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Podcast: New Books in Disability Studies
Episode: Andrew J. Hogan, "Disability Dialogues: Advocacy, Science, and Prestige in Postwar Clinical Professions" (Johns Hopkins UP, 2022)
Description: Disability activism has fundamentally changed American society for the better--and along with it, the views and practices of many clinical professionals. After 1945, disability self-advocates and family advocates pushed for the inclusion of more positive, inclusive, and sociopolitical perspectives on disability in clinical research, training, and practice. In Disability Dialogues: Advocacy, Science, and Prestige in Postwar Clinical Professions (Johns Hopkins UP, 2022), Andrew J. Hogan highlights the contributions of disabled people--along with their family members and other allies--in changing clinical understandings and approaches to disability.Hogan examines the evolving medical, social, and political engagement of three postwar professions--clinical psychology, pe...