse research agendas and may employ different methodologies that may be qualitatively or/and quantitatively oriented, as well as informed by regional, national or transnational studies.
