Science and Ethics in Conducting, Analyzing, and Reporting Disability Policy Research

With the rise of the disability civil rights movement, a wave of social science research has emerged that focuses on both disability as a natural part of life and the necessity for accommodation of disability in social policies and laws (DeJong, 1979). The new rights paradigm of disability has been examined through the lens of a variety of disciplines-disability studies, psychology, sociology, history, economics, computer science, and law-and from interdisciplinary perspectives (Blanck, 2000; Blanck & Schartz, 2001; Hahn, 1985).