ABSTRACT
Disability has traditionally been studied mostly by medical and rehabilitative scholars in Iran; however an increasing number of human science researchers, students and professors have begun to carry out both quantitative and qualitative studies on different aspects of disability. A remarkable number of students in medical-related majors, including rehabilitation, nursing, health science, medicine and physical science, have explored disability through the lens of their expertise. Iranian scholars in human/social sciences have focused on disability experience mainly through empirical research on, for instance, the life expectancy, the degree of satisfaction, the perceptions on disability and the attitudes of disabled people. A number of scholars, including myself, who are more familiar with the more advanced field of disability studies and literature in Western countries, have taken people cues from the Americans with Disabilities Act, preferring to place the emphasis on "persons" rather than "disabilities" or conditions.
